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FALSE
STRENGTH
FOR
BEER,
&C.
245
porter,
and
also for
any
fermented
beverage
that
is
made
without
regard
to
color,
as
liquids
fermented
from
this
source
will
be
of
a
muddy
color.
FALSE
STRENGTH
FOR
BEER,
&C.
Besides
checking
fermentation,
spirit
in
the
form
of
alcohol,
neutral
spirit,
or
whiskey
in
small
quan-
tities,
gives
to
fermented
liquids
a
desirable
taste
and
an
excellent
body,
i.
e.
a
spirituous
body.
When
cheap
liquids
are
to
be
formed
as
a
substi-
tute
for
spirit,
grains of
paradise
are
made
use
of.
They
should
be
ground
and
infused
in
the
liquid
during
fermentation,
or
the
infusion
may
be
obtained
by
digesting
the
grains
in
whiskey.
It
must
not
J/e
understood
that
the
grains
will
check
fermentation
;
their
infusion
only
leaves
impressions
on
the
palate
after
being
drunk,
that
are
analogous
to
alcohol
or
spirit.
Thus
a
beverage
may
be
formed
that
will
exhibit
all
of
the
sensible
properties of
alcohol
to
the
palate,
without
any
of
its
intoxicating
influence.
Pellitory
is
sometimes
combined
with
the
grains,
but
the
tingling,
disagreeable
impressions
left
in
the
throat
and
mouth
after
the
liquid
has
been
swallowed,
render
the
use
of
this
acrimonious
substance
objec-
tionable.
Ground
mustard
or
horseradish
are
both
used
fof