Description: Nice condition, antique copy of "THE FRENCH WINE AND LIQUOR MANUFACTURER" by John Rack. Circa 1870's 4th edition (stated); Dick & Fitzgerald; New York. Illustrated with "descriptive diagrams and engravings." Here are a few examples of the contents: Infusion, Maceration, and Digestion; On Distillation and the Still; The Clarification of Liquids by Fining; Filter for Brandy; Oil of Cognac; Directions for Using the Hydrometer; To Remedy Ropiness in Wine; To Fine Port Wine; Turmeric; Nature of Acidity in Wine; Elderberry Juice for Making Port Wine; How to Prepare the Clarifying Cask; How to Make Cheap Wines; Hickory Nut Flavoring for Whiskey; Flavors Used in Making Rum; How to Prepare Mash; Punch Essences; Manufacture of Cordials; Bitters...and much more. There is an Index and a 13-page publisher's catalog at the back. The full title is as follows: "A Practical Guide and Receipt Book for the Liquor Merchant being a Clear and Comprehensive Treatise on the Manufacture and Imitation of Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whiskey; With Practical Observations and Rules for the Manufacture and Management of all Kinds of Wine, by Mixing, Boiling, and Fermentation, as Practiced in Europe: Including Complete Instructions for Manufacturing Champagne Wine, and the Most Approved Methods for Making a Variety of Cordials, Liqueurs, Punch Essences, Bitters, and Syrups Together with a Number of Recipes for Fining, Flavoring, Filtering and Coloring Wines and Liquors, and Instructions for Restoring and Keeping Ale and Cider. Also Containing the Latest Improvements for Manufacturing Vinegar by the Quick Method. To Which is Added a Collection of Descriptive Articles on Alcohol, Distillation, Maceration, and the Use of the Hydrometer: with Tables, Comparative Scale, and Fourteen Important Rules for Purchasing, Reducing, and Raising the Strength of Alcohol, etc. The Whole Adapted for the Use and Information of the Trade in the United States and Canada."
Price: 150 USD
Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-12-15T20:19:13.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.87 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Beverages
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: John Rack
Publisher: Dick & Fitzgerald
Topic: Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Facsimile: Original
