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COMPLETE

PRACTICAL DISTILLER:
COMPRISING

THE MOST PERFECT AND EXACT THEORETICAL AND


PRACTICAL DESCRIPTION
OF TEE

ART OF DISTILLATION AND RECTIFICATION;


INCLUDING ALL OF

THE MOST RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTILLING APPARATUS; INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING SPIRITS FROM THE NUMEROUS VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE DISTILLATION AND PREPARATION OF

ALL KINDS OF BRANDIES AND OTHER SPIRITS, SPIRITUOUS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS, ETC., ETC.
BY

M.

LA FAYETTK BYRN,
EIGHTH
EDITION.

M.D.,

GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

PRACTICAL

DIBEgjP^Uif'L
OH
1

JLLijj.IXI S

L L I N G.

FROM THE FRENO

THE

[UNIVEHSIT7J
IILADELPHIA
:

HENRY CAREY BAIRD


INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS,

&

CO.,

810

WALNUT
1880.

STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress,

in

the year 1870, by

HENRY CAREY
In the Clerk's
Office of the District

BAIRD,
for

Court

the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

COLLINS, PRIHTBR.

PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION.

IN presenting to the public a new and improved edition of THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER,
the

publisher desires to express an acknowledg-his

ment of

appreciation of the success with which

the book has met in the past, and of its growing

popularity at the present time.

He
in

has added to

it

M.

Flinz's

PRACTICAL DIREC-

TIONS FOR DISTILLING, which has recently appeared


Paris as a separate and distinct publication.

This, he confidently believes, will be found direct

and

add greatly to the value and usefulness of a book which has already repractical,
will

and

ceived so
favor.

many and such

substantial evidences of

H.
PHILADELPHIA, March
(3)
15, 1870.

C. B.

PKEFACE.
FOR a long time the public have been in want of a work on the art of Distillation and Rectification,
couched
such language that every one could and of such size and value that the appreciate time and the price, required to read it, would prove
in
it
;

the least objectionable.


I

From

the best information

can gain, no work has appeared on this subject

for many j^ears. Owing to this fact, most of the improvements which have been made in the art have proved of little use to the larger class and thus things have almost remained stationary with
;

regard to this very important matter, particularly in this country which is, indeed, greatly to be
;

lamented, as we are in possession of every thing, in the way of fruits, vegetables, etc., which have
hitherto been used in distillation.
I trust

that in the following pages the reader will

find every thing that the present state of science calls for, and that the suggestions may prove of

great practical advantage which I think they will do, as every thing is given in the shortest and
;

plainest manner.
I

It is almost needless to say that have consulted every authority that I could find, for the purpose of making this a complete work they are, however, too numerous to mention here, and would be, moreover, of no benefit to the reader.
;

With these few prefatory remarks, the book mitted to the public.
(4j

is

sub-

M. LA FAYETTE BYRN, M. D.

CONTENTS
PAOE

DESCRIPTION of a Distillery

Some
Of

Directions to the Distiller

11
of. ...

Distillation,

and the Apparatuses made use

17

Continuous Distillation

Mode of Working the Apparatus 32, 39, Apparatus used principally in American and English
Distilleries

26 43 44

Instrument
tion

to prevent Inequality of

Heat

in Distilla-

59
etc

Of the Process of Malting, French Method English Method


Fermentation
Kectilication

63
79

81

84
89
91

Common

Process of Malt Distilling French Process of Distilling and Preparing Brandy.. Method of Preventing the Deterioration of Brandies.

93
95 96 98

Malt Whisky
Process
Process
for
for

Making Dutch Geneva Brewing Hollands Gin


. .

101

Process for Kectification into Hollands Gin.


Distillation of

103
106
106

Common

Gin
in the Distillation of

Spirit of Potatoes

Apparatus made use of


Spirit

Potato
107
112

Reduction of the Potatoes


(5)

CONTENTS.

^
Mashing- of Potatoes Rasping Potatoes

PAGE

114
116

Separation of the Fecula

116
1
. a

Draining Arrack, or Spirits of Rice. Spirits of Beet-Roots The Beet Rasp

18

124
127

128

133 Kirsch-Wasser, or Spirits of Cherries Of some of the Products of this Country which afford
Spirits

by

Distillation

135 135

Cider Spirits, or Apple Brandy

Peach Brandy Of the Preparation and Distillation of Rum Process made use of in Great Britain and Ireland
Fermenting and
Raisin Spirits
Distilling Molasses

136 137
for

140
143 143

Flavoring and Coloring of Spirits Process for Making Rum Shrub

144
145

Process for Making Brandy Shrub


Elder Juice

145
146

Method of Making Cherry Brandy Eau de Luce


Irish

147
148

Usquebaugh
'

Process of Making Nectar


Imperial Ratafia

149 149

Method

of

Process of

Making Lovage Cordial Making Citron Cordial


,

150
150
151
151

Cinnamon Cordial

French Noyau Peppermint Cordial Process of Making Aniseed Cordial Method of Making Caraway Cordial French Vinegar Method of Making English Vinegar

152 152
,

153

153

154

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Some General

Directions for the Distillation of Simple


.
,

Waters, etc

155
156

Of the Stills used for Simple Waters Cinnamon Water Peppermint Water Damask-Kose Water Orange-Flower Water
Orange Wine Simple Lavender Water Compound Lavender Water

158 158
.'

158
158
159

159
1

60

Hungary Water

160
161
162

Some General

Directions for the Distillation of Spirit-

uous Waters Jessamine Water

Eau de Beaute" Some Remarks on


eral

162
the Uses of Feints, and their Gen-

Character

163
164

Rules for Determining the Relative Value and Strength


of Spirits

Observations on Distillations of a Special Character,

and on the Selection of Apparatus most useful. 165 Remarks on an Instrument intended for Testing Wines. 184

Some General

Directions for the Preparation of various

Cordials,

Compounds,

etc

187
188
191

On some

of the Plans resorted to for the purpose of

Adulterating Brandy Process for Making Lime Water

Process of Making Sulphuric Ether 191 Instructions for Making Infusions, Spirituous Tinctures, etc
1 94=

Tonic

arid Alterative Cordial

195

A romatic

Bitters

196

Process for Making a Diuretic and Stomachic

Com196
.

Process

pound for Making Tincture

of

Musk.

197

CONTENTS.

APPENDIX.
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOB DISTILLING. FROM THE FRENCH OF TH. FLINZ, BREWER AND DISTILLER.

PART
I.

FIRST.
PAGE

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
Maceration
200
202

II.

Fermentation
Distillation

III.

204
205

IV. Rectification

PART SECOND.
SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS.
I.

II.

Buildings Utensils
Distillation, Rectification

207

208
208

III.

Maceration IY. Fermentation, Y. Yeast YI. Malt

209 210
211

VII. Preservation of Spirituous Liquors


VIII.

213
214

Raw

Materials

Index

215

SIT 7]

THE

COMPLETE

PRACTICAL DISTILLER.
'DESCRIPTION OF

A DISTILLERY.

WHEN
to

scale is undertaken, it is

the establishment of a distillery on a grand incumbent on those concerned

make every

preparation necessary to facilitate their

labours, insure the preservation of their materials, preserve their products, and employ as few hands as possible.

The space destined


It

for a distillery should of course be

should contain a plentiful spring, excellent large. situation near a stream of vaults, store-houses, &c. water is, of all others, the most preferable, if in the coun-

try; but
will

by whatever means water may be obtained,


any time.
as the

it

be necessary to be secured against the possibility of a


cellar should be considered
all

failure at

The
which

magazine

in

the wine, previous to

its distillation,

should be

deposited;

and ought

to

ground

as the distillery above

occupy the same space under it. It has been observed


'

that the best and most perfect cellar

is

that where the


of heat
9

thermometer

is

always between 55

and 65

by

JO

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER


The further the temperature of
worse
it is.

the scale of Fahrenheit.


this part deviates

from

this standard, the


it is

If

a cellar has not a sufficient depth,

necessary to dig it

deeper;
walls
;

if

too

much exposed

to the air,

surround

it
;

with
stop

increase the doors, and diminish the air-holes


placed,

up those that are not well


will introduce a

and open fresh ones that

new

current of
at least

air.

about sixteen feet in depth, the roof twelve or fourteen feet high, and the whole bottom
covered with some four feet of earth. The entrance should

A cellar ought to be

always be within two doors, one of which should be at the top of the stairs, and the other at the bottom ; and this is
equal to a gallery.
the south,
it is

If the entrance should look toward

north.

necessary to change it, and carry it to the Cellars whose entrances are toward the south or
:

every one must see the In proportion as the heat of the atmosphere after winter increases eight or ten degrees, a certain number of the air-holes must be closed, because the
the west are not as they should be
this.

reason of

air of a cellar

always endeavours to put

itself in equili-

brium with that of the atmosphere. On the contrary, during the summer it is proper to admit the external air
to

a certain point, to diminish the heat of the cellar.


:

Here, however, some restriction is necessary if the external air is of 55, then the air-holes must be closed.

Prudent conduct with respect to the air-holes will preserve the wine, and prevent its being impaired while in the casks.

A good cellar for wine,

spirits, or

beer should be at a

proper distance from the passage of carts, carriages, and all manner of vehicles ; and also from shops or forges of

SOME DIRECTIONS TO THE DISTILLER.


workmen who
and
anvil.

11

are continually in the use of the

hammer

Their blows

affect the vessels, as well as the

they also facilitate the disengageof the carbonic acid gas, the first connection of bodies ; the lees combine with the wine, insensible ferfluids they contain;

ment

mentation

is

augmented, and the liquor more promptly

decomposed. cellar cannot be too dry ; humidity undermines the tuns, moulds and rots the hoops till they burst, and the

wine

is lost.

Besides

this,

insensibly, and at length

humidity penetrates the casks communicates a mouldy taste to

the liquor.

Experience has proved in France that wine

preserved in vast tuns, built into the stone walls of good These tuns are cellars, increases in spirit every year.
not subject to running, like the common casks; and also contribute very much in point of economy, and in the end For one apparatus, the are less expensive than wood.
space appropriated to a distillery, properly speaking, should not be less than from forty to fifty feet by fifteen or twenty ; but this is only to be understood of distilleries
of wine or spirits.
to

A large yard

or court

is also

necessary

a distillery.

SOME DIRECTIONS TO THE DISTILLER.


THE average gravity of worts brewed from a mixture of malt and barley is, in all, from 100 to 120 pounds of
But part of this gravity is saccharine matter per barrel. called a mixture from made up fo>, which is a powerful
and strong saccharine, made from barley and malt
flour,

12

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


to the

and added

brewing of the common worts.

This

mixture, although so high in gravity, is yet generally well fermented, being cut down so low as from 6 to 2

pounds on Dicas's instrument, (given further on.)


attenuation
is

This

accomplished 10 to 20 days at most. When perfectly fine, it is put into the wash-still, and distilled into low wines. These
are afterward put into the low wine
spirits
still,

generally in the space of

from

and made into


stills is

and feints.
is

The mere working


plenty of time.
of a wash-still
at once,

of these

simple mechanical process, to perform which, from their


great size, there

The average charge 20,000 gallons of wash


wine
still is

From

this it

is from 10,000 to and the charge of the low the produce of the wash from the wash-still. will be seen that the particular still requisite

in conducting a distillery to advantage, relates to the

brew-

ing of strong worts, and to the proper fermenting of them, a sort of knowledge which has absolutely become a science in the hands of those who possess it.

When
coals, if

the

still is

luted, then

make

the

charged with goods for distilling, and fire under it, which should be of

durable, and
too

they can be obtained, because their heat is most wood fires are subject to both extremes, of
too
little heat,
fire

much and

which are prejudicial and

hazardous.

be pretty moderate at first ; then increased by degrees, and now and then stirred up with

Let the

still,

the poker; and by laying the hand upon the body of the as the fire gains strength in the stove or furnace

under the
to

still,

you

will

the still-head.
is to

When

by moderate degrees carry it up this becomes warm or hot, a

damp

be prepared to check or lessen the violence of

SOME DIRECTIONS TO THE DISTILLER.


the
fire.

13
of

Special care

must be taken that no manner


any other such
like

grease, tallow, soap, or


ter,

unctuous mat-

get or

fall

into the tubs, rundlets, or cans, because


off all

manner of proof of the goods; and although the strength be very high, yet they will apparently fall as flat as water, and then their strength can
they quite take

only be ascertained by the hydrometer. Lighted candles, torches, paper, or other combustible matters, should never
be brought near the
slight occasions.
still

or

any

vessel

where the goods


fire

are contained, which are subject to take

upon very

But should an accident take place, get immediately a woollen blanket or rug, drenched in water, and cast upon the flame, which will extinguish it by excluding the air.
persons, after the still is charged, make a lu-ting or paste, made half of Spanish whiting and the other of ryemeal, bean-meal, or wheat-flour, well mixed together, and

Some

made with water


for

of the consistence of an ordinary paste

baking } and having put on the still-head, work and make it pliable, and spread it upon the junctures of the body and head of the still, to keep in the goods from
boiling over.

Reserve a piece of the paste,


is

lest the lut-

ing should crack or break out, which


It is a

very dangerous.
to

custom among some gentlemen of the trade

put

one-third or one-fourth part of proof molasses-brandy proportionally to

what rum they dispose

of,

which cannot be

distinguished but by an extraordinary palate, and does not at all lessen the body or proof of the goods, but

makes them something cheaper.


any common waters, or genevas,
2

To recover

or

amend

will take such a quantity

of proof or double goods of the same kind or

denomma-

14
fcion

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


to the other as the price will bear, or will

answer

the intentions, by such composition or mixture. If by putting proof and weak goods together, the co-

lour or face of the goods be spoiled, which before their being mixed together were fine, as it frequently happens, they must be cleaned or fined, as when newly distilled.

Some

persons throw in about a pound of alabaster powder into their mixed goods, to stop up the porous parts of the flannel sleeve, which fines them immediately.

To recover any goods to a better body or strength, when too low or weak, or fine cordial waters, a proper
quantity must be put, by little and little at a time, of spirits of wine to the goods, mixing or stirring them well
together.

