Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-05-27

D. lose Lms Casaseca, Corresponding MeaJer Of the
Royai Aeadenies Of iadr'd and Munich, Grad-
uaie ~ Sciences Of The Ftcaky Of Payis. formerly
Professor ~ Chemistry, 0ppHea 10 fhe ifs, Qfttc
k0Vdt COhsertafDri0 Of Madrid, and " ThGsfc and
Chemistry "a applied 70 the Industry and agriculture
OF me Cosi1y, M hhe Royal Lurestg ~ this Island
Gt present H. Ms Director Of the Institute n Che8ii-
cal InrotiY4tion, Sc, &C
DO hereby certify that the request Of the House Of
Gotus * VIII, OF his place have made analytical
examination Of u Wolfe Aromatic schicdam Schnapps
with the object OF ascortaiung II it contained any sub
stance noNious to health and to inform them to its
composition and relative quality with the other gins
that are offered the market and the results Of my OBJ
servatous and experiments as follows;
Udolpho Wolfos Aromatic schiedam schnapps is a
spirituous liquid OF very agreeable aromatic odor
completely transparent and almost eooross having only
a very slight tint Of yelowsh gray its flavor is strong
and very agreeable to the palate Il marks 20 degrees in
Carriers alcohol wegher 50 degrees hundredth in
Gay Lussac's acohometre. By the disillaton in a ba-
laum maria with apparatus consisting Of glass
tort and a recipient surrounded with ice have collected
in this recipient an alcoholic liquid with very agreeable
aroma completely colorless and transparent, which
marked 80 degrees in Carriers Alcoholic weigher,
or 20 degrees hundredth Gay Lussacs alcohomore
and which represented whole 81 per cent Of Aromat
ic Schednm Schnapps subject to distauon in the
tort. This liquid did not soil the transparency Of the
able aroma is doubtless due very traiug amount Of
an essential oil nseparable from alcohol
From the remainder Of the distllaton which left in
the etort, have obtained through evaporation in va
por bath substance Of yoowish brown color, clear
and having bitter taste which is not disagreeable, and
which afterwards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth
pcrumed with that fragrance peculiar to the vanilla.
am inclined believe that 10 this bitter and aromatic
exractye substance soluble in water and alcohol the
medicinal properties which attributed TO this gin
due, have not found in Udolpho Wolfe's Aromatic
Schedam Schnapps any mineral organic substance
other than the eXacyc one already named and the aro
matte one obtained by distillaton. Finally, Udopho
wolfes Aromatic Sohiedam Sehnapps consists simply Of
an aromatic alcohol Of 20 degrees Of graduation in Car
tiers alcoholic weigher, and Of an extractye bitter
matte substance which, perhaps, is medicinal and, on
account Of lis containing any matter injurious to the
health a. well for It's odor and good hayor--a fact
which no doubt arises from the choice substances en-
ployod in lis manufacture, and from the peculiar manner
OF its distaton, it should in my opinion, be preferred
10 all the Holland, Bcgic and German gins which are
found in this Island which has been my business to ex-
anime These gins have often proved 1t, eAhale a
disaereeable odor and have less disagreoable
flavor, some Of them having left as was the case with
/ the superior gin from the distillery OF Mr. Hen
~ Deetjen (of Bremen residum after evaporation BY
steam, substance almost nspid and very trihng aro
matte with flavor Of vanilla, but in no wise with the de-
licous bitter and aromatic flavor Of that Of udopho
Wolfe and others, such that labelled "Gonuine sa-
maritan" Extra SUPERIOR" Messrs TEACHER have fur
nished very small quantity Of greenish substance
Of harsh metallic taste and very disasreeabe which eX-
active organic matter mixed with salt Of copper,