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BRINKS,
upon
pain
of
6s.
Sd,
;
and
that
no
wheaien
malt
go
to
any
Irishman's
country,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
the
same
in
value,
except
only
bread,
ale,
or
aqua
vitcB.
In
a
little
book,
Delightes
for
Ladies,
etc.,
1602,
is
the
following
recipe
for
Usquebath,
or
Irish
Aqua
VitcE
:—
"
To
every
gallon
of
good
Aqua
Composita,
put
two
ounces
of
chosen
liquerice,
bruised
and
cut
into
small
peeces,
but
first
clensed
from
all
his
filth,
and
two
ounces
of
Annie
seeds
that
are
cleane
and
bruised.
Let
them
macerate
five
or
six
daies
in
a
wodden
Vessel,
stopping
the
same
close,
and
then
draw
off
as
much
as
will
runne
cleere,
dissolving
in
that
cleare
Aqua
Vitae
five
or
six
spoonfuls
of
the
best
Malassoes
you
can
get
;
Spanish
cute,
if
you
can
get
it,
is
thought
better
than
Malassoes
;
then put
this
into
another
vessell
;
and
after
three
or
foure
daies^
(the
more
the
better),
when
the
liquor
hath
fined
itself,
you
may
use
the
same
;
some
,
add.
Dates
and
Raisons
of the
Sun
to
this
receipt
:
those
groundes
which
remaine,
you
may
redistill,
and
make
more
Aqua
Composita
of
them,
and
of
that
Aqua
Composita
you
may
make
more
Usque-
bath."
The
distillation
of
whiskey
in
Ireland,
on
a
large
scale,
is
of
comparatively
modern
date,
the
poteen
having
been
manufactured
in
illicit
stills,
in
inaccessible
and
unhandy
places.
Now,
Roe's
distillery
turns
out
over
two
million
gallons
a
year,
and
Jameson's
more
than
a
million
and
a
half.
The
whiskey
made
by
these
firms,
that
of
Sir
John
Power
&
Sons,
and
some
others,
is
distilled
from
pure
malt
;
but
there
are
many
dis-