They may be

perfectly restored to the desired

proof with little or no loss, because the spirits of wine stand at about the same price with the cordials, and cost less than some of the brandies. If, by chance or acci-

happen to be spoiled in their complexion, especially genevas, which may be turned as black as ink even by an iron nail dropping into the cask, they must
dent, any goods

be distilled over again, by putting in half the quantity of the ingredients as usual ; and they will come perfectly fine as rock-water from the still, and must be dulcified according, just as they were at their first being made. But the goods, notwithstanding the misfortune they met with,
will

be

much

better than they were before

for

distillation they are

weakened near 1
off

in 20,

by every though imdis-

proved in goodness, as before observed.


Distillers,
tilled

when drawing

and making up their

goods, should be often trying them in a glass or falls phial; and when the bead or proof immediately

SOME DIRECTIONS TO THE DISTILLER.

15

down, and does not continue a pretty space upon the


surface, then they should take

away the can of goods,

and substitute another vessel


if suffered to

able relish,
feints

which, run among the rest, would cause a disagreeand be longer in fining down ; whereas, the

to receive the feints,

well tasted
tity.

being kept separate, the goods will be clean and when made up with liquor to their due quan-

When

the

still

is

first

about 6 ounces of bay-salt

to

charged, some persons add every 10 gallons of spirits,

and so proportionably, whereby the goods will cleanse themselves, and separate from their phlegmatic parts.

Some

are also in the habit of using a handful of grains of

make the goods feel hot upon the palate, as if they bore a better body ; yet this should never be done, as it conduces nothing toward the advancement of the proof. After all the goods have come off, if designed for douparadise, to

ble goods, they

must be made up
if

to their first quality


is

with liquor.

For instance,

still

charged with 3

gallons of proof spirits, they will yield in distillation about 2 gallons without feints ; which deficiency of 1 gallon must be made up with liquor (and sugar used in

dulcifying) to their determined quantity.

To

single or

common

goods must be added, over and above the prescribed quantity in compounding double goods, one and a
half part

more of

liquor, (viz. one gallon

and a

half,) to

dilute

it

for single or

common

goods.

When

goods are to be dulcified, you must never put

among your new distillation till the matter becomes dulcifying perfectly cold; for if mixed hot with the goods, it would cause some of the spirits to
your dissolved sugar
exhale, and render the whole more foul and phlegmatic

16

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

To fine any goods speedily for immediate use or sale, (especially white or pale goods,) add about 2 drachms of crude alum, finely powdered, to 3 gallons of
than otherwise.

goods

rummage them
become
is

well,

and the residue


It

will

immealso be

diately

clear

and transparent

must

is called the Hippocrates bag, or flanvery necessary for a distiller or brandy-mer* chant, as by the use of this all bottoms of casks, though ever so thick and feculent, by putting into this bag to fil-

observed, that what

nel sleeve,

ter,

the porous parts of said bag clear filled with grosser matter, and the thin or soon being liquid element runs clear from the bag, and is as good as any of the rest. Also, any foul goods or liquor may be

become presently

presently

made

clear

and

fine,

by putting some

alabaster,

powdered, into the liquor, or sprinkling the same on the bag to stop its pores, by which they presently become or

run

clear, leaving

ter in the

bag

nothing but the sediment or gross matnor does the liquor contract the least ill

flavour from the alabaster powder.

The

said

bag

is

made

of a yard of flannel, not over fine

or close wrought, laid sloping, so as to have the bottom of it very narrow, well sewed up the side, and the upper

part of the bag folded about a broad wooden hoop, and well fastened to it ; then boring the hoop in three or four
places,
it

may

be suspended by a cord.

But

the bottoms

of fine goods, which are much more valuable, must be filtered or put through blotting-paper, folded in four parts,

one part or leaf


ble to receive

to

what

be opened funnel-wise, and made capait will hold of the bottoms ; this being
filter off

put into the upper part of a large tin funnel, will all the goods from the sediment.

DISTILLATION

17

OF DISTILLATION, AND THE APPARATUSES MADE USE OF.


THE
apparatus for distilling, upon which
in

many

im-

France are founded, is that of M. Adam. provements En a furnace, situated in one corner of the distillery, is The head is in the placed a still built into the masonry.

From form of a dome, solidly fixed with the cucurbit. the centre of this dome a tube ascends, as thick as a man's
arm
;

and

this runs into the first vessel, placed

on one side

of the

stili,

which

is

fixed

upon strong

joists.

From
first,

this vessel issues a second tube, similar to the

but in the form of an arch, which enters into another vessel, also resembling the first, which communicates with a third in the

same manner. In

this apparatus,
:

thus simplified, there are several points to be considered

In the

first

place, all the vessels fixed

upon the

joists are

made in the form of an egg, and have their two ends Secondly, that the entering tubes, viz. placed vertically. those which proceed from the still to the first egg, and
from the
in the
first

to the second, &c.

have their extremities

bottom of each egg, and there form something like the head of a garden or watering pot, pierced with several
holes,

Thirdly, the last of these eggs,

when

there are

but three, and sometimes the two last, when there are four, are furnished with a cooler in their upper part ; and this is always filled with water while the distillation is
going on.

These

vessels,

with their refrigerators, are

called condensers.

Every

distiller

does not use condensers; the major itj 2*

18

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


them
as useless

look upon
three-six.

when they only wish

to obtain

However, they have all the rest of the apparatus complete ; and as these eggs communicate one with
another, and each separately with the
first
;

worm, they
only neces-

be used as condensers at pleasure sary to turn or stop one of the cocks.

may

it

is

At the extremities of these eggs a large tub is placed, the interior of which contains a large worm constructed of tin, which plunges into the wine instead of water, and
is

hermetically sealed.

This

first

worm communicates

with a second longer than itself, and enters a large tub placed under the first, which is entirely full of water.

On
dug
for

one

side,

and under

this lower tub, a large space is

in the earth

and

built

round with stone, which the


this serves as a

French

distillers call a

tampot ;

magazine

their

pumped
still,

previous to distillation, which may be into the upper tub. All the eggs, as well as the

wine

communicate with the upper tub through tubes placed between the lower part of the eggs and the still ;
there are, besides, lateral tubes

which run from the uppei

part of the eggs to the orifice of the worm in the uppei tub. There are other tubes proceeding from the uppei part of each of the vessels, even from the still, which enter a small

worm immersed
side of the

in a little

tub upon the furof the

nace,

by the

still.

The mechanism

than the apparatus. the A is the furnace on Explanation of Egg-Plate. which the still B is built ; of this the dome or head only
distillation is
less curious
is

no

to

be seen

masked by the building,

the punctuated lines indicate the form c is the tube, furnished with a

cock on the outside of the furnace, communicating witb

DISTILLATION.

Fig.l

of discharging the still, for the purpose alembic and the eggs. The small tube D, also provided with a cock, serves to point out when the still is full The little tube E also within two-thirds of its height.
the bottom of the

proceeds from the head of the

still,

with

its

cock, which

communicates with the long tube x X X x, which runs from the last egg that is to say, from that at the greatest distance
little

from the
is

still

and communicates with the


little

worm which

plunged in the

tub

F,

placed

under the furnace to prove the vapours contained in each of the distillatory vases. This little worm has the cock Q
at its lower orifice.

H, H,

are a series of distillatory ves-

sels or condensers, in the

shape of eggs, solidly fixed upon the timber-work p Q, and in succession with each other on
the side of the
still.

This plate represents only three eggs, though the number may be augmented at pleasure. It was the opinion
of

M. Adam

ter the rectification

that the greater the number of eggs, the betwould be carried on. The still comfirst

municates with the

egg by the tube

i,

whhh

rises

20

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

bottom of the egg, where

from the centre of the head or dome, and descends to the it enlarges into the form of the

rose of a garden watering-pot, pierced with a number of holes. It must be understood that this tube is soldered to

the egg at

its

vapours but by the way

entrance, to prevent any other issue of the ic f ended.


this with

The
which

first

egg communicates with the second,


last,
first

tho third, and so on to the


is

by means of the tube M,

egg at the point K, and proceeds to the bottom of the following, where it enlarges in the form of a watering-pot, as in the first. The last egg
soldered to the
is

furnished with the cooler N, by means of which the su


is

perior part of the egg, where the vapours are collected,

encircled with water to


cooler
it is

commence the

refrigeration.

This

gets too

supplied with a cock o, to let out the water when warm. Every condenser is furnished with a
this, or

cock like
into the

otherwise their upper parts are plunged

common

tub full of water.

This tub or bag, often made of copper, has the form of a parallelepiped. The tube R communicates from the second egg with the worm, which is generally used with

two eggs,

sufficient to obtain

close the cock M,

brandy at 18, when they which communicates with the second

and third egg, and they open the cock R to establish the communication with the worm. The pipe s communicates between the third egg and the worm. When three
eggs are used, they operate as just indicated; they open the cocks M and s, and stop the cock R. The same prois observed the number of eggs are when ceeding greatest

employed.

Each

rf these

has a tube that communicates with the

DISTILLATION.

21

worm, and

all

these are soldered to the spherical T, in

which the vapours from each egg are deposited, to be conveyed from thence into the worm in the tub u. u is
a tub, hermetically closed, which contains the principal worm ; this is full of wine, heated by the passage of the hot vapours from the last. It is also surmounted with
the

dome

a,

from which proceeds the pipe

ft,

that serves

to contain the alcoholic vapours that escape

from the tube

last mentioned, from the vessel T, or from any of the eggs or still, to convey them thence into the worm, j is a large tub under the first, and which encloses the second

worm, but

longer than the other. kept cold ; but disgorges itself the c on the outside of the vessel, against through pipe which it is supported by the three iron bars d, d, d. It
is

much

It is full of water, always

has not been thought necessary to represent the stone


cavity used as a storehouse for the wines designed for distillation, which wines may be raised into the tub u by means of a pump managed by one man the conducting pipe of this, marked fff> discharges itself near the bot;

tom of the tub u.

g is the pipe of communication belonging to the and the eggs; 7i, k are cocks to establish or intercept the communication of the eggs with the conducting

(j

still

*',

pipe g; I, I, m, n are cocks for continuing or interrupting the communication between each egg and the still, to dis-

charge it, or with the condensing vessel, for the purpose of filling it ; o o is the pipe through which the brandy or the feints are conveyed by means of the tunjp, when

they wish to charge the


to the pipe g, into

still
it

or the eggs.

It is soldered

which

discharges

itself,

and

is

con

22

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


by two iron
bars,

solidated with the rest of the apparatus

one of which
other
is

is

nailed to the timber-work p Q, while the

come d'abondance,

first This pipe is called egg. All the apparatus or horn of plenty. of the French distillers that have been encouraged by pa-

attached to the

tents have been constructed according to the principles of

now described, or those analogous to them. In the working of the still just described, they first close the lower cocks that communicate with the grand
this

tube connected with the egg. They open those of the conducting tube; then the wine contained in the tun
escapes and settles in the still. During this time a labourer pumps, to replace the wine in the tun that has escaped by the pipe. They know that the still is

charged when the wine flows through the The globules are compelled cock adapted to it. to traverse the liquid to ascend to the upper part of the
sufficiently
little

egg

but

it is

issue

from the

necessary to observe that the vapours that still are not purely alcoholic, but mixed

with

many watery particles. In visiting the vacant part of the egg, the watery part mixes with the wine, with which it has much affinity,

while the spurious parts, accumulating in the upper part of the first egg, pass from that into the second and third,

having traversed them where worm, they condense, and second worm.

and

after

all, settle

in the upper

finish the cooling in the

The

second worm, and


that purpose.

liquor comes out cold from the lower orifice of the is received into the vessel destined to

The vapours are passed through all the condensers, or only a part of them, accordingly as the

DISTILLATION.

23

operator wishes to have the alcohol more or less pure. In order that the alcohol should not evaporate in passing

from the worm into the hogshead, &c., and that the stream of the liquor may be seen at the same time, a pipe is attached to the extremity of the worm, communicating
with the bunghole of the hogshead.

The terminating

part of this pipe

is

formed of

glass,

through which the liquid may be distinctly seen. This instrument is called the lantern. The alcoholic vapour
that passes into the
first

egg in a

state of ebullition,

and

deposits a part of
ebullition of the

its

caloric there,

contributes to the

wine in this vessel, and disposes the liquor to distillation ; still the wine is not carried to that degree of heat necessary for this operation till a considerable time after the distillation has
still.

It is then less pure than

commenced from when it was first put

the
in
\

charged with watery vapours that have not been able to combine with it.
it
is

Two

different products are then

brought up to the su-

perior part of the first egg ; that is to say, the brandy that came out of the still, but disengaged from its watery
parts,
first
first,

egg.

and the brandy produced from the liquor of the This being charged with more water than the

first liquor; and nothing is obtained mixture beyond a brandy of 14 or 16. In the passage of the liquor into the second egg, the same

weakens the
this

from

phenomenon takes

place ; but here the aqueous vapours the with wine, and the alcoholic vapours rise from mingle the second egg with a less quantity of water than those

of the

first,

and the brandy flows

at

18.

When

it is

the

24

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

object to extract brandy only at Holland proof, or the still and two eggs are sufficient.

18,

The cock which


egg

transfers the vapours of the second

to the third is then closed,

and that which communiegg


to the highest

cates the vapours of the second

worm,
of the

or the
still

first

worm,

is

then opened.

The products

are taken

till it is

perceived that the liquor

is

dimi-

nished in strength.

The

first

another, to receive

hogshead is then removed, and replaced with what are called repasses, or feints, in
;

order to redistil them


still

and continue the operation


spirit.

till

the

no longer yields any


1

To know

the precise

moment whe ^
open the
the
little
first

stopped, they small cock on the side, which conducts to worm placed upon the stove, and close that

the distillation should be

which conveys the vapours from the still into the first The vapours being condensed in the small worm, egg.
the liquor is received in a small glass ; being thrown upon the head of the still, a piece of paper may be lighted by this hot liquor, which, if it does not burn, it is thought

proper that the distillation should be stopped. French distillers use the same process, in order to

eggs employed.
still,

judge of the strength of the vapours disengaged from the When these, which proceed from the

no longer contain any alcohol, the fire is extinguished, and they let out the residuum, which is become useless ; and afterward do the same with respect to the
eggs.
is

But

if,

on the contrary, alcohol

is still

found,

it

passed from the egg into the cucurbit, which is charged as at first; and they finish at a convenient time by adding The the feints, or some wine, if it should be necessary.

DISTILLATION.

