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IT2;
DRINKS.
acted
on
by
the
condensed
air.
This
air,
rising
through
a
pipe,
collects
at
the
top
of
the
cylinder,
and
in
that
way
it
is
prevented
from
interfering
with
the
steady
flQ.W
of
the
shower.
A
slight
circulation
of
the
air
is
at
the
same
time
promoted.
On
the process
being
completed,
the
liquor
is
run
into
casks,
and
the
air
which
remains
in
the
vessel
is
allowed
to
escape,
the
quantity
of
alcohol
in
combination
with
it
not
being
worth
saving.
The
object
of
this
process
is
to
bring
about
the
oxidation
of the
essential
oils
contained
in
the
whiskey
or
other
spirit,
and
to
promote
their
conversion
into
ethers.
It
is
claimed
that
this
transformation
does
take
place,
and
that,
the
spirit
is
changed
from
a
new
spirit,
and
has
all
the
character,
mellowness,
and
flavour
of
that
matured
by
time.
This
change
is
said
to
be
effected
in
twenty-four
hours,,
and
that
the
spirit
has,
in
that
period,
put
on
a
maturity
of
ten
years.
I.
A.
WOODEN
CUAGH
OR
QUAIGH,
{Brit.
Mus.)