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To Improve Cheap Bourbon

Inferior Bourbon whiskey may be much improved in quality by the addition of the peach flavoring given in No. 6294. From 1 to 15 gallons of the flavoring should be added to 40 gallons of whiskey. This will give it a fruity taste. 6294. Peach Flavoring for Whiskey by a New Method. Take a 50-gallon pipe; at 4 or 5 inches from the bottom place a false bottom, perforated with 4-inch holes. Cover this false bottom with a thin layer of straw, laid uniformly; this again covered by a thin even layer of straw laid at right angles across face, so that the iron the tin plate is made of the lower layer. Then pack 10 gallons dried comes through. When this occurs the coffee peaches regularly, without pressing them; will be bitter and black, for it attacks iron, add 5 pounds black tea evenly sprinkled over forming an acid very quickly. This any one the peaches, and cover the whole with a can see by putting a few drops on a case- cloth. Next pack 10 gallons oak sawdust knife. Above all, to have good coffee, the evenly, and cover it also with a cloth. Place pot must be scrupulously clean. some pieces of lath over the cloth, with some

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