25

eggs are then charged with the wine found in the first worm, which has already been heated in the first distillation
tion.
:

this is a great saving of fuel,

and hastens the opera-

In small
or

distilleries,

where only three eggs are


the eggs or the alembic

used,

when they would charge


brandy
feints,

they may distil three-six, by charging one or two eggs, or the alembic, with brandy or with the feints. They use a large tube, which being
fixed

with

between the

still

and the

first

egg, communicates

with another, used to charge the alembic with wine ; a funnel is introduced into the orifice of this tube, and by this means, and by closing the communication with all
the rest, the liquor
is

and the cocks are


alluded to
is

also

conveyed into the vessel intended, closed. The large tube here

Another point

the eorne d'abondance, or horn of plenty. is very essential to be attended to. It has
filled

been said that the tun

with wine, in which the


;

first

worm

is

placed, was hermetically closed


it

but notwith-

standing this,

receives the alcoholic vapours while very


is

warm, and the wine

heated by them, and consequently,


is

as well as the eggs, disengaged

To

retain

them the tun

order that they may the loss of the goods, the cover is made in the shape of a dome, surmounted by a small tube, which either conducts

from the vapours. completely covered ; but in not force the cover, and thus cause

worm, into the eggs, or into the still. these precautions, no loss can attend the proObserving With the aid of the pump the wine cess of distillation.
conveyed from the tampot into the tun, and is discharged at the bottom of this vessel. The cold wine, heavier than warm always occupies the
is

them

into the

26

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

lowest place, and expels the warm liquor which server* to charge the still or the egg. This construction has

another advantage, as the alcoholic vapours that escape the tun can find no other issue but through the tube,

which

carries them into the egg. The whole knowledge of distilling apparatus

consists

in the perfect understanding of the application of heat, of

For the purpose of vaporization, and of condensation. acquainting the distiller more perfectly with his calling,
all

the various apparatuses and improved processes will be given, as far as thought strictly practical and useful. It now remains to give a description of the different

systems on which the most remarkable apparatuses of disThese systems may be tillation have been constructed.
1. Distillation reduced to four principal and distinctive 2. Distillation the by the winesimple apparatus. by
:

warming condensing apparatus. 3. Distillation by steam and by rectifiers. 4. Continuous distillation. The three first will be described elsewhere in this work ; the fourth will now be considered, constituting what is termed

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
The continuous
scribed,
is
fig.

apparatus, which

is

here to be de-

2, has undergone

many improvements, and


state.

now

presented in its

most perfect

This apparatus is composed 1st. Of one still, and sometimes of two.


2d.
3d.

Of a distilling column. Of a rectifier. 4th. Of a wine-warming condenser.

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

27

OP THK
i

^^

^8

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

duced by the

almost placed in immediate contact with the steam prostill. To this effect the steam meets with

obstacles in falling, and presents itself multiplied obstacles to the ascension of the steam,

which

this

body cannot

conquer without passing through the wine; by these means the latter is divided, and so perfect a contact is
established, that, in a very short time, the analysis is

com-

fact, the wine arrives almost boiling in the pleted. column, through the conduit D E ; without having lost any part of its alcohol; and the more it descends toward

In

the
the

still
still

A, the

more

it

is

deprived of

it,

until

it falls

in

in a state of spent-wash.

The contrary takes

place with the vapours supplied the still A ; on leaving it they are quite watery, and they arrive at the point c of the column in a very rich state, although this richness is always proportionate to that of the wine operated upon.

The

little

tube

is

a level necessary for the purpose

of observing and conducting the work. It will thus be seen that this column of distillation, little elevated as it
is, fills

the same functions as a multiplicity of

stills.

It offers better results


less copper,

and greater

effects,

with

much
to the

and presents the advantage attached


This
it

system of continuity.
III.

The
is

Rectifier.

is

that part of the apparatus

which
it is

surmounts the column, of which a continuation, and contains the same mechanonly

marked c G ;

The spirituous vapours, such as they are, supplied by the column, pass through the rectifier, by the conduit H, into the wine-warming condenser, which will be immeism.
diately spoken
of.

There they are rendered richer in alco-

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
hol.

29

when

the spirit

is

required to be of great strength.


:

This

way The vapours condensed by the condenser Q I pass through the tube hj into the refrigerator, when they are
sufficiently rich
;

rectification is effected in the following

but, if this is not the case, they


i

by means of the retrograding pipes g


meet with obstacles
to the falling of

may, and g /, be brought

back, whole or only in part, to the rectifier ; there they in their fall similar to those opposed

wine in the column.

These low wines undergo thus an analysis similar to that which the wine undergoes in the column ; that is to
Bay,

that these low wines arrive in the rectifiers


t

much

richer in alcohol than the wine that is worked,

and that

they leave this part of the apparatus in a state of richness about equal to that of the vinous vapours. Thus it is evident that these low wines have been deprived of their

by which they have been analyzed. It is thus that, by means of th'e rectifier and of the retrograding pipes, the strength of the
alcohol in favour of the spirituous vapours
spirits

may

be regulated.

It has already

been seen with

what

art

structed,

and ingenuity this apparatus has been conand how successfully it fulfils the principles
vapours that are the most watery are always wine ; and reci-

that have been established on the art of distillation.

In

fact, those

in contact with the weakest part of the

procally, those that are charged with the greatest quantity of alcohol, when they are to be rendered richer, are always

Thus every thing conin contact with the richest liquid. curs to deprive the wine of its alcohol without ever rendering it richer itself, and to dephlegm the vapours without ever mixing them with liquids poorer in alcohol than 3*

3U

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

This advantage should be well observed, belongs entirely to the system of continuous distillation. The glass tube ef, the same as c d, serves to
themselves.
for
it

indicate the

movement

of the liquid in the column.

The Wine-warming Condenser. This apparatus, shown in Q I, like the preceding, has two distinctions
IV.
:

First, to

condense the vapours with which

it is

supplied, for

the purpose of transmitting them either to the receiver or to the worm. Secondly, to appropriate to the wine intended for distillation the heat which the vapours lose by

being condensed.

It is evident that these functions are

This condenser is a copper cylinder, closely connected. into which the wine arrives gradually through K L, to leave
it

through D
all

E.

It contains a vertical

worm, the pipes


parts,

01

which
pipes

hj

communicate, by their inferior and g j, through the tubes 1, 2,

with the

8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

and the vapours arrive in this worm on leaving the rectifier G C, which they leave through H, entirely condensed, through the fourteen tubes, or through
14
;

hence they proceed either to the rectifier or to the In the execution of this wine-warming condenser conditions are to be fulfilled which are not easily sur/ ;

cooler.

mounted ; but by proper care and


be apprehended
to

attention no fear need

such a state of perfection has the


difficulties

apparatus been brought. The following are the


selves
:

which present them-

On
tion,

one side
that

it

is

necessary, in this system of distilla-

the

common temperature
is

of the condensei
if this

should not exceed that of ebullition, because,


the case, the wine, which

wero

much

poorer in alcohol than

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
the vapours
it

31

in virtue of the rules laid

has to condense, could not fill this object, down on the capacity of alco-

hol, of water, and of their vapours, for heat.

On the other side, the wine, arriving through B c in the distilling column, should nearly be at the boiling point; for, without this condition, instead of being analyzed by the alcoholic vapours, it would condense part of them to acquire its maximum of heat ; and this would be

a real defect, occasioning a loss of time and heat ; besides, the space through which it passes in the column,
being calculated to operate on
its

analysis, admitting it

enters immediately in distillation, would, in the former case, not be large enough to deprive it of all its alcohol ;

and a large proportion of the


into the boiler.
ciliate these

Now

this is

latter would accompany it what has been done to con:

two dissenting conditions The condenser has been divided into two equal parts, Q and I, by means

of a diaphragm,

o,

which, having an opening toward

the bottom of the condenser, allows the wine to arrive

gradually through

L,

and

to pass continually

from

I to B.

The pipes
in the

of the condensing-worm

which are immersed


;

wine of Q contain the most watery vapours

these,

of course, abandon more heat by condensation. The wine contained in Q is warmer than that of any other part of

the condenser
it

through D

of specific

and, what is more, the wine which leaves always the warmest, in virtue of the laws stopcock r is fixed to the congravity.
;

is

denser, for the purpose of discharging the

wine when the

apparatus requires to be cleansed. V. The Refrigerator, or Cooler.


tical cylinder, in copper, into

The

cooler

is

a ver-

which the wine

is

received

32

THE COMJLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

through the conduit x R, from whence it passes into the condenser, through K L, which is fixed on the upper It contains a worm, into which the vapours part of it.
are condensed, and leave through

in the liquid state.

cock

is

used

working period is VI. The Reservoir.

discharge at an end.

to

the

worm when

the

The
;

reservoir contains the wine

intended for distillation

a cock

is

fixed to

it

the

degree of aperture of the latter is regulated by the quantity of wine with which the apparatus is to be supBut as this quantity may often plied in a given time.
vary, according to the unequal pressures caused

by the

unequal heights of the liquid contained in the reservoir, the height and pressure are consequently regulated by

means

of the following regulator.

VII. The Regulator. u, is a small vessel into which the wine is introduced, either by means .of a pump, or runs into it naturally if it can be so contrived. Its inferior part is provided with a cock,

which opens or shuts

according as the liquid sinks or rises in the reservoir.

This result

is

obtained by means of a float

q.

MODE OF WORKING THIS APPARATUS.


It is filled through u,

which

is

apparatus. it to the height required, which is indicated by the glass then the distilling column is charged with that level;
portion of the

Thus the wine comes

the highest part of the into the still, and fills

Bteam.
are full';

At

which is to oppose the passage of the period the condenser and refrigerator the introduction of the wine is suspended for a
this

w ne

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

33

tie cock p, to time, and is again continued by opening of wine ; stream a continuous the with apparatils supply
this is only

done when the wine


its

in the still has

been

entirely deprived of
is

alcohol,

and when the wine which

in the condenser is sufficiently hot to be introduced

into the column.

vious

Then begins in reality the continuity, and all the prework is only preparatory, although distillation has
;

already begun.

apparatus

one

is

There are two very distinct parts in this that in which the steam, mixed with

the boiling wine, or with the low wines also boiling, undergoes, by means of this mixture, a change which is the

is

most conformable to the object of distillation ; the other that in which the vapours are only in contact with the

wine through the intermediacy of the worms in which they are condensed, and their heat is abandoned in favour of the wine intended for distillation. The first is evidently composed of the distilling column and of the rectifier; the condenser and the refrigerator constitute the
second.
rules laid
hol,

To account for the down on the various


arrived at

effect of the first part,

the

capacities of water, of alco-

and of

their vapours for heat,

must be borne

in

mind.

cannot take any more heat without being transformed into steam ; it occupies then a volume one thousand seven hundred times greater, and

Water when

212

although the steam possesses the same temperature as the water by which it has been produced, that is to say, that
it
it

does not cause the thermometer to rise above

212,

yet

contains eight times more heat than water ; for about two pounds of steam mixed with fourteen of cold water
gives sixteen pounds at

212.

When

pure, alcohol-

34
that
is,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


when weighing 152
C passes into vapour at 172

temperature.
Its

much

vapour possesses the same temperature, and contains less heat than the vapour of water ; for two pounds

will only give a

of alcoholic vapour, mixed with about six of cold water, mixture of alcohol and water of 172 C

heat. Yapour of water, which can only remain vapour at 212? of temperature, will be condensed at a temperature at which alcohol will keep its vaporous state in water,
:

temperature, the vapour of water will be condensed, when, at the same time, that of alcofor instance, of

172

hol will pass through condensation.

it

without undergoing the least

If, instead of passing through water at 172, this vapour passed through boiling wine, the water will be condensed in favour of the alcohol of the wine, which will be vapor-

ized in relative proportions, and this in virtue of the well-recognised fact that when wine, composed of a mix-

ture of alcohol

and of water,

is

in a state of ebullition,

alcohol only takes the temperature of 172, which is, of What happens in this course, colder than that of water.
case
is
?

The vapour of the


it

condensed, because

water, in traversing the mixture, meets with alcohol which has

only 172 ; and as the latter cannot take any more heat without passing into vapour, it is vaporized by means of
the heat which the steam of water has abandoned in

being condensed Supposing the vapour which passes through wine in a state of ebullition to be itself a mixture of vapours, of
water, and of alcohol, it is easily foreseen what will hapthe portion of alcoholic vapour will pass without pen,

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

35

losing any thing in the wine, while the portion of watery vapour will be condensed, and produce a relative quantity

of alcoholic vapours. Such are the phenomena which take place in the systems in which one still is distilled

by the

other.

Such

are, also, the

phenomena which

are

observed in the distilling column and in the

rectifier of

the apparatus now under consideration. The nearer the are to the of summit the the richer the column vapours

wine they meet, and the more they are charged with
alcohol.

it

As, in this case, the wine operated upon, and such as is supplied by the condenser, is the richest, and as

these vapours are greatly charged with alcohol when they leave the column to enter the condenser, it must be con-

ceived that this column has an

immense advantage of

other

stills;

and that

it

serves only and continuously to

in other apparatus

enrich the vapours, without ever enriching the wine; while it is always necessary to render the

wine rich before richer vapours can be obtained.

The

same phenomenon takes place in the rectifier. The low wines, which run back into it, present to the vapour a
liquid
in the

much

richer in alcohol than that which


;

it

has met

but these low wines only appropriate to themselves the water of these vapours, to which they aban-

column

don a portion of their alcohol. The spirituous vapours, on leaving the rectifier, enter, through H, into the worm
of the wine-warming condenser
:

even in this part of the

apparatus they

may

be more dephlegmed, and from these

In this apparatus every thing they pass into the worm. is combined in such a manner as to cause all the vapours that are produced to be condensed in the wine-warming

36

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

there they take the liquid state, but as they ; are in contact with wine which they have already rendered

condenser

very warm,

they cannot be

cooled

there.

