Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-06-11
CHEMICAL TESTIMONY.

D. jose LrIs CAsAsEcA, CoRREsPOSDISG MEMBER OF THR
ROYAL Academies ~ MADRID MUScn A GRADUATE
IN SCIENCES PAcrLrY PARIS, PROBES
sOR or CHEMISTRY, APPLIED ,RTs, OF ROYAL
CoSsERvAroRio Madrid, 0 PnsIc AND CHEMISTRY,
As APPLIED TINS Industry AGmouIrrRK
corSrRY, IN rmE ROYAL UNIVERSITY TINS ISLAND, AT
PRESENT II. MS DREcroR THE INSTITUTE oF CHEMICAL
ISvEsrcArIoS, &c, &C,
do hereby certify that at the request Of the house Of Goe
VIII, Of this place, have made anaitica examination
Of T. Wocs Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, with object
Of asceraning contained any substance noxious to
health and to inform them It's composition and
tive quality with the ohcr gins that mar
ke and the results Of my observations and experiments
as foows;-
Udopho wofes Aromatic schiedam schnapps is spirit
uous qud OF very agreeable aromatic o1ur completely
transparent and almost coorles having only slight
tint Of yeowsh gray its flavor strong and agreeable
to the palate II marks 20 degrees in Carriers alcohol
weigher So degrees hundreh Gay Lussac's alco-
metre. by the distillaton In baaium maria, with APP
paraus consisting Of glass and recipient
ed with ice, have collected In this recipient LIQUID
with agreeable completely coorless and
parent which marked 30 degrees In Carriers alcoholic weigh
er, 10 degrees hundreth Gay Lussacs acometre
and which represented whole 81 per cent. Of Aromatic
Schedam Schnapps subject to distaOn in the reort This
liquid d MT soil the transparency Of the distilled water in
mixing it with the and its agreeable aroma doubtless
due to very trng amount OF an essential oil nseparabe
from alcohol.
From the remainder Of the distaon which was left in the
retort have obtained through evaporation bath,
substance Of yeowish brown color clear and having
bitter which and which afterwards
becomes and leaves the mouth perumed with that
fragrance peculiar to the Vanilla inclined to believe
that this bitter and aromatic exracye substance soluble
In and alcohol the ecna properties which
tribute,l this UdOlpho
Wolfe's Aromatic schiedam Schnapps any mineral
c substance other than the exacye already named and
the obtained by distllation. Finally UdOpho
Woes Aromatic Schedam Schnapps consists simply Of
aromatic alcohol u 20 degrees " graduation In Carriers aco
hoc wehcr and Of exractye bitter aromatic substance,
which perhaps, is medcna and account OF its not con-
tanning any matter injurious the health, well for its
oor good which doubt arises from the
choice substances employed n its manufacture and from the
peculiar Of its disiaton should in my opinion,
be preferred all the HaIn Bec and German gins which
found in this Island which it has been business to
anime. Thes, gins have often proved it. exhale disa
greeable olur less disagreeable flavor,
Of them having left the with tn superior
gin from the dey Of Mr. Henry Deetjen (of Bremen)
resdum after evaporation by stea substance almost in
cipd and very tringy aromatic, with flavor Of vanilla, but
in wise with the delicious bitter and aromatic favor Of that
Of Udopho Wolfe; and Others such that labelled "Genuine
Samaritan "EXtra Superior Mesrs Tracher have furnish
ed very small quantity Of geensh substance, OF harsh
very dsagrecabe, which extractve organic
mixed with salt OF copper, with signs OF iron,
owing perhaps, a bad system Of distilation.
certify ~ all that is here stated is the truth and agrees
with the experiments have made with the greatest care and
authorize the house Of G1tig WILL of this city, to give
publicity this certificate, Spanish and in foreign Ian
guages in all countries where sn their interest to do
JOSE LUIS CASAsECA
HAVANA, JASrARr 1853.