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RECIPES

FOR TEN

GALLONS

EACH.

369.

Wine,

Bordeaux,

Red.

4

galloDS

of

high-flavored

red

Bordeaux

wine.

6

do.

plain

wine.

Colored

to

the

same

shade

with

tincture

of

alderbemes.

370.

Wine,

Bordeaux,

White.

4

gallons

of

high-flavored

white

wine.

6 do. plain

^y'me.

Color

to

the

shade

with

coloring or

tincture

of

saffron.

(See

Nos.

88

and

91.)

371,

Wine,

Birch.

9

gallons

of

birch

juice,

drawn

in

the

month

of

Febru-

ary

or

March

from

the

birch

tree

by

boring

holes

in

it

boil

and

skim,

and

cool

it

down

to

100°

Fahrenheit;

then

dissolve

in

it

9

lbs.

of

sugar,

and add

2

ounces

of

lemon

peels, finely

cut

;

produce

fermentation

with

1

pint

of

gluten

;

put

the

ingredients

in

a

keg,

and

keep

it

con-

stantly

full

till

fermentation

is

over

;

filter

or

fine

it

(see

from

Nos.

202

to

205),

and

put

in

another

keg,

in

which

you

have

previously

burnt

a

strip

of

brimstone

paper.

(See

No.

418.)

372.

Wine,

Champagne.

10

gallons

of

light

white

wine,

sucli

as

Sauterne

oi

Rhine

wine,

well

clarified

;

add

3

lbs.

of

the whitest

rock

candy,

dissolved

in

li

pint

of

water

;

to

this

syrup

add

1

a

gallon

of

wine

alcohol

(bon

gout),

or

any

other

perfectly

free

of

flavor

;

when

all

this

is

perfectly

clear

fill

it

in

a

soda-water

apparatus,

and

impregnate

it

with

carbonic

acid

(for

family

use

1^

drachm

of

citric

acid,

and