They

are

suitably cooled in the refrigerator, into contact with cold wine.

where they are brought

The advantages
consideration are

offered

by the apparatus now under


given time, according to the a much greater quantity of

First, to be able, within a


size of the boiler, to
distil

wine than can be done by any other apparatus, depriving the same of all the spirit it contains.
Secondly, to be managed easily and without
bour, as there
still; for
is

much

la-

no necessity

for repeatedly charging the

two men

may

at once direct

two or three of

these machines without fatigue, having no other charge than that of watching and supplying the fire with fuel,

which, considering the small quantity

made use

of, is

not

very laborious.

moderate

Thirdly, the whole apparatus can be had at a very rate, compared with many others, and it prospirit
it

duces more
Fourthly,

than any of them.

occasions a great saving in fuel. Fifthly, being simple in its mode of construction, no; much room is required } it is not liable to obstructions j

and

is

easily repaired, supposing

it,

which

is

not the case,

capable of derangement. Sixthly, to furnish at will spirits of a superior quality. Seventhly, not the least quantity of water is wanted
for the condensation of the vapours or to cool the spirits,

the matter intended for distillation being always sufficient vO absorb tte heat of the whole of the vapours produced

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

37

Fig. 3.

apparatus
it

cut (fig. 3) is an improvement on this the alterations, &c. which, it is said, render more adapted to the distillation of wash, are fully ex;

The annexed

plained in the following description of A, boiler producing the steam which


tillation.

it.

is to effect

the dis-

column, divided into ten pieces, each of which has from one to three screwing stoppers
B, distilling

38
2/y

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DJ*:HLLER.

&) 2/> by which means the inside may be seen, and the hand introduced in every part of the interior, c, rectifier,

placed on the top of the column, in which the low wines, returning from the condenser at the distiller's leisure, are
rectified

the residue of the rectifier leaves the tube q into the boiler A.

by the steam of water ascending from the column ; q, and runs

D, wash-warming condenser; the conduits of which, intended to receive the steam, are of a peculiar form, preThe matter to be senting a large condensing surface.
distilled is constantly introduced into it

by means of a

through a funnel h h ; the vapours arise from the column, are condensed, and heat this matter to 80.

pump

/,

The products of condensation are divided by the stopcocks 7 and 8, which may be opened to send back inte
the
rectifier

those

that do

not

possess the

requisite

strength,
to

u u serves

to stir the matter in the condenser,

prevent the heavy part from settling at the bottom.

E
F

is
is

common

refrigerator

immersed

in water.

a probe, into which the produce of distillation is In the middle branch </, covered with a glassi received.
beli, an hydrometer and thermometer are placed; ef is a branch formed by a glass tube ; the products of distillation are seen running through the small tube e ; they

run through

f into

the vessels intended to receive them.

a vessel into which the spent-wash falls ; it comes in through &, and runs out through m. This vessel fills
is

the functions of an hydraulic safety-valve. H is a vessel with a plunging-tub; in case (which is not at all likely to happen) the matter in distillation should

ascend into the column,

it

could not proceed to the con-

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION
denser, for
it

39
and through

would be stopped
t

in the ball r,

while the vapours should take y their direction to the condenser. I is a mechanism formed
the tube
s

run out by

by a banded axis and two wheels with teeth

it is

moved

by one man,

who

causes the

pump k

to play,

and turns

the shaft u u, to the bottom of which two wings are fixed, for the purpose of continually agitating and preventing

the matter from settling at the bottom of the condenser. is a pump, which brings the matter from the jack back

into the funnel

h h of the condenser.

MODE OF WORKING THIS APPARATUS.


The
in the
still

is

filled

lumn and condenser

with water, (the first time the coare filled also with water ;) the water

still is brought to ebullition ; the steam passes through a a a into the inferior part of the column, ascends from case to case, passes through the rectifier into the condenser, where it abandons its caloric in favour of the

water

contained

in the

latter.
F, the

water arrives at the probe


interruption.

When this condensed pump K works without

The matter proceeding out of the pump having sent the water out with which the condenser has been filled, arrives in the

column through p p, where


it

it

is

met by the

steam, which causes

to boil

it

descends from case to

case in a constant. state of ebullition, and, arrived into the

runs into G, and leaves through m. By openand 8 of the condenser, the lowest products cocks 7 ing of distillation are sent back into the rectifier; there they
last case, it

are dephlegmed, and return at a very high strength, which does not vary during the whole time of distillation. As

40

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

atill

the water which passes in the state of steam out of the A is to be replaced, and as it is indispensable that
it is

this water should be very hot,

drawn from the wormstill


it

tub E through o o o

before

it

enters the
boiling hot.

passes

through G, where the matter

is

Cock No. 4

regulates the quantity of water which is to be introduced. When all the matter has been pumped out, the process is continued for about a quarter of an hour, for the pur-

is

pose of exhausting the matter left in the column. The fire then drawn off; cock No. 1, fixed on the tube a a a, is

opened, as also cock No. 3, which is fixed to the tube K on the lower part of the column. The next day the operations are

recommenced

in the

same way.

The column

and the condensers are


There
is

left filled

with matter.

another system of continuous distillation which be described ; it possesses the advantage that it can be applied (the distilling column) to the neck of the
will here
Btill.

See fig. 4, on the opposite page. A, double still, having Description of the Apparatus. a copper partition in the middle, which divides it from
top to bottom
;

there

is

a hole at the lower part of the

partition, so as to establish a

communication between the

two

stills.

B, first distilling column.

second distilling column. of these columns contain an evaporator in the form of a double vice of Archimedes.
c,

Each
is

common

capital or

head belonging to the

first

column.
E, | capital or condenser, for the purpose of

making

strong

spirits.

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
$

41

Fig. 4.

F,

column of the head, containing an evaporator, conmiddle of the head to receive


tn*?

structed in the form of Archimedes's vice.


G, space left in the

water necessary for the condensation of the low wines. H 7 envelope of the column which receives the cold wine

through the funnel

J.
it

I, tube, having a regulating cock; from the tub R into the funnel J.

takes the wine

j,

means

funnel which takes the wine in the envelope of a double-branched tube.

H by

K, tube which takes the wine from the envelope of the

head into the lower part of the common head. L, tube which introduces the wine of the envelope of
the

common head on

the evaporator of the

first

column.

42

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER


M, tube which takes the spirituous vapours of the
first
it

solumn into the upper part of the second, which sends


into the pipes contained in the head.

N, tube which takes the wine of the envelope of the

column on the evaporator of the second only used where spirits of a low strength are
first

this tube is to be

made,

tube by which the spirituous vapours are taken from the head into the worm.
o,
P,

worm.
worm-tub.

Q,

R, supplying the apparatus with the

wine

it

is

to be

alimented by a larger tub. s, funnel, followed by a tube which takes the cold
water into the middle of the column of the head.
T,

tube which takes the water into the funnel


air- tube.

s.

u,

V receives the spent-wash at the bottom of the column, from which it proceeds into the second
through a pipe. x, funnel communicating with the outside of the

first
still

still

used for the purpose of evacuthe spent-wash, which, when it is above the level ating of the funnel, runs out of the still.
;

by means of a tube

it

is

Y, man-hole.
z,

doors of the furnace and ash-hole.


R.

W, tube which aliments the tub


wine.

No. 1 ; regulating cock, supplying the apparatus with


2, cock to discharge the envelope of the head.

3, cock to discharge the

middle of the column of the

head.

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4, cock

43

common head on
5,

which takes the wine of the envelope of the the evaporator of the second column.

cock to discharge the envelope of the 6, cock to discharge the worm-tub. 7, cock to discharge the still.
8, cock to

common

head*

bring the water.

9, cock to aliment the tub R.

MODE OF WORKING THE APPARATUS.


The
still

is

filled

with water, which

is

brought to
out of the

ebullition.

When

the distilled water runs

worm

the operation should commence. Cock No. 1 is about half opened, so as only to give passage to half of the The interior a of the wine it is capable of furnishing.

head

is

filled

with water by cock No.

8.

The wine

runs through the funnel J into the middle of the envelope H, which is filled as high as the tube K; it enters then through this tube into the lower part of the envelope,
and,
the latter is full, the wine runs from this part the tube L on the evaporator. The wine runs through on the evaporator of the first column on which it is distilled;

when

and the spent-wash runs out

at the

bottom of the

column.

head D, and spirituous vapours proceed through M into the upper part of the second column; they then rise into the pipes of the head, in
rise into the

The

which they may be more or


vapors alone can traverse

less
it,

condensed

the spirituous

and the phlegms return


distilled before
is dis-

back into the

first

column and are again


first

coming
tilled

into the

still.

In this operation the wine

column, the phlegms on the evaporator of the second, and the spent-wash falls

on the evaporator of the

44
into the

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


still,

which

is

the most distant from the evacuit

ating funnel x, where


tirely deprived of
its

remains long enough to be en

alcohol.

cold given to the head

The various strengths are obtained by the degree of by means of the water introduced
8.

by cock No.
the wine
is

In the apparatus as previously described,

in

immediate contact with the steam in the


last the contact is effected

column, but in this


the

through

medium

of the coppers of the evaporator.

APPARATUS USED PRINCIPALLY IN AMERICAN AND ENGLISH DISTILLERIES.


As regards the vessels mostly used in this country and England, when the condensed vapours are obtained in the liquid form, the shape and situation of them are very
different.
elastic form, to a certain height.

The vapour should be kept completely in its The neck of the vessel

should then turn by a sharp curve on an elbow, so that the substance, after condensation in the liquid form, may. by its gravity, descend as quickly as possible. The
height of the elbow above the point where the heat is applied should be only sufficient to guard against the mass below getting over the neck by boiling. When the

neck of the lower vessel

is

liable to be long,

it

should be

defended either by being polished or clothed, to prevent the escape of heat, in order to allow the vapour to be
carried over into the descending part before
it

condenses.

The

vessel

from which the vapour

rises,

when

of a

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large size,
still.

45

and used

for distilling simple fluids, is called a

Those for experiments in a small way, and also for

distilling acids,

ammonia,

ether,

&c., are called retorts;

the vessel that receives the distilled matter being called a receiver.

When the worm- tub is employed, the still requires such a shape that the greatest possible surface may be, exposed to the fire. Its shape is then that of a frustum
of a cone.

The neck should be of such width

as to con-

The height of vey the vapour away as fast as formed. the neck is regulated by the nature of the substance
operated upon
:

if it is

longer, to prevent its boiling over

mucilaginous, the neck should be and the exterior of ;

the lower part should be polished to prevent the escape of heat; the descending part painted black, and its end
inserted into the end of the

worm.

The worm-tub

is

wooden
the
still

vessel, about six or eight times the capacity of


;

the length to the diameter should be about ten The worm consists of a spiral tube, which enters on one side of the tub at the top ; it then passes
to seven.

spirally, in six or eight convolutions, to the


it

bottom, where

comes out of the side

in order to discharge the liquid


it

arising

from the vapour condensed within


is

by the agency

of the cold water with which the tub

is filled.

The water
comes

running away from the


circle, its

constantly changing, by the warm water top, while a supply of fresh water

in at the bottom.

The

section of the tube being a

capacity should not be less than one-fifth of that of the still ; the diameter of the ends of the tube

effect a

The object is not merely to being about three to one. the condensation, but to cool the liquid
:

46

TH4 COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

of performing this will not always depend upon the relative size of the vessel, but must be governed by the

the quantity of vapour supplied in a given time, and the subthat encloses of cold vessel water. The supply
stances to be distilled
It is very
is

called an alembic.
to use

dangerous

one that

is

not tinned, as

An alembic the liquor would assume a deadly quality. is composed of two or three parts, according to which the distillation is carried on by fire or by the Balneum Marias :
in the
first,

the bottom of the alembic

is

in close contact

with the
in

is placed another vessel larger than itself, which, being filled with water, acts as a medium between that and the fire.

fire;

but in the

latter, its

lower part

The alembic, properly speaking,

is

composed of two

parts,

the cucurbit and the head; but though the form of the latter may vary according to the systems of operations

adopted, its use is always the same, namely, to contain the matter intended for distillation. When the cucurbit
is

large

and spacious, as
necessary to
it is

then

it is

In this case

in great distilleries, the masonry of the copper. difficult to clear it of the phlegm, or
it

must be

fix it in

the residue of the distillation, even with the aid of a Howsiphon, according to the practice of the ancients.
ever, this is

now

best remedied

by a cock on one

side of

the vessel, near the bottom, that must be set running when the alembic is discharged, or when it is necessary to clean
it.

The

size

of the cucurbit varies

\n

different

countries.

Many

distillers, to

augment

their products, or

to ameliorate the quality of the liquor,

add a cooler

to

the head of the


ally

still.

However, the observations continuhave sufficiently proved

made

in

large distilleries

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
that
coolers,
if

ll

not pernicious

in

the

distillation

of

brandies, were useless. Consequently the use of them was dropped, as was also the pipe or tube called the

blackamoor's

head.

But whether the

still-head

be

conical or otherwise, its uses are always the same, viz. to receive the vapours caused by the ebullition of

the

liquid,

and

to

transmit

them through the


the
still-head

dif-

ferent

tubes

that

surround

and form

a part of it. These tubes present the figure of a truncated cone, the smallest diameter of which is the most
distant from the head.
in a distillery

Every vessel composed of copper should be well tinned, and continually


will occur.

examined ; otherwise a deterioration

The

acid

of wine as well as that of ardent spirits, corroding the

copper, will form verdigris, which will be tilled with the liquor.

mixed and

dis-

In describing the
Britain,
it

stills

of this

country and

Great

is

necessary to observe

that all distillatory

vessels are either alembics or retorts.

The former

consists

of an inferior vessel, called the cucurbit, designed to contain the matter to be examined, and having the upper part
fixed to
it

called the capital, or head.

In this

last the

vapours are condensed by the contact of the surrounding air; or, in other cases, by the assistance of cold water
enclosing the head, in a vessel called the refrigeratory, or cooler. From the lower part of the capital, or stillhead, a tube proceeds, called the
spout,
nose, nozel,

beak, or

through which the vapours, after condensation, are made to flow into a vessel called the receiver, which has
usually been spherical.
.Receivers have

had several names, according

to their

48
figure,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

There have being called matrasses, balloons, &c. been various modes of applying heat in distillation, depending upon the nature of the apparatus employed as
still

The common well as upon the substance to be distilled. formed of is metal, immediately exposed to the being

naked fire, since from its tenacity, and its property of conducting heat with facility, it is not liable to crack, which is not the case with glass or earthenware. The
heated in various ways, the most common of which has been by the sand-bath, a vessel of iron filled witfr
still is

fine

dry sand.

The annexed figure (5) is a specimen of a still which has stood the test for a number of years, and is one worthy
of the attention of the reader.

