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A TREATISE ON
2 oz. tincture of kino,
3 lbs. N. 0. sugar,
2 lbs. raisins.. Color, fine &c., as above.
The foregoing embraces the usual varieties of fo–
reign wines imitated, though the same· principle
with care may be applied
to
any
wine imported.
We will, thel'efore, give,
e.s
a
gMNoJ,formuJ.a:
To 40 galls. prepared cider add from 6 to 10 galls.
of the wine to be imitated.
If
a sweet wine, add sugar, honey, or syrup to
sweeten ; if an astringent wine, add tincture of kino ;
if
a rough wine, add tincture of rhatany ; and then
color according to the shade of the wine. Color as
follows:-
A Sherry color, with tincture of saffron;
Light amber to deep brown, with sugar coloring;
Brandy color, with sugar coloring ;
Red, beet root, or red saunders ;
Port wine color, extract of rhatany.
Coloring should always be put in before
fining.
Digitized
by