Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-12-17
BOGUS LIQUORS
wHArDRrSKARDs PCT INTO THEIR STOMACH.

WHAT DRUSKARDs PCT INTO THLIR sIoHACHs
A St. Louis Times reporter was ac-
corded an interview with the agent Of
chemical house, who showed him q
small sample case; with the remark that
he was the second man, outside Of the
trade, who ever saw its contents He
then opened the case, which was divided
into about % small compartments,
each containing a two-ounce vial OF
liquid These liquids were Of variety
of colors, and as the case was opened,
heavy and rather offensive odor. greeted
the reporters nostrils. II was an indie
scribable mixture Of all sorts OF odors,
from q sharp, pungent acid TO the
smooth, mellow flavor OF ripe fruit, and
suggested the atmosphere of q rectifler's
establishment intensified an unlimited
number Of times "Now for the essen
ces, said the agent. In my travels /
have often been spoken Of as a man who
makes whisky out of water, and want
to correct that impression You can
not produce liquor without spirit basis,
and we always advise the use of q good
cologne spirit, which is double distilled
and rectiiied, and therefore entirely free
from fusil oil Other spirits will answer
the purpose, but they will not yield as
good a quality of liquor You see, the
first run OF the still produces high wines,
the second run produces common spirits,
and the third cologne spirits. These
runs are made through charcoal, and
the third run frees the spirit OF fusil oil
and all impurities This" continued he,
taking up two-ounce vial partially
filled with an oily, yellowish fluid, SIS
cognac oil, worth 1920 a pint One
sixth Of an ounce Of it will make bar
rel Of brandy You take 40 gallons OF
the best cologne spirit, proof, one-sixth
of all ounce Of this OIL cut in pint Of
alcohol and pint and q half Of sugar
syrup, and you have barrel of fine
brandy. The same process is followed
with the Bourbon, rye, gin, kimmel, etc,
One-tenth Of an ounce Of the kmmel
essence makes barrel of kimmel or gin.
The kimmel essence is made from cara,
way seed, and the gin essence from the
juniper berry, For brandy from enan.
THO ether, one ounce of Jamaica rum
essence and q pint of sugar syrup to a
barrel Of proof spirits Rochelle, seig-
nette, catawba, apple, peach, cider and
cherry brandies are made in the same
way, except that, instead Of the RnaDthic
ether, essences OF each kind are used. To
make Holland gin, schiedam schLapps,
London dock gin, etc, you take 40 gal.
Ions Of cologne spirit, four ounces of the
essence and pint and half of sugar
syrup. Here" he continued, taking up
vial after vial, and naming the essences,
'Ts New York GIN Jamaica rum, st.
/ Croix rum, New England rum, Irish
whisky, Scotch whisky, Bourbon, rye,
Monongahela, Tennessee, Robertson
county and malt WHISTLES, and Spanish,
Hostetter, plantation, Boonecamp, Ham
burger and Berliner bitters You have
probably tasted Hostetters bitters
smell Of this and see ii you recognize it
Handing the reporter q small vial con.
tanning q thick, dark liquid, which
seemed to be highly concentrated ex-
tract Of the well-known bitters). When
ever a new bitters comes out we analyze
it and produce an essence which will
make the bitters in less than no time.
To make the Hostetter bitters, take 40
gallons of spirits, Is per cent. below
proof, six to eight ounces Of this essence,
one to two gallons Of sugar syrup and
one pint of sugar coloring. This color
ing taking up vial Of thick liquid re-
sembling aniline ink is made simply
from burned sugar. and is the only
liquor coloring used. But here is on
article exhibiting small vial Of yellow
ish liquid with ropy SEDIMENT which
is called bead oil, and will put a bead
on anything. You know that pure proof
whisky has bead on it, which disap-
pears as soon as water is added. A
great many people Judge whisky in this
way, If they see bead on it they are
satisfied that it is full proof, and if there
is no bead on it then they are convinced
that it is below proof Now, this oil,
which is worth from $40 to $40 per gal
Ion, will put bead on the poorest bust,
head whisky in the market You take
three-quarters Of an ounce of the oil to
barrel Of whisky, and it will have as
fine bead on it as you want. The
whiskies made with these essences cost
only half cent per gallon above the
price of the spirits, and can be made
ready for use in five minutes OF course
they can be made at any price you wish.
If you want whisky at so cents q gallon,
all you have TO DO is to reduce youI
spirits with water until you get it down
to where you want it, and then add the
essence. The commonest grades OF
these whiskies can be improved by add
ing good straight whisky"