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

49

The

still

here represented

is

made

of metal, as usual,

but having one internal division a a] this forms the still into two compartments; these are both charged with The still wash, or other liquid intended for distillation.
being heated by the furnace below, the vapour from the lower compartment will be driven through the tube 6, and descend by the bent pipes c c into the wash of the

upper compartment, or from the tube 6, without the bent pipe ; the vapour may be dispersed above the surface of
the liquor within the placed over the tube
still,

by the intervention of a plate

6, by a pipe df up to the vessel of descend and water, again by the pipe e into the upper compartment of the still ; by which means a partial con-

densation will have been effected of the grosser vapours which have arisen from the lower compartments, and the

higher or uncondensed vapour will pass off through the to the condensing apparatus. perpendicular pipe small pipe #, with a stopcock, is inserted into the tube &, and carried through the vessel of water, by which a small

quantity of the vapour from the lower part of the still may be admitted into the glass vessel h, for the purpose
of ascertaining the quality of the vapour. When the spirit is out of the lower compartment of the still, and the upper compartment reduced to the
gravity intended, the spent liquor below is to be drawn off through the cock i\ after which the valve k may be

opened, to admit the liquor from the upper to the lower


part of the still; and the succeeding charge is drawn from the cistern Z, through the pipe m, to the upper part The condensing apparatus consists of two of the still.
cisterns, placed

one within the other; the inner one


5

f>0

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

should be made of copper, and is filled with wash or other liquid intended for subsequent distillation, by means of
the pipe and funnel. This vessel should at least contain two charges for the upper compartment of the still. The outer vessel n n

may

be made of wood, and must be charged with water

When the vessel is atcircumscribing the inner vessel. tached to other stills, the outer vessel n n may be dispensed with, and the pipe o o attached, which must communicate with another condenser. The vapour passing

from the

still through the pipe/, as above described, proceeds to the spiral condensing pipe p } which passes several times round the vessel /, and the vapour being cooled and

condensed in
spirits,

its

progress, finally collects in the form of


off

and

is

drawn

inserted into the head of the vessel

through the pipe o] q is a pipe with a light valve /,

opening upward, for admitting any vapour into the condenser p, which might arise from l\ but this at the same
time prevents the passage of any vapour from the
still

waste-pipe r is attached to the The parts of cistern n, to carry off the surplus water. this apparatus claimed as an improvement by a gentle-

through the pipe

f.

man
for

in

London

are a vessel to contain wash or other

liquid in the progress of distilling, surrounded

by a cavity from the the still. The water condensing apparatus shown at h and s are glass vessels containing a number
of graduated bubbles of known gravity, which being put into a glass vessel, into which a portion of the spirit passes
still according to the number of bubbles afloat, denote the levity of the spirit by their colour or shape. With the assistance of a thermometer, the strength is

from the

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
ascertained.

51

Here

it is

not necessary to describe the well-

known graduated
on this
is

bubble.

Another improvement made

to cause the liquid operated

upon

in the pro-

cess of distillation to flow gradually over the heated surface of the boiler while it continues to give out its spiThe quantity of liquid allowed to rituous evaporation.

be acted upon, or to pass through the

still

in a given

time, and also its velocity, is regulated by the circuitous route in which it proceeds ; and by that means the complete operation of the fire

upon the whole

fluid is insured,

without impeding or clogging the spirituous evaporation

by aqueous or empyreumatic vapours.

By

this construction of a

still,

a continued and unin-

terrupted distillation, boiling, or evaporation is carried on as long as the supply of liquid is furnished and the fire

kept up.

In
boiler

fig.

is

made on

a view, in profile, of the section of a still or the improved principle, of copper or any
fig.

is

other suitable material; and a plan of the same.

7,

on the following page,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

Fig. 7.

The bottom
titions,

high to have openings from one another at opposite sides, a is a reso as to make the course a sort of labyrinth,
titions

of this boiler is divided by concentric parwhich stand up (as shown in fig. 6) sufficiently prevent the liquor from boiling over. These par-

b is a pipe ; or tube descending from the reservoir, conducting the liquor to that part of the boiler marked c, which is the
servoir of liquor prepared for the operation

of the race. From hence the liquor flows the channels, as shown by the arrows, progresthrough sively traversing the whole surface of the bottom ; so

commencement

that the full effect of the


tions of the liquid,

fire is exerted upon small porwhich causes the evaporation to pro-

ceed with great rapidity. The residue of the liquor then passes off by the discharge-pipe d, contrived to slide, for the purpose of regulating the quantity and depth of the fluid intended for the
still
-

and

this pipe should

be in such proportion to th

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

58

admission-pipe as to cause the perfect distillation of the liquor in its passage to the regulating tube. The spirit which rises in the head of this" improved
still

will be

found
stills

much

tained from

of the ordinary construction,

stronger and purer than that obwhere the

spirituous vapour is

much mixed

with aqueous matter


to

and other

impurities.

The channels may be extended

any length required, over a bottom of any dimensions, by


contracting their breadth. Stills upon this principle may be made of all sizes and shapes, round, square, or otherwise } and the partitions may be placed in concentric or
eccentric, circles, with

openings on their sides at such

dis-

tances as shall cause the liquor to flow over the most extended surface of bottom; or the still may be square,

with angular partitions ranged as a labyrinth, or in any other manner, so as to cause the run of the liquor to be
greatly extended over the surface of the boiler. The bottom of these stills may be either flat, concave,

convex, conical, or of any other form ; and the entrance of the liquor into the still, and also its discharging aperture, may be at the side, in the middle, or elsewhere, as

circumstances

may

dictate.

Boilers or evaporators

may

be made on this plan, either with or without heads, and their capacity of working may in all cases be increased

by placing layers of
flues,

pipes, connected thereto, within the

and chimney \ which pipes may be bent or coiled in a serpentine direction or in any other position, and the liquor to be operated upon made to pass
between the
still

operation

through them previous to its entering the still thus the may be advanced to any required state of for:

wardness.

Stills of the

above description, particularly


5*

if

54

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


square,
its.

made

may be

divided internally into several, each

separate head and condenser; by which arthe spirit condensed from the first may fall rangement into the second, to be again operated upon, and so on to a

having

third,

whereby a
at

rectification

may

be carried on to any

In the still one operation and by one fire. degree shown at fig. 6 a set of chains are seen suspended from
the bar e
e,

in motion

supported by a central shaft, that may be put by a toothed wheel and pinion, actuated by a
in loops,

crank or winch.

These chains hang

and

fall

into the spaces

between the partitions, to sweep the bottom of the still as the shaft revolves ; and thus they prevent the material
acted upon from burning,

when

of a thick, glutinous na-

ture, as turpentine, syrups, &c.

between each
explained at

circle,

fig.

8,

Ledges may be placed on the principle more particularly which is square, oblong, or round, its
at the

bottom intersected with portable ledges, fastened ends and bottom, if square or oblong, and only
bottom,
a space
if

to the

; except that under each alternate ledge of any width required, between it and the bottom, so that the liquid, in entering at the end or cen-

round

is left,

tre,
it

passes over the one and under the other ledge, until

arrives at the point of discharge.

Thus the whole mass, whatever depth


still, is

it

may

be in the

a layer of the thickness of the space between the ledge and the bottom.
effect of the fire in

submitted to the full

Fig. 9 differs essentially from all the others in this, that the bottom is doubled up and down in plaits, and represents a surface

commensurate with the length, depth, and

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.
Fig. 8.

55

Fig. 9.

number
ledge
is

of the plaits, between each of which (as in fig. 8) a run from side to side of the still, and fastened to

both, leaving a passage the whole length underneath, be-

tween

its

lower edge and the bottom of the groove formed

by the plait, by which the liquid in its whole course is reduced to a stratum of any thickness required along a surface
of

immense

extent, occupying comparatively but a small


to all the heat of the fire.

space,

and exposed

In the fore-

going descriptions the stills have been considered as in immediate contact with the fire ; but it is proposed to work them by steam, which may be applied either externally or
internally, or both, as

shown

in

fig.

10.

In this figure, a
safety-valves,
:

represents a

steam-boiler, furnished with

and supplied with water in the usual way this boiler is surmounted by three stills upon the foregoing principles. The bottoms are perforated at certain distances throughout their whole extent, and into each of these perforations a tube is inserted, branching into ramifications of smallei

56

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

dz:
Fig. 10.

tubes

the extremities of which are bent

down

into the

liquid flowing through the still. The steam from the boiler passes

the hollow vessels

c, c,

up the tube It b into and thence through the tubes d, d, d


e,

into the smaller curved pipes e y

e; at the extremities of

which

it

pervades the liquid in

its

progress.

If

it

should

be deemed more advantageous to transmit the caloric from the steam through the metal, without allowing the steam to pass into the liquid, it may be done by closing the extremities of the curved pipes e, e, e, and placing them in a horizontal position, with a small inclination, in order to allow the condensed steam to pass into the boiler.

Here the
other, and

spirit arising in

one

still

might pass

into an-

be again operated upon; and distillings of every degree and of various substances may be carried on in one continued operation at the same time and by one
nacderate
fire,

which, upon this principle, will

suffice for

CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

57

the largest establishment known. Another improvement, is an apparatus for advantageous to the art of distillation,
of alcohol or spirit during the vinous preventing the loss

fermentation.

(See

fig.

11.)

Fig. 11.

This apparatus consists of a vessel or head, constructed


so as to be capable of attachment to and

communication

with the back or vat in which the process of fermentation


is

&c.

carrying on, in the production of wine, brandy, beer, The back or vat is to be closed on all sides, air-tight,

except an opening in the top, which communicates with the head above mentioned. This head is to be surrounded

by a

vessel of cold water, in order that the alcoholic va-

pours evolved during the process may, on rising up into

58

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


down
the

inside of the vessel

the head, become condensed, and then trickle and descend into the vat.

By

tion of the alcohol,

the application of this apparatus a certain proporwhich has been hitherto suffered tc

escape with the non-condensable gases in the form of steam, will be condensed and returned into the liquor ;

while

the

non-condensable parts will

be

carried

off

through a pipe. The cut (fig. 11) represents this improved apparatus, the vat and the cold-water reservoir being shown in
section,

is

the vat containing the fermenting liquor,

is an aperture communicating with the interior of the conical-formed vessel b } the lower part

in the top of

which

of this vessel
circular plate,

is

made

cylindrical,

and passes through a


c is the re-

on which the supporters rest, servoir of cold water surrounding the conical

vessel,

which

may be supplied by a stream of running water, c? is a worm or pipe communicating with the interior of the vesand, passing off through the side of the reservoir, is a small pipe descends into another vessel of water, e.
sel b,

which proceeds from the lower part of the vessel

6,

and

descends through the fermenting liquor nearly to the bot-

The gas and alcohol rising from the vat. liquor in the vat into the conical head b, and coming in contact with the cold sides of the vessel, produces a contom of the
densation of the alcohol, which runs down the side of the cone into the circular channel g at its base, from whence
into the vat below ; while the alcohol passes by the pipe the non-condensable gases pass out through the worm-pipe d, and finally escape by bubbling up through the water
into the vessel
e.

PREVENTION OF INEQUALITY OF HEAT.


If any portion of the alcohol should pass up the
pipe,
it

59

worm-

will

become condensed

in its progress,

position of the

worm

will be enabled to

and by the run back again,

and pass into the vat. A small cock h is placed at tha bottom of the cone, for trying the strength of the conThis apparatus may be removed froi* present situation to another fermenting vat by Jrawing off the water and disengaging the head b from its place. The plate is furnished with circular wedges rouu6

densed alcohol.

its

the circumference, as seen at

i, i,

made

to act beneath

hooks; the apparatus, being turned round by the handler


in a horizontal direction,

becomes

fixed in its place, hav-

ing between the plate and the head a ring of thick leather, to prevent the gas from escaping. The sole object ana

novelty proposed in this improvement is to prevent the loss of alcohol in the usual process of fermenting liquors
in open vats,

and

to return the

condensed alcohol into the

liquor again.

INSTEUMENT TO PREVENT INEQUALITY OF

HEAT
DISTILLATION
viz.

IN DISTILLATION.

consists principally of two operations, the conversion of the matter into vapours by heat,

and the condensation of the same vapours by

its opposite. Therefore, that this twofold operation should be effected with promptitude, and at the least expense for combus-

tibles, it is

necessary that a perfect equilibrium should be

established between the heat in evaporation and the con-

densing cold in resisting the

latter,

by means of a given

60

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

quantity of water of fixed temperature passing through the cooler in a given time. It is necessary that the tire should be regulated in such a manner that the quantity
that which at the

of vapour produced should be neither greater nor less than same time may be condensed by the

application of cold.

The

failure of attention to this circumstance (particu-

larly in the distillation of spirituous liquors)

may

pro-

duce the following inconveniences


will pass

First, if the fire is

too violent, a great quantity of the condensed vapours from the worm into the external air, and occa-

sion the loss of the matter distilled, and also of the fuel.

Secondly, if the fire or heat is diminished too soon, the condensation will produce a vacuum in the worm and in the alembic, which, not being proportionably filled by the
fresh vapour, will admit the entrance of the external air,

and impede both operations ; and, lastly, will carry with it a part of the vapours, and occasion loss of time, and
also of the matter distilled.

at the

To remedy these defects, and same time provide simple and effectual means for

instrument has been invented which

an indicating the exact state of the heat every instant, may be adapted to

any distillery or apparatus, and is, in reality, nothing more than an application of known and practical princiThis ingenious machine possesses another singular ples.
advantage
;

namely, that in intercepting the communica-

tion of the atmospheric air, the products of the distillation are more abundant and perfect; for, in proportion as the

vapours condense, a vacuum


apparatus into

is

formed

in that part of the

which the vapours are drawn, in the same


the

manner

as

by

pump

tney are also less compressed

PREVENTION OF INEQUALITY OF HEAT.

61

in every part of the apparatus which they may fill ; the condensation is more rapid, and the products, upon the

whole, greatly superior. To render this instrument

still

more

useful, its lower

part should be completely immersed in a vessel filled with cold water up to the ball ; the liquor, though ever so
little

impregnated in traversing this cold


its caloric.

fluid, will

com-

plete the deposition of

This precaution will also prevent the losses that quently result from the negligence of the workman.

fre-

Fig. 12.

