1876 How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivant's Companion 2$50 by Jerry Thomas

116 EECIl'ES FOK lEN GALLONS EACH.

1-J ounce of calamus root, do. angelica root, do. galanga root. } do. quassia wood. 2} do.... gentian root. 3 drachms of nutmegs. 3 do. cloves.

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Ground to coai-se powder, macerate with 4J gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent.,for two weeks, or displace (see Nos. 4 and 5); add 4|lbs. of bro^vn sugar, boiled,and clarified with 51 gaUons of pure water (see No.6); color it with 71 ounces of sugar coioring, dark brown. (See No 88) Filter. . ^ 43. Bitters,Essence. If lb. of orange peel, lb. of orange apples. Ground to coarse powder; macerate or displace with 7f gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent., mixed with 2| gallons of water. Filter. (See Nos. 3, 4 and 5.) 44, Bitters, Hamburg. 2 ounces of agaric. 5 do. cinnamon. 4 do. cassia buds. i do. grains of paradise. 3 do. quassia wood. a 4 do. cardamom seed. 3 do. gentian root. 3 do. orange apples, dried. H do. orange peel. Ground to coarse powder; macerate with 4| gallons of If- lb. of gentian root. ■1f lb. of lemon jjeel.