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MANUFACTURING
A.NDADULTERATING LIQUORS.
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celebrated. The great secret lies in the careful
management of the process of manufacturing.
Schiedam gin is considered the best; next in
quality is that of Rotterdam, and afterwards that of
Weesopper.
We now return
to
the starting point in gin, and
say, that by other than the most careful distillation
no one need think of imitating pure Hollands suc–
cessfully.
We
w<nild,
tlteref<m, adviae
simple
'1'6-
<l;uctiun with
pure
Bpirits
that is odorless, and with–
out the slightest tinge of color; soften with sugar or
syrup, but add nothing more. Gin may be thus
re–
duced
l
or
i
with but little seeming diminution of'
the aroma. Many
'UJill
eaperilment,
however.
We will give them the
be8t
formulaa
in use
to
produce imitations of gin, using as a basis a
perfectly
pure
Bpirit.
The whole of the casks and
utensils employed for gin should be perfectly clean,
and properly prepared, so as not to give color; as,
if
thls spirit acquires the palest colored tint, its value
is lessened, and,
if
much colored, it is unsaleable.
FoRMULA No.
1.-Gin.
To 40 galls. pure spirits, 2
to
5 o. p., add :
3 do. gin to be imitated.
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