Explanation of
inches in diameter.
be attached to the

the

glass, in several pieces,

A B c D ; a tube of copper or bent over, with a ball H eight The upper end of the tube A may
Cut.

worm by means
6

of a vice.

The length

62
of B c, c

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


D
is

four feet, and the capacity of the ba.l

is

something more than that of the tube BCD.


lation having

The

distil-

commenced, the vapours condensed


the ball

will pass

through
will

A and

into the tube


filled

BCD.

But

it

will only be

when

the two arms are

that the liquor

ceive

go out through D to enter the vessel intended to reit. These two arms will then remain filled during

the whole process of the distillation ; and in this consists the remedy of the inconveniences the instrument is in-

tended to remove.
It
is

uncondensed vapour
driven out
all

easy to see, that if the fire becomes too brisk, the will not be able to discharge itself,
to the

by opening a passage

external

air,

before having

the liquor contained in the tube

c,

and

overcome the pressure of a column the height of which In the second place, the external air is equal to c D.
cannot enter to occupy the void occasioned by the slowness of the fire, but only by expelling that from D c, and

surmounting a pressure of the same height. Still, column being four feet in height, allows a sufficient
tude and time for the
the tube

this
lati-

workmen
it

to regulate the fires.

If

would only be necessary to glass, observe the level of the liquor in the two arms. Its being lowered in B c would indicate the necessity
was of
of diminishing the fire ; and in c D it would be necessary But as the operation in the tubes of this to increase it.

BCD

length

is

rather precarious,
glass regulator

it

would be best

to attach to
E,

Ea

little

EF

E, of

which the two arms

r;

each being three inches long, contains mercury ; this, in rising alternately in one or the other, would be an exact
indication of the degree of the heat,

and also of the vapours.

PROCESS OF MALTING.

63

This regulator might be enclosed, so as to prevent accidents.

Between

this

and the worm

is

the stopcock G,

which, in the beginning of the operation, communicates with the external air in the same manner as the cock of an

air-pump

but after the

fire

has been forcibly driven, the

vapours may be seen issuing out of i; then turning this cock, the communication between the worm and the external air
is

closed,

and the other between the same worm

and the regulator must be opened, and the actions of both will commence. The ball H prevents the liquor driven
bic.

air from rising in E F E and in the alemscarcely necessary to add, that the head, whatever its form may be, should be well luted, in order to

by the external
It
is

prevent the entrance of the external

air.

OF THE PROCESS OF MALTING,


FOR
kind of

&c.

a long time, corn has supplied the trade with a " spirits, commonly called spirits of corn."
the various kinds of corn used for the purpose of Oats, Indian corn, rye ranks the highest.
also used with success; barley
is

Among

distillation,

and wheat are

almost

always mixed, in a proportion which varies, with those


vegetables.
best, and we may say the only, way of ascertain' the venal worth of corn is that of its specific gravity ; ing o that, all things being equal, that which under an equal

The

tion, as well as for

measure weighs the most must be preferred for distillaevery other use } and the price varies,
particularly, according to this quality.
Its other quali-

64
ties

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


are

by no means a matter of

indifference

such as their

perfect conservation, because those that are heated render much less spirit, their fermentation not being so good.

As

to the

defects inherent to

corn which agricultural

chances have occasioned to germinate before the harvest,


these are recognised

corn

it

w"eighs

much

by the appearance and weight of the less than that which has not un-

dergone this change.

Wheat

is

not

much

used for dis-

tillation, because, destined more particularly for human food, its value is generally greater than that of other

corn,

and because

its

produce in

spirit is

not proportionate

to that value.

and they
and

Oats, for a like reason, are seldom used for distillation, are useful as food for horses. Rye is the most
its

convenient, because
also because
it

produce in

spirit is considerable,

leaves a proper margin for the distiller.


fit

Besides, being

little

for baking, it

would

find

compa-

ratively little use without distillation.

There are many methods for predisposing corn to fermentation, but there exists three operations common to
all
;

The

first

these three operations are practised in all distilleries. is that of grinding ; the second is that known
are of such importance in the distiller's art,

under the name of steeping ; and the third that of mashing.

They
it

that

will

them

separately, and to indicate at the

not be considered out of place to describe same time their

object and utility. Every species of corn destined for distillation should

This is a not be ground into fine flour, but only broken. the has of which utility ; not proved experience practice that a greater division of the vegetable would be an ob-

PROCESS OF MALTING.
stacle to fermentation,

65

when the following preparations of; but these preparations would then be of a more difficult workmanship, and the expenses of grindThese inconveniences may ing wtmld be much heavier.
are

made use

be avoided by only reducing corn into coarse


result is obtained

flour.

This

by having the mill-stones


It is

at a proper
distil-

distance one from the other.


leries to use the

customary in

corn as needed.
;

This, in fact, keeps betliable to be heated


;

ter in its natural state

it is less

and

by
its

these

means requires
if
:

less precaution to

be taken for

preservation.

Distillers

are

advised to follow this

method,
in spirits

they wish not to be exposed to great decrease corn heated, either in nature or when reduced

to flour, loses its fermentable properties.

For the most


it

perfect intelligence of this operation, let

be supposed
is

that the quantity of matter to be fermented

equal to

200 pounds.
coarse flour,
thirds
is

The

corn, being selected

and ground into

more than

deposited in a tub capable of holding twothis amount, and filled so as to keep a


for the

vacuum necessary
tion.
.

scum produced by the fermenta-

the flour

Then proceed to steeping. It is effected by pouring on 200 pounds of water, at 120 or 180, accord-

ter in winter than in


is to

ing to the season of the year; the water should be hotsummer. The best mode of working

pour on the flour a mixture of hot and cold water, such as to form, after ten minutes' brewing, a mixture at
or

95

100, which
it

will be easily obtained in all seasons;

to effect this the use of a

thermometer should not be negguide to conduct this opera-

lected, as

is

an

infallible

tion regularly

6*

66

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER,


state,

In this

when

there are no

lumps that have

es-

caped the penetration of the water, and when the mixture has been agitated for ten minutes, the tub is left to subside for half an
sufficient.

hour; one-quarter of an hour


as its

is

even

The

object of this operation

is,

name

indicates, to

steep and soften the grain, and the temperature of 120

by making it absorb water; or 130 contributes to ren-

der water more penetrating consequently, it has been If the temrecognised the most proper for steeping. was its effect would be much lower, slower, and perature
after a quarter or half

an hour's rest the corn might hap-

pen not to be sufficiently steeped. If it was higher, on the contrary, the corn would be apt to be baked, and the
operation might
fail
;

such would be the

effect of a

tem-

perature of 180. At. this heat the fecula enveloped with gluten is baked to the surface of each fragment of corn, and forms a solid

envelope, which presents an obstable to the easy penetration of the water into the interior parts of each of the

fragments;

and

this

penetration

should indispensably
of the following

take place before


:

the

commencement
results
it.

operation such a way as to effect

a real

harm

from not proceeding in

It is likewise essential, in the

beginning of this operation, not to pour at once into the tub all the water necessary, and the operation will always
be well conducted

when

the water arrives gradually, dur-

These ing which time the flour should be well stirred. rules, which have just been established for steeping, are
general,
f

and admit of no exceptions, whatever be the na-

ure and state of the grain

made use

of.

PROCESS OF MALTING.

6/

The steeping

ration is that of mashing.

of the flour being finished, the next opeThis consists in well brewing

the grain which has been steeped, while a quantity of boiling water arrives gradually into the tub, till the mixture has acquired
last five

175

or

180;
At

the agitation should

minutes, at least.
left

this period the tub is co-

vered,

and

to subside for a space of time

from two to four hours.

principle
is
;

may
is to

varying be laid down,


the

that the longer the mixture

left to itself,

more

complete will the operation be


hours' standing
is

that

say, that four

always better than two. would sometimes be more injurious than beneficial to extend this space of time ; such would,
Nevertheless,
it

for instance, be the case if the

mixture descended below

This process will always be well executed if conducted in such a manner as not to allow the temperature
of the mass, during a mashing of three or four hours, to sink below 120 or 125. To this effect the tub should

120.

be carefully covered after the brewing is over. But it may easily be perceived that, whatever precautions be taken to avoid the loss of heat, it will always be considerable in the space of a few hours, even if there

was none

sustained but that occasioned by the side of the tub. The smaller the mass operated upon, the greater this loss will
be,

and

vice versa.

It will
;

always be greater in winter


to use the

than in the
for

summer

so that the talent of the distiller

mashing
;

consists in

knowing how

thermoto a

meter

for instance, he will give a little

more heat

small tub than to a large one say, 145 to a tub of medium size, and 140 to tubs of great dimensions. He
will also

increase the

heat a

little

in

the winter, and

65
lessen
it

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


in the

summer

and in

all

cases the lob

must be

put

to fermentation as soon as its

temperature

is fallen to

110.

Should he wait longer, he is exposed to have the whole mass spoiled by the acetous fermentation, which is

easily developed at that temperature.

siding of the maceration a

During the subphenomenon takes place which


it

has for

its

object to saccharify the fecula of grain, and to


it

predispose

thus to fermentation, which


it.

could not un-

dergo without

In

fact, if corn,

taken in a raw

luted with water at

100,

to

state, was simply diform a mixture bearingJ3L2

of heat, the most proper temperature for fermentation, the


latter

would never be developed ; or, at least, it would only declare itself after many days, and that with very little intensity. It is not the case when the mashing has
been well conducted
ditions
;

and the more favourable the conhas been executed, the better the

under which

it

fermentation will proceed.


sidered a real saccharificution

Mashing may then be conand if we remark the ana;

logy between the saccharification and an experiment by which starch has been converted into sugar, by means of water, gluten, and a temperature of 145 kept up for
twelve hours, the saccharification of the fecula of corn during the mashing will easily be conceived.

In
is

fact, all

grain contains gluten, with which the starch

in

immediate contact.

Water
is

is

added during the opeto a

ration,

and the mixture


This
is

exposed

temperature of

the most proper temperature for mashheat starch is converted into sugar in the this ing; by Not that this effect could not be shortest space of time.

145.

obtained at a lower temperature,

100,

for instance,

PROCESS OP MALTING.

69

and

but then the mass would be in danger of turning acid, if this temperature was to be maintained for some

hours, the evil resulting from it would be irreparable. If the temperature exceeded 145, there would be no

inconvenience to bring it to 155, and even to 165; but Above 180 at 180 the danger begins to show itself.
there
is

and

if

great danger of doing harm to the fermentation ; the heat approached 200, there would be no ferall.

mentation produced at

It appears that the gluten,

which

in this operation is the vehicle of saccharification,

only posseses that property


to too

when

it

has not been exposed

high a temperature; heat seconds its action very

much, and renders it more intense, but the maximum of this heat is from 145 to 165. The proportion of water
acts also a remarkable part in the maceration, and the greater the bulk made use of, the more prompt and complete the saccharification will be, all other necessary con-

ditions being fulfilled; for instance, generally, to

work

400 pounds
in steeping,

of flour, about 12 gallons of water are used

and 30 are added


four hours.

in

mashing

this will be

complete

in

But if the dose of water was doubled, this mashing might be as complete as the former in the course of from two to two hours and a half; such is the influence of
water on the saccharification of starch.

These phenomena will hereafter be demonstrated by


other examples
over
;

when speaking
that
is,

tatoes, this will be particularly considered.

of the maceration of poWhen the

mashing

is

after

two or four hours, accord-

ing to the quantity of water

bordering upon 145

of, a temperature having been maintained then the

made use

70
liquid
it is

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


put to fermentation.
This
is

done by adding to

new quantity

of water, so as to have the mixture well

diluted.

Previously, the operations common to the various methods made use of to predispose corn to fermentation have

been signalized, and which always take immediate precedence over the latter; but it often happens that corn
intended for distillation
ration,
is

known by

the

name

submitted to a previous prepaof malting. It is scarcely ever

the case that an individual uses

corn for the purpose of distillation.

raw (that is, unmalted) The French and

English

distillers

always mix their raw grain with a cer-

tain portion of malt,

and a great many German

distillers

work
tial

entirely with malted grain.

It will thus be essen-

minutely to indicate the best processes practised in This operation is composed of several others, malting.

which will be successively described. In steeping, the corn is thrown into a tub in such

Then a quantity as to fill seven-eighths of its contents. is poured on the water of fresh so as to grain, quantity
cover
of
is
it

a few inches.

The
it is

quality of the water


it

made use

not indifferent;

necessary

should be fresh and

limpid.

The

grain by impregnating

object of this operation being to soften the all its parts with water, a space of

time

requisite proportionate to its dryness and temperathat it is less penetrable in winter than in sumso ture,
is

mer, when old than when new ; and

to regulate the

time

necessary for this operation, a fixed period should not so

much be taken
nised.

for a basis, as certain signs, easily recog-

You may

always be certain that the corn has been

suf-

PROCESS OP MALTING.

71
I

ficiently steeped when, on being strongly rubbed between the hands, it is completely crushed, without leaving any solid or irreducible particle. All the other means resorted

to to recognise the period of its termination are analogous


to the latter;

such

is,

for instance, that of cutting

it

by

the nail or crushing it between the teeth. By these means and a little practice, you may always convince

yourself that not the least particle ^f corn has escaped the penetrating and softening action of the water for this
is
is

the only object of steeping. To guide the operator, he informed that the grain is sufficiently softened and

penetrated after having remained from thirty to forty hours in the water, according to the season and the materials

made use

of.

It is necessary to
in

remark that

it is

sometimes essential

the heat of the

summer

to

renew the water once or

twice, because, without that precaution, a fermentation

might take
ened, and
is

place,

which would always prove injurious

to

future results.

the corn has been sufficiently softplaced under one of the conditions necessary
it is

When

for germination,

conspicuously in bulk ; this is the reason why recommended not to fill the back entirely.

extremely swollen, and increases it has been

Then the water is let out of the back through an open ing made in the lower part of it, and continues to be
drained for ten or twelve hours previously to the succeeding operation, the object of which is to cause the
grain to germinate.

The corn, having been suitably steeped in the way above described, is placed on the malting-floor, near to which the steeping-back should ^e placed, to save labour

72
as>

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

and

placed in a heap on the floor, becomes palpably warm ; this heat is produced by the grain beginning to work, and generally declares itself in from twelve to twenty -four
as possible.
It
is

much

left to itself until

it

hours after
period
it is

it

has been committed to the

floor.

