The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
GIN.
Beginning 10 He Made In This Country,

From Beverages.
The United States has in abundance
every essential requisite for the manu-
facture Of gin. and the only one deficiency
In the line Of making such manufacture
profitable and popular-a dearth OF gin
drinkers. Americans. unlike Englishmen
aud Hollanders two n~ationalities from
which largely, and. IN New York city.
originally. the American population de-
~scended). do not like gin. They have no
taste for IL. They do not favor II as a
stimuLlnt. They are soeptical as TO its
medicinal advantages. They prefer. usu-
ally. some other alcoholic beyerage-if
drinkers.
Until a few years ago. indeed. the manu-
facturr Of gin had been confined to Holland
and England. but Of late years its manu-
facture has been more extensively intro
dnced here While some American dis
tillers claim to produce a purer, finer and
hotter grade Of gin than any imported.
they have A. vet failed tn produce. even 10y
means Of the Holland process, 80 called
an article equal to Il.
But that they have made some Roadway
H. clear from the Custom House figures.
which show how Of late years there has
irSen. IN the imTortations OF Holland gin
a decided decrease. The importations.
lntfSeG, Cgutlnus tp kiNN frr ."ai Nv FNaA
The reasons assigned are the increased
demand for domestic gin, tho difference
in pric- occasioncd by the duty. and the
growing inclination to substitute a cheaper
for n dearer article.
The controversy which has been going
on almost for centuries on tho rum qu---
ton IL a question Of the us- or Austen
ton from the uSe IL the beverage rum.
The gin question u Of quite another sort.
l. gin n drnk or a medicine, Has Il true
medicinal properties, or u this urged onl5
a. an excuse for drinkersg
The upholders Of gin aver that the medici-
IA properties 20 gin can hardly he over
estimated. The oil Of juniper l. one OF the
most powerful Of all diurctic-. and Tor this
resSon gin II frequently prescrihFd by
stimulan,s would To most injurious. The
juniIs,r tree H. twenty feet high. IL grows
Ia Italy and Switzerland, and In the latter
country gin had it, origin. IL was first
named in Geneva, and from Geneva q de
rived the abbr-viation gin. In Holland,
however. and in England, the manufacture
&c gin has b<$.n carried further, and With
the product Of thrsr two countries tmeri-
ran gin IL now successfully competing
Tn. proves 81 gin manufacture h simple;
A mash H. prepared 81 matted harley and
rye meal, "a the proportion of one-third
barley and two-thirds meal, with four
parts 81 water NJ a temperature of 100 DE-
Cr.e After infusion cold water - added
and Thea The heat u fNNiufsu 70 "urkr@~'
or une-hali. the whole h run into The Ter
renting vat. To which one-half gallon Of
yeast j. added
FERMENTATION spss-hny -nsus-, ard IN
two dav- h. complete. although nearly one
third ~ the sAcNA,ariue matter IN the liquor
j. und-compo-ed The special feature uf
gan fermentation - ~. small proportion
az yrast employt-i The mRsh l. Distilled
ard A~ft-Tward r~dis,i'l,~l With the addition
uf runiT-r l.rri-s and salt Snm-tirn--
h1tps ar~ sdded The anal pr-tucf - run
90 into 2arse und-T sround ci-i.fus lined
With Tsuro.lsin tile.. wtsr- u can b. kepi
indefinitely u D. drawn 90, a. r~guiret,
INTO ca-k- which have ls-n previously
t-~aisi 90 rrtAin The cniori--s water Ap~
I-~fsnc~ of Ein snd ~ T~---titaf -mohN
havuf ono wa-uu. priahay, d gn
has not t-rn pogatiar in the ~HuuiTN b. that
tN~ TASTE Soc y --rms hmii~t 10 moisi .huulia,
fogge i~-aius- ~hrr~ ule stmo-Ifh-r~ y
ssrrlarg-d With ~atcg.