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piled five hundred years ago,gave directionsfor making
usquebaugh or aqua vitcs,then used chiefiy as a medicine
and considered as a panacea for all diseases. Scotland
and Ireland produce the largest portion of the whisky
made in Great Britain. Some of it is exported to the
United States. Illinois,Ohio,Indiana,Kentucky,Penn
sylvania and Kew York furnish most of the whisky
produced in our own country, while a smaller quantity
is distilled in Tennessee, Missouri and California. Dis
tilled spirits are the principal source of our internal
revenue.
Bourbon is prepared by a mixture of fifty or sixty
per cent, of Indian corn with forty or fifty per cent, of
rye and other small grains and ten per cent. malt.
Mon«ngahela whisky is made from rye with ten per
cent, of malt. Canada whisky from rye, wheat or corn
with five per cent, malted barley.
Plain spiritforms the basis from which gin, British
brandy and other rectifiers' drinks are made,and it is
used for blending with other fiavored pot-still spirits
and sold under special blend names. It is only the finer^
qualities of matured malt and grain whiskies that can
be used as single or unblended spirits.
One of the largest and best-known firms in Ken
tucky sends us the following formula:
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