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To Induce Fermentation

If clear and transparent; but should this not fermentation does not begin within a reason- be the case, they may be fined with the whites able time , raise the temperature by covering of about 12 or 20 eggs to the hogshead, or by the vessel with blankets, and moving it near adding a little alum, either alone or followed to a fire. Or, warm a portion of the must and by a little carbonate of soda or potassa, both add it to the rest .

A small quantity of yeast, dissolved in water. In a week or a fortnight previously well mixed with some of the liquor, gently stirred in, will have the same effect.

Or, the must may be warmed by placing large stone bottles, filled with boiling water and well corked, in the liquor. the liquor will be clear. 769. To Make Doppelt Kummel or Caraway. Dissolve separately, each in a little 95 per cent. alcohol, 1/2 drachm oil of anise, and 5 drops each of the oils of calamus, bitter almonds, and coriander; dissolve also 1 to 14 ounces oil of caraway in sufficient alcohol (95 per cent.) to make a clear solution. Incorporate these with 40 gallons French proof spirit; and add 10 pounds sugar dissolved in 5 gallons water.