ESSENCE OF COGNAC.
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Gum Syrup.
- Take 14 pounds of loaf-sugar.
- Take 1 gallon of water.
Boil together for five minutes, and add water to make up to 2 gallons.
Lemon Syrup.
- Take 5 gallons of gum syrup.
- Take 4 ounces of tartaric acid.
- Take 1 ounce of oil of lemon.
- Take 1 pint of alcohol.
Cut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, add the tartaric acid, and mix thoroughly with the syrup.
Essence of Lemon.
- Take 1 ounce of oil of lemon.
- Take 1 quart of alcohol (95 per cent.).
- Take ½ pint of water.
- Take 1½ ounces of citric acid.
Grind the citric acid to a powder in a porcelain mortar; dissolve it in the water. Then cut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, and add the acid water.
Essence of Cognac.
- Take 1 ounce of oil of cognac.
- Take ½ gallon of spirits (95 per cent.).
- Take 1 gallon of spirits (70 per cent.).
- Take 2 ounces of strong ammonia.