At

this

disposed in layers of from 12 to 14 inches in depth, according to the heating state of the floor; they are laid thicker when the temperature of the grain is low,

and thinner when more elevated.

The

influence exercised

by the thickness of these layers on the progress of the germination of the corn is very great, with respect to the
heat which this thickness
principle
it

may

contain; and from this

must be concluded mination would take place, and

that without heat no gerthat from the moment the

for instance,

watered grain has gained the temperature of 170 to 180, it begins to undergo an internal alteration,

which produces heat


layer than
is

itself.
is

From hence
thin

it

will

conceived that this heat

better retained
;

be easily by a thick
observation

by one

that

is

and on

this

founded the principle which has been emitted on the variation of the thickness to be given to layers on the
This kind of fermentation, thus established

malt-floor.

in grain placed under favourable conditions, soon produces at the end of each grain, and particularly of those

that are in the middle of the layer, a white point, which


is

a sure sign of the commencement of the germination. This point appears generally twenty-five or thirty hours

after the grain has


it

been placed in layers.

At

this period

at the important bottom of the layer that which was uppermost before; this effect is obtained, by removing it to another part of
is

to turn the

grain, so as to place

PROCESS OF MALTING.

73

the floor by means of a wooden shovel. It would greatly improve the quality of the malt to submit the grain to
this operation once or twice before the

appearance of the

white point.

The

object of this

is to

regulate the heat of the whole,

mass, so as to place all the parts of the grain under circumstances equally favourable to germination, and thus The heap to cause the movement to be simultaneous.

being thus turned, the white point observed in the grain

comes out and presents extricated

fibres,

but the growing roots of the plants. portant than ever to mind the grain
it

Then
to

which are nothing it is more im-

remove and turn

frequently, as before recommended, so as to regulate the germination.

This management
it

is

essentially necessary, for without


;

an unequal heat would reign in the mass

this

would

occasion the roots to grow unequally, and it would be impossible to fix a determinate time for the term of ger-

This operation is generally at an end when the fibres have acquired a length of 6 or 7 lines ; then the decomposition of the corn is come to a point which if
mination.

recognised as the most favourable to malt, because at this period the plume which is to form the stalk of the plant
is

on the point of making

its

appearance

and

if

the ope-

ration was

any longer continued,

so as to give this

plume

the time of shooting out, the malted grain loses a part of the substance useful to the production of spirits. Germination provokes in the corn a change particularly favourable to the success of mashing ; it becomes sweetish, and
this taste is

owing

to the

saccharification of a small por-

tion of the fecula, or starch.


7

The gluten

is

partly de-

74

THE COMPLETE PR 1C11CAL DISTILLER.


is left

stroked, and that which

becomes soluble

in water,

from insoluble, which it was before the germination had taken place. By these means the fecula is set at liberty,

and the gluten, having become soluble, possesses properties much more energetic than when in its natural state.

The

object of malting is, then, to convert into sugar a small quantity of the fecula of the corn, and to predispose, at the same time, the rest to a saccharification more

complete and prompt, by giving to the gluten the property of being dissolved. All seasons of the year are not equally favourable to malting ; the brewer, whose attention is particularly directed to the malting of his corn for the preparation of

month of March to any other. The malted grain during that month is always of a better Malted corn would not keep in the state of huquality.
beer, prefers the

midity in which it is found on the malt-floor, nor could i be reduced into meal for the purpose of being mashed ;
is, then, necessary to dry cuted as follows it
:

it,

which operation
is

is

exe-

The

corn, having sufficiently germinated,


it

taken to

the malt-kiln, where

is

spread in layers of 8 to 10
is

inches' thickness; then

fire

made under

it

with com-

bustibles making no smoke, if it can be avoided, because, without this precaution, the malt might contract a smoky smell and taste, which would be transmitted to the spirit.

In the brewing of beer various sorts of malt are made use differ one from another by the temperature >f, which only

they have been submitted to on the kiln but it is recommended to dry corn destined for distillation at a tempera-

PROCESS OF MALTING.
turc as near approaching

<5
it
is

145

as possible;

the most

favourable to the quality of the malt.

In

fact, this

temperature, which

is

also that of

mash-

ing, occasions in the wet grain a new formation of sugar, in small quantity, it is true, but this influence of the

kiln is not without producing good effect on the subsequent operations, and the temperature of 145 is attended The combustibles most genewith the greatest success.
rally used for the purpose of drying malt are coke or
distilled coals
;

ments of hydrogen
distilleries.
if it

such as that furnished by the establishgas, or even that proceeding from the

Next to that comes the vegetable coal, which, can be procured at a reasonable price, is very suitable for the purpose.
After this comes the ash-tree coal.

This species of

combustible makes

little

or no

smoke when burning, and

exhales sulphurous vapours, which are not at all obnoxious to the quality of the malt. The grain increases
greatly in bulk by the operation of mashing; this augmentation maybe rated at about one-eighth or ninth part, and their specific gravity decreases in proportion ; specific,

because the real loss sustained in weight, during the fermentation of grain on the malt-floor, is not easily per-

but as it occupies after this operation a greater ; space under the same weight, it is easily conceived that it does not weigh so much under the same bulk.
ceived

The reader being now acquainted with


malting, and with that of mashing, as

the process of

also with the effects

Of

of these operations, let them now be applied properly. all kinds of corn, rye is the one principally used for

distillation.

Other corn might,

it

is

true, equally bo

76

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

used, but in an economical point of view rye produces It might be used in the the most favourable results.

raw

and might undergo the vinous fermentation, having been suitably prepared and mashed ; but experience has proved the necessity of adjoining to it a certain portion of malted barley. To this effect a quantity
state,

after

of barley

is

malted, and then mixed to raw rye in the

proportion of

20 parts of malted barley

to

80 of rye

this

mixture

is

mashing.

submitted to the operation of grinding and By this method rye produces more than by

any other preparation.


Its produce is greater thus than when used alone, even when malted. Malted barley has the property of rendering rye more fermentable, and it is only in co-operat-

ing,

by

its

materials, to the conversion of the fecula of

the rye into sugar, during the mashing and even during the fermentation, that it produces this effect. Distillers

observe particularly the effect of malted barley on rye in the act of distillation. On consulting them on its mode of acting, they all agree in attributing to it the property
of giving lightness to their lob, or paste. In fact, they have ascertained that, in working with raw corn alone, the fermentation is not so good; and when

submitted to

distillation, the

heavy matter which

is

found

in suspense in the liquid

has a very great propensity to to the bottom of the still, and strongly itself precipitate The least inconvenience attached to this to adhere to it.

accident
rit
;

is
it

and

that of communicating a bad taste to the spihas happened that the bursting of the appait

ratus has been occasioned by it; so that

is

necessary

PROCESS OF MALTING.
to prevent such accidents,

77

and

this

result is obtained

by

mixing the raw grain with a portion of malt.


Distillers explain

thus the action of malt, by saying

gives lightness to their paste, and prevents its fallto the bottom of their still. This explanation, howing ever incomplete it may appear, is nevertheless the
that
it

expression of a positive fact.

fecula has not been converted into sugar,

Indeed, so long as the it forms with

the water a kind of paste, which has very little fluidity, and which, if exposed to the fire, may easily stick and

>urn to the bottom of the

still.

What, happens when malted barley


raw grain
its
?

is
:

used with the


the barley, by

It has already been stated

germination, has undergone a change which renders it more proper to saccharify the fecula. This fact has
already been indicated, and still stronger proof will be To saccharify fecula given when treating of the potato.
is to

and

to

destroy the paste which gives viscosity to the liquid, supply the fermentation with proper aliments,
is

which

effected, in the distillation of grain,

by means

of malted barley ; and by thus favouring the fermentathat of having a tion a double advantage is obtained
liquid less
tilled.

heavy, and, of course, more easy to be disoften happens that distillers are in want of
distil their

It

malt; then they are forced to


out
it.

raw grain withthife

To

obviate a

little

the inconveniences attached to

of working, they add, during the mashing, a quanThey attribute to this chaff a property tity of chaff. analogous to that of malt that of giving lightness to It has been ascertained that chaff has this their matter

way

78

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

property, if not of saccharifying fecula converted into paste, &t least to render it fluid, and make it more attackable
that

by the saccharifying agents.


barley,

It is

besides

gluten,

contains

even probable another matter,

which, like chaff, contributes, but more energetically, to the fluidification of fecula. This supposition is the more
sesses to the
starch.

probable, because no other grain, even when malted, possame extent the property of saccharifying

For

this reason it is

always employed, in preference to

any other grain, by brewers and distillers. The proportion of chaff used is from 3 to 4 pounds per quintal of

raw
malt.

grain.

Its effects are well

known

in practice,

and

many

distillers

even when they use Brewers also make use of chaff, because they have

add

it

to their grain

been convinced of
ments.

its

good

effects

by comparative experi-

The

rules which have been laid

down

before, for

the perfect practice of mashing, may be followed without any restriction, whether the corn operated upon be raw or

malted, or whether the mixture be composed of grain in


those two states.
It may have been remarked that mashing, such as has been described, occasions the fermentable matter to be more or less heavy, according to the quantity of water

used, and also according as


fectly executed.

it

has been more or less perall

Even admitting

the fecula of the

corn to have been dissolved during the mashing and fermentation, a certain quantity of husk would always be
left in

large.

suspension in the liquid, and this quantity is rather From this method results, that the distiller is

obliged to

commit matter

to the stills

which

is

very dense

FRENCH METHOD OF MALTING.


and apt

V9

to burn, in spite of all precautions that might be taken to prevent this accident. This method is the only one used in France and Bel-

gium, notwithstanding the inconvenience attached to it. There is another method followed in England and Ger-

many, by which the


avoided
\

distillation
it

but whether

necessitates

of pastes, or lobs, is more labour or not,

Both the French and English meremains a question. tnods will be given, and then every one can judge for themselves which possesses the most advantages.

FRENCH METHOD.
Let
of
is

be supposed that the quantity of corn made use 100 kilogrammes.* This grain, being mixed in the
it

proportion of 80 kilogrammes of rye to 20 of malt, is ground into coarse flour; then deposited, with 2 or 3

kilogrammes of
hectolitres.

chaff, in a

fermenting back containing 12


is

The steeping

effected

by pouring on the

meal 3 hectolitres of water

at about

110;

then

it

is

mashed with 4

hectolitres of

warm and
from 145
left to

cold water,

mixed

in such proportion as to give to the mass, after the brew-

ing

is

over, a temperature of
is

to

155.
or

The tub
four hours.
inches with

covered up, and

itself for three

At this period it is tilled to within 6 or 8 warm and cold water, mixed in such proportions
77
;

as to give to the mixture a temperature of about


litre

of good yeast

is

then added.

few hours after the


its

ferix^ station

commences, and proceeds through

various

BJ

* The French weights and measures are here made use of, as well in some other parts of this work their value in English may be
;

Ascertained by referring to most any of the arithmetics.

80

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


it

stages in the space of thirty hours; then

is

time to

commit the

liquid to the

still.

If the operation has been


litres of

well conducted, from

45

to

50

good

spirits at

19
dis-

are obtained from 100 kilogrammes of grain.


tillers are far

Many

from producing so much, and there are even some who do not draw more than from 30 to 35 litres.
of this produce may be the result of several but one of the most influential is the proportion causes; of water used ; that is to say, that instead of using 11
hectolitres of water for every

The exiguity

100 kilogrammes of

grain,

In a continuous work the spent-wash they only use 6. left in the still should be deposited in vats or cisterns
constructed for the purpose ; there the solid substances will fall to the bottom, and the liquid will remain upper-

most.

This liquid may be successfully used in the subsequent operations to dilute the grain after it has been mashed. In this practice is found the advantage of bringing again to fermentation a liquid containing some fermentable substances which have escaped decomposition.

This
tions

may
that

be followed up for several successive operaand the grain is, three, four, and even five ;

much as 60 litres of spirit of 19 per metrical quintal, produce very considerable, and which The use of could not be obtained by any other means.
produces thus as
spent-wash
operations,
is

suspended when, after several successive

it is

become

so sour that instead of offering

would be proper aliments to the fermentation, its acidity If a smaller proportion of water was obnoxious to it.
used, the
r-o

same march could not be followed,

at least not

the same extent,

because then the fermentation would

ENGLISH METHOD OF MALTING.

81

require three or four days, instead of thirty hours, and, by these means, cause the spent-wash to be very sour.

In

this

must

mode, in which the liquid submitted to distillation necessarily be very heavy, no use can be made of

improved apparatuses described elsewhere in this work. In working with this apparatus, care should be taken to
stir

the

first

charge submitted to the

still

until

it

acquires

a temperature approaching that of ebullition, because, without this precaution, the matter might stick and burn at the

bottom of the
is

still

this

boiling, and, as in a continuous

danger disappears when the mass work the condenser

causes the wash to arrive at all times boiling into the still, it will easily be conceived that it is sufficient to agitate the first charge. It would, however, be very advan-

tageous,

in

this

mode

of working, to obtain from the


it

grain to obtain

all

the fermentable matter which


it

contains,

and

in dissolution in water, so as to render the

from husk or any means the trouble of agitating the first charge would be avoided there would be no danger of having the wash burned, or of having bad products;
liquid to be submitted to distillation free

other solid matter.

By

these

and the various improved apparatuses might be successNo doubt the effects might be obtained by fully used. the adopting following method.

ENGLISH METHOD.
It may be stated that this method consists in treating the corn in a double-bottomed tub, and to make the extracts precisely in the same way as the brewers. The

grain,

composed of malt and

rye, being

mixed and ground

82
in

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

the same way as for mashing by the French method, 10 kilogrammes of chaff are spread on the first bottom in

a layer of 2 centimetres in thickness \ 200 kilogrammes Then 400 kilogrammes or of grain are thrown upon it.
litres of water, at 35 or 40, are introduced by a lateral conduit communicating with the empty space between the two bottoms, while the mixture is agitated for five or

ten

minutes

then the matter

is

left

to subside for a

quarter or half an hour, so as to be well penetrated with water. This operation is exactly the same, and its object
is

in the

the same as that of steeping, which precedes mashing method just described.

