Important: Safety Warning
This page macerates and distils large quantities of peach or apricot stones in high-proof alcohol. The kernels contain amygdalin, which releases hydrogen cyanide, and distilling spirits at home over heat is both hazardous and, in most jurisdictions, illegal.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
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Superfine Maraschino (Charge Chartreuse Macerate)
Charge Chartreuse. Macerate 640 parts by weight, of the still with water-bath: Take 70 pounds each, of the fresh herb of sweet balm and peach or apricot stones, wash with tepid water, and put them into a barrel, making a square hole 4 or 5 inches, in the head, for that purpose. Cover them with 35 gallons 95 per cent. alcohol, and let them steep for one month. Then distill the whole.