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122

PREPARING

CHOICE

LIQUORS.

tea,

two

pints

;

infusion

of

bitter

almonds,

one

pint

;

oil

of

wine,

one

ounce.

Color

either

of the

above

with

five

ounces

of

the

tincture

of

cochineal,

and

nine

ounces

of

sugar

coloring.

BARZERAC

BRANDY

OF

THE

VINTAGE

OF

1795,

1798,

1805

1837.

Neutral

spirit,

four

gallons

;

three

pints

of

water

to

dissolve

honey,

four

pints

;

rum,

three

quarts

;

porter,

three

pints

;

infusion

of

almonds,

half

a

pint

;

oil

of

wine,

one

ounce

;

sugar

coloring,

four

ounces

;

cochineal

tincture,

one

ounce

;

then

add

of

the

alco-

holic

solution

of

starch,

three

pints

;

and

mix.

This

starch

solution

is

made

by

infusing

one

quart

of

wheat

or

rice

flour

in

one

and

a

half

gallons

o/

equal

parts

of

clean

spirit

and

water

for

twenty-foil*

1

hours.

OTARD

BRANDY.

Neutral

spirit,

four

gallons

;

four

pounds

of

refined

sugar

dissolved

in

water,

two

pints

;

powdered

cate-

chu,

one

ounce

;

sulphuric

acid,

half

an

ounce

;

butyric

ether,

one

ounce

;

twenty

drops

of

oil

of

orange

dissolved

in

the

ether

;

four

ounces

of

sug"\r

coloring.

Mix.