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Gin

Hum.

51

derives

its

name

from

the

French

word

genievre,

or

juniper.

This

spirit

is

very

popular

in

many

parts

of

Europe,

especially

amongst

the

Swiss,

Dutch,

and

our

own

country.

Dutch

Gin

(

Hollands

)

is

very

different

from

the

English

Gin

;

it

is

a

rich,

mellow,

soft

spirit

;

its

peculiar

flavour

is

due

to

its

being

flavoured

with

juniper

:

the

best

comes

from

Schiedam

and

Rotterdam.

English

Gin

varies

considerably

in

point

of

flavour

;

Plymouth

Gin

closely

resembles

Hollands.

Almost

every

distiller

or

rectifier

has

a

mode

of

his

own

in

making

Gin,

and

in

giving

it

his

own

characteristic

flavour

with

the

aid

of

oil

of

turpentine

or

other

aromatics.

Rum

,

a

well-known

spirit,

chiefly

made

in

the

West

Indies,

is

obtained

from

the

distillation

of

the

fermented

skimmings

of

the

sugar-boilers,

with

the

strainings

and

washings

of

the sugar-

works,

adding

some

crude

cane-juice,

necessary

to

impart

the

flavour.

Good

Rum

is

of

a

clear

light

brown

colour,

and

of

mellow

and

soft

taste

;

when

obtained

pure

it

can

be

depended on

as

a

very

wholesome

spirit,

but

if

impure,

it is

most

inju-

rious

;

when

rectified

to

a

strength

nearly

equal

to

spirits

of

wine,

it

is

called

Double-distilled

Rum.

The

best

comes

from

Jamaica;

that

from

the

Leeward

Islands

is

an

inferior

quality.

The

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