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TUSCALOOSA

WHISKEY.

8S

gallons

;

decoction

of

strong

tea,

one

gallon

;

grains

of

paradise

tincture,

half

gallon

;

ten

drops

each

of

the

oils

of

wintergreen

and

lemon,

are

to

be

dis-

solved

in

three

ounces

of

alcohol,

and

added.

The

whiskey

used

in

base

of

this

formula

will

contain

sufficient

coloring

for

the

entire

mass.

MONONGAHELA.

Rectified

whiskey,

thirty

gallons

:

grams

of

paradise

tincture

one

and

a

half

gallons

;

catechu,

five

ounces

;

water,

nine

gallons

sulphuric

acid,

one

ounce

*

oil

of

lemon,

one

drachm,

dissolved

in

four

ounces

of

acetic

ether

;

rub

up

half

a

grain

of

ambergris

in

an

ounce

of

sugar,

and

mix

the

whole.

This

whiskey

should

have

a

slight

tinge

of

red

in

it

from

sanders

wood.

Supposing

the

spirit

to

be

perfectly

transpa-

rent,

half

a

pint

each

of

tincture

of

red

sanders

and

burnt

sugar

would

answer

for

coloring.

TUSCALOOSA

WHISKEY.

Eectified

whiskey,

thirty-nine

gallons

;

tincture

of grains

of

paradise,

a

half

gallon

;

powdered

catechu

three

ounces

;

fifteen

drops

of

oil

of

winter-

green

dissolved

in

four

ounces

of

nitric

ether.

This

whiskey

should

be

of

a

very

pale

color.