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MOLASSES.
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IODINE
Is
used
to
indicate
the
presence
of
starch
in
liquors
;
in
this
manner
it
is
used
in
detecting
French
bran-
dies.
See
chapter
on
"
Ascertaining
the
Purity
of
Brandies."
LOGWOOD
Imparts
its
color
to
water
and
alcohol
;
the
color
that
is
imparted
to
boiling
water
is
of
a
much
warm-
er
tone
than
that
of
any
other
;
the
color
is
of
a
deep
red,
bordering
on
purple.
This
is
suited
for
the-
wines,
and
is
sometimes
combined
with
burnt
sugar,
in
coloring
brandy.
MOLASSES
Is
sometimes
used
in
manufacturing
liquors
;
the
ob-
jection
to
its
use
is,
that
it
contains
a
large
portion
of
charcoal,
and
that
it
is
indebted
to
it
for
its
own
color
;
this
charcoal
being
in
such
minute
particles,
that
their
removal
is
attended
with
great
difficulty,
as
finings
will
have
no
effect
on
them.
It
is
exceed
ingly
difficult
to
render
a
fluid
transparent
that
holds
molasses
in
solution,
and
for
this
reason
coloring
for
liquors
should
never be
prepared
from
molasses,
and
coloring,
from
this
source,
may
be
known
by
the
heavy
color
it
leaves
in
liquor.