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To Make Wine Punch (Gallons proof spirit add)

To 10 gallons proof spirit, add 10 gallons Marsala or Catalonia wine. Take 10 gallons syrup made of 35 pounds sugar; peel the rind, thinly, of 120 lemons; bring the syrup to a boil, and simmer the lemon rinds in it for hour or more, then strain it through a fine flannel.

Mix all the above with the juice of the lemons.

Instead of boiling the lemon peel in the syrup, it may be infused for 5 or 6 days in 95 per cent. alcohol. The color can be deepened with cherry juice. Brandy, rum, whiskey and arrack punch may be made as above, substituting the liquor for the wine and spirits. this is very apt to remain suspended in the wine, and is not visible until developed, after bottling, by the gas with which the wine is afterwards charged. 717. To Prepare Champagne Wine for Charging. Put the wine used to make the champagne into a cask, add the brandy spirit, the aroma or flavoring, and the syrup, and stir for 10 minutes. Every day for 4 days. draw off 15 or 20 gallons of the mixture and pour it in again; let it rest 4 days more, then add the fining, stir for 10 minutes, and bung up the cask. In 3 or 4 days, if bright, draw off slowly, so as not to disturb the lees.

Filter (see No. 714), and it is ready for the fountain of the gassing apparatus.

Champagne. The process of ma- the gas and charging champagne wine. The king American and imitation French champagne is one requiring great care, especially in producing a not only clear, but bright wine. Full directions are given below for making the necessary syrup, mixing the ingredients, fining, filtering and gassing; including a number of receipts for different kinds of champagne. A careful attention to the instructions laid down will produce wines which will compare favorably with the best genuine importations. 718. To Charge Champagne with Gas. Matthews' apparatus is the one usually adopted in the United States for generating fountains, tubes, and valves are silver-lined, and the machines are adapted for pint and quart bottles. The following is a proper charge for a No. 2 apparatus with 2 fountains:

Charge the generator with 9 gallons water, 6 gallons ground marble, and 3 gallons sulphuric acid; put 2 gallons water in the gas washer, and 20 gallons wine in each of the fountains.

For a warm climate, a pressure of 70 pounds to the square inch is sufficient. When the wine is made in winter for immediate sale, 714. To Make a Filter for Filtering the pressure may be increased to 80 pounds. Wines. A filter for wines is usually made Genuine champagne has an average pressure of felt, shaped like a cone or sugar loaf; those of 50 pounds. without any seam are the best. A lining of paper pulp is prepared in the following man- gallons Catawba wine; 1/2 gallon old cognac