The Bar-tender's Guide/English Curaçoa

by Jerry Thomas

English Curaçoa.

• Take 6 ounces of very thin orange peel.
• Take 1 pint of whiskey.
• Take 1 pint of clarified syrup.
• Take 1 drachm powdered alum.
• Take 1 drachm carbonate of potash.

Place the orange peel in a bottle, which will contain a quart, with the whiskey; cork tightly and let the contents remain for ten or twelve days, shaking the bottle frequently. Then strain out the peel, add the syrup; shake well, and let it stand for three days. Take out a tea-cupful into a mortar, and beat up with the alum and potash; when well mixed, pour it back into the bottle, and let it remain for a week. The Curaçoa will then be perfectly clear and equal in favor to the best imported article.