Important: Safety Warning
This page describes additives or treatments for food or drink that are now known to be toxic and are prohibited in food today.
In addition, this page adds oil of bitter almonds to spirits to imitate brandy. Oil of bitter almonds in its natural form contains hydrogen cyanide and is poisonous; adulterating drink in this way is dangerous and unlawful.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
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Take 40 gal- and 12 drops oil of cognac in 95 per cent. lons French spirit; add to it 1 pint tincture of alcohol. Color with caramel. (See No. 694.) and 12 drops oil of cognac in 95 per cent. French spirit; add to it 1 pint tincture of alcohol. Color with caramel. (See No. 694.) raisins (see No. 665), 1 quart prune flavoring 689. Imitation Sweet Rye Whiskey. (see No. 664), + gallon best sherry or Madeira 30 gallons proof spirit (see No. 664), 1/2 gallon best sherry or Madeira wine, and 1 pint wine vinegar. Then add 1 whiskey, and 1 gallon raisin flavor (see No. drachm oil of cognac , 12 drops oil of bitter 665), colored with sufficient caramel. (Sec almonds, to drachm tannin powder, each No. 694). dissolved separately in 95 per cent. alcohol.
Color to suit with caramel. (See No. 694.) gallons French spirits 20 above proof, 4 gal.