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Ill

ARTICLES

USED

FOR

FLAVORING

WINES,

LIQUORS,

AND

CORDIALS.

THE

great

secret

of

success

in

the

manufacture

of

liquors

consists

in

imparting

to

the

imitation

the

precise

aroma

of

the

genuine,

and

thus

obtain

an

article

of

spirit

as

near

reality

as

possible,

at

a

far

less

cost.

Brandy,

for

example,

contains

alcohol,

oil

of

wine,

<fec.,

&c.

Analysis

has

rendered

the

components

of

this

fluid

familiar,

and

has

furnished

the

exact

pro-

portions,

with

their

properties,

and

hence

the

various

imitations

of

brandy,

and

some

of

them

containing

all

of

the

essentials

of,

and

scarcely

distinguishable

from

the

genuine.

The

list

of

aromatics,

perfumes,

&c.,

presented

in

tne

following,

comprises

the

whole

that

are

in

use.