The only difference existing is in the construction of the apparatus made use of. Immediately after steeping, the matter is again agitated, while 800 kilogrammes of
hot water are
tub through the same conduit. last a quarter of an hour, at the end of which the liquid is to be left to itself for at
let into the

This time the brewing should


least

an hour. At this period the grain is drowned in the water, and a column of liquid tolerably clear covers it ; a cock communicating with the space left between the two bottoms is then opened, and as the conical holes of the
superior bottom form a species of filtering machine, all the liquid is drained and let into the fermenting backs.

After the

first

extraction,

600 kilogrammes more of

boil-

ing water are added in the same way ; the mass is again agitated for a quarter of an hour, and left to subside for

one hour.

The

liquid

is

drained the same as before, to

be submitted to fermentation.

The grain on

the double bottom has

now been

suffi

sientJy deprived of all its fermentable substances,

which

ENGLISH METHOD OF MALTING.


the water has taken

83

away

in dissolution

in the state of

This operation, which is a true mashing, liquid sugar. well understood and well executed, proves beyond doubt
the effect of mashing on the corn ; it proves that before remarked, a true saccharification.
it is,

as

When

temperature of 75

the liquid in the fermenting backs is fallen to a or 80, according to the capacity of

the tub, yeast is added, and wash without sediment is thus obtained, which can be distilled in all kinds of apIf the grain left on the double bottom was paratuses.

found not to be sufficiently exhausted, a third extraction might be resorted to. The Germans follow the same method in the distillation of corn, with this difference, that they work with no other grain but what has been malted.

Their way of working is then exactly similar to that of English and American brewers, who submit also all the corn they use to the process of malting. To make the
best of this method, the proportion of water should be

lengthened out with cold water, so as to bring the quantity of water used to ten or twelve times the weight of the corn. Several advantages might be derived from

and
*2d.

such a proceeding 1st. more complete, more rapid, less acetous fermentation might be thus obtained.
:

priated to

The spent-wash, on leaving the new extracts, and there

still,

is

might be approno doubt but what

greater products would be the result.

Tjirn

'?

84

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

FERMENTATION.
THREE
species

of fermentation

are

vinous, the acetous,

and the putrefactive; and

the recognised it has been

supposed that these three succeed each other in the order which they are here called ; but it does not follow this This imrule, as we can see by very slight observation.
in

portant process has been the cause of many contentions in chemistry. Of the vegetable principles, saccharine matter
is that which passes with most facility and certainty into the vinous fermentation, and fermented liquors are more or

less

strong as the juices from which they have been formed


less proportion of

have contained a greater or


fermentation
;

sugar before

for the addition of sugar to the will enable

weakly

fer-

mentable juices
is

them

to

produce a strong, full-

bodied liquor; and the most essential exit in this process


the disappearance of the sugar, and the consequent production of alcohol. Certain circumstances, however, are-

necessary to enable it to commence and proceed. These are a due degree of dilution in water, a certain

temperature, and the presence of substances which appear necessary to favour the subversion of the balance of affinities by which the principles of the saccharine matter

would otherwise be retained

in union, or, at least,

would

be prevented from entering into those combinations necessary to form vinous spirit.

These substances, from


ments.

this operation, are

named

fer-

First, a certain proportion of water to the matter If the latter is susceptible of fermentation is requisite.

in large quantity, proportioned to the water, the fermenta-

FERMENTATION.

85

tion does not commence easily or proceed so qaickJy ; on the other hand, too large a proportion of water is injurious, as causing the fermented liquor to pass speedily into The necessary consistence exthe acetous fermentation.

naturally in the juice of grapes and in the saccharine sap of many trees, and other spontaneously fermentable liquors; for if these very liquors be deprived by gentle
ists

evaporation of a considerable portion of their water, the residue will not ferment until the requisite consistence is
restored by the addition of a fresh portion of water.

Secondly, a certain temperature is not less essential; it At a temperature requires tq be at least 55 of Fahr. lower than this, fermentation scarcely commences, or, if

has begun, proceeds very slowly; and, if too high, requires to be checked, to prevent it from passing into the acetous state.
it

Lastly, though sugar or substances analogous to

it

are

the matters which serve as the basis of fermentation, and

from which
matter
is

products are formed, the presence of other It has been often requisite to the process.
its

stated that sugar alone, dissolved in a certain quantity of

water, and placed in a certain temperature, will pass into a state of fermentation.
if this happens with a solution and any change which is observed is imperfect and irregular ; nor does the liquor become vinous, but rather sour. The substance usually added to produce

It

is,

however, doubtful

of pure sugar,

fermentation

is

called yeast.

When

the proper sort of fer-

ment

pitched upon, the operator is next to consider its The quanquantity, quality, and manner of application.
is

tity

must be proportioned

to that of the
8

liquor, to its

86
tenacity,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


and the degree of flavour
it is

intended to give,

and

From operation. these considerations he will be enabled to form a rule to


to the despatch required in the

himself; in order to the forming of


will be necessary to

which a proper

trial

show how much

suffices for the pur-

pose.
in

The greatest circumspection and care are necessary regard to the quality of the ferment, if a pure and wellflavoured spirit be required.
It

must be chosen

perfectly sweet

and

fresh, for all

ferments are liable to grow musty and corrupt ; and if in this state they are mixed with the fermentable liquor,
to the spirit,

they will communicate their nauseous and filthy flavour which will scarcely ever be got rid of by

any subsequent process. If the ferment be sour, it must by no means be used with any liquor, for it will communicate its flavour to the whole, and even prevent its rising
to a head,

and give

it

an acetous instead of a vinous ten-

dency.
is

When

prepared, it in a tepid or lukewarm state. When the whole is thus set to work, secured in a proper degree of warmth, and kept from a too free intercourse with the external

the property of well-conditioned ferment should be diffused in the liquor to be fer-

mented

air, it

becomes, as

it

were, the sole business of nature to

finish the operation,

and render the liquor

fit

for the

still.

The

first

signs of fermentation are

a gentle intestine

liquor,

motion, the rising of small bubbles to the top of the and a whitish, turbid appearance. This is soon followed by the collection of a froth or head, consisting

of a multitude of air-bubbles entangled in the liquor, which, as the process advances, rise slowly to a considerable
height, forming a white, dense,

permanent froth

FERMENTATION.

87

very large portion of the gas also escapes, which has a The temstrong, penetrating, agreeable vinous odour.
perature of the liquor at the same time increases several and continues so during the whole process.

degrees,

Sooner or later, these appearances gradually subside; the head of the foam settles down, and the liquor appears much clearer and nearly at rest, having deposited a copious sediment, and, from being viscid and saccharine,
is

now become

vinous, intoxicating,

much

thinner, or of less

The process of fermentation, however, does not terminate suddenly, but goes off more or less gradually, according to the heat at which it was comspecific gravity.

menced, and of the temperature of the external air. The gas of fermenting liquors has long been known to consist

most part of carbonic acid ; it will therefore extinguish a candle, destroy animal life, convert caustic alkalies into carbonates, and render lime-water turbid by
for the

limestone, which is insoluble, from the in solution. held The attenuation of liquors, quicklime or the diminution of their specific gravity by fermenta-

recomposing

tion, is

This is shown by the hydrometer, very striking. which swims much deeper in fermented liquor than in the same materials before fermentation.

No

doubt much of

this

attenuation

is

owing

to the

destruction of the sugar, which dissolves in water, adds to its density, and to the consequent production of alcohol,

which, on the contrary, by mixing with water, diminishes


the density of the compound. The tract or mucilage also appears to be in some degree destroyed by fermentation, for the gelatinous consistence of thick liquors is much
lessened

by

this process

the destruction of this principle,

88
however,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAI DISTILLER.

is by no means so complete as of the sugar, of the full-bodied ales, for example, retaining much many of their clamminess and gelatinous density, even after

having undergone a very perfect fermentation. Atmospheric air, it seems, has a no less share whatever
in vinous fermentation
in closed as in
;

for

it

will take place full as well

open vessels, provided space is allowed for the expansion of the materials and the copious production of gas. The great question to be determined is, What
be the substance or circumstance which disposes sugar to ferment ? for it has been proved that sugar will

may

not of

itself

acid and alcohol, though


will probably

begin this spontaneous change into carbonic when once begun the process

go on without further assistance.


it
is

Some

of

the most

common fermenting

ingredients, as the sweet in-

fusion of malt, technically called wort,

well

known,

will slowly enter into fermentation without the addition

of yeast; hence chemists have sought in this substance for the principle which gives the first impulse to the fermentation of sugar. Generally,
it

has been supposed that no substance en-

ters into the vinous fermentation except sugar, or

from

which sugar may be extracted, and that the process of malting grain was necessary to develop the sugar or saccharine matter, to render
tion.
it

susceptible of vinous fermenta-

The

practice, however, of grain distillers proves this

to be a mistake, as they obtain as much spirit from a mixture of malted barley with unmalted grain as if the whole were malted. The properties of the fermented liquor, its

odour, pungency, and intoxicating quality, are owing to the presence of a substance which can be separated froi

RECTIFICATION.
it

89

by

distillation,

and which

in a pure state pc ssesses these

qualities in a

degree. It constitutes, in the state of dilution in which

much higher

it

is

obtained by distillation, vinous spirit, or, as obtained from the different fermented liquors from which it derives
peculiarities of taste

and

flavour, the

spirituous liquors

of commerce.

These, by certain processes, afford this principle pure, and the same from all of them; in this pure state it is called spirits of wine, or alcohol.

RECTIFICATION.
To
fj'-s.

obtain a pure, clean, flavourless spirit, no attempts been wanting on the part of the most diligent rectiIt has long since been observed that rectification is

ai*
scs:

operation performed in various ways, some of which cely deserve the name ; because, instead of freeing
its

the spirit from

altei the natural flavor of that

gross essential oil and phlegm, they which comes over in the
is to separate the spirit In order to do of the malt, &c.
first distillation

process.

The

principal business
oil

from the essential


this, care

should be taken in the

that the

from malt or grain, should be drawn by a gentif; fire, by which means a great part of the essential I from oil will be, kQi f mixing with the spirit ; for experispirit, especially

ence daily provi* that it is much easier to keep asunder In order to recthan to separata subjects once mixed.

low vinrp, they should be put into a tall body or alemkic, a: d ^viKtly distilled in balnea maria? ; by this
tify

8*

90
means a

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


large proportion, both of oil

and phlegm,

will

remain in the body.

But
to

if,

after this operation, the spirit should be

found

have too

much

of essential

oil, it

must be

let

down

with fair water, and gently distilled ; by this it may be The redundant oil brought to any degree of purity.
be previously filtrated through paper, thick flannel, sand, stone, &c. placing at the bottom of each some cotton-wool, for abit

may, however, be separated from proof method already proposed, especially if

spirit,

&c. by the

But the slowness sorbing the oil that escapes the filter. of this operation has caused many distillers to substitute
caustic alkalies,

which only destroy the natural flavour of


distiller

the

spirit.

In
secret

fact,

almost every

pretends to have some

nostrum for rectifying

are all reducible to three,

by acid
bodies

spirits

however, they by fixed alkaline salts, mixed with alkaline salts, and by saline

his spirits;
:

namely

and flavouring additions.

Some

distillers

use

quicklime in rectifying their malt spirit, which cleanses it considerably ; but if chalk, calcined and well-purified animal bones, were substituted for quicklime, the spirit would have a less alkaline or nitrous flavour, and consequently the flavouring ingredients might be added to it Neutral with more success than by the other methods.

and soluble tartar might also be used but fine dry sugar seems best adapted for the purpose of rectifying
gaits
;

these spirits, as
detains,
line,

it

readily unites with the essential

oil,

without imparting any urinous, alkaor other nauseous flavour to the spirits.
fixes
it,

and

MALT DISTILLING.

91

COMMON PROCESS OF MALT

DISTILLING

TAKE 60 quarters of barley grist, ground low, and 30 quarters of pale malt, ground rather coarse ; make your lob with 10 quarters of the malt, ground into coarse flour, and 30 barrels of liquor, at the heat of 170. Row 01
blend them into a uniform mass, and mix them thoroughly with the major part of the first wort, and pump them up

When cooled to the temperatogether into the coolers. ture of 55, they are to be let down into the fermentingback, to the reserved part of the
rels
first

worts

say,

30 bar-

prevfously pitched at 60, with 10 stone of fresh porter yeast, which, with the rest of the worts at 55,

Take the altogether compose a back of distillers' wash. to of the worts their descent into previous specific gravity
the backs, and before any yeast
in a
is

added, and note

it

down

purpose; do this every twelve hours for three or four days, during which it may

book or table prepared

for that

be found to increase in gravity and sweetness, from the

augmenting force of the fermentation, resolving the gluThis is maltten and extracting the saccharine matter.
ing in the gyle-tun, or fermenting-back.

When

the gra-

vity seems to be stationary, or rather decreasing, a vinous


tartness will begin to succeed the previous sweetness, the

fermentation becomes more vigorous, and the gravity more rapidly decreases ; before it arrives at this period, a sensible decrease of gravity,

vour from sweet to

tart,

and conspicuous change of usually take place.

fla-

Closely observe every change and appearance in the In the fermentation, and note it down in your book.

92

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

course of twelve or fourteen days, the yeast-head will fall quite flat, which denotes the fermentation being nearly
over. If the heat appears by the thermometer to drop, and the fermentation has gone on well, or if the attenuation appears by the hydrometer to have reduced the gravity of the wash from its original weight of 28, 30, or greater number of pounds, 2, 3, or 4 pounds per barrel, and the

wash should have a vinous odour and flavour, then all is At this period some add 20 pounds of common right.
salt

and 30 pounds of
it

flour; rouse

and keep the ferment-

ing-back close, as
process.

should have been during the whole


will taste quite tart,

In three or four days

it

and should
is
it

The wash, duly fermented, be immediately distilled. committed to the still; all the time it is running in,
by
a stirring-engine, to

should be roused up or agitated in the fermenting-back

mix

the thick and thin parts to-

gether into one mass, and enable it to be sufficiently fluid to flow into the still, where it is kept fluid by the stirring-

engine of the

still

until
it

it

boils,

when

the agitation of the

from burning and giving empyboiling usually keeps reumatic or burnt flavour to the low wines; which taintwill inevitably rise from the low wines in the spirit-still

during the doubling or distilling the spirits of the second This spirit is usually sold by weight, deliextraction.
rectify or distil

vered to rectifying distillers at one to ten over proof, who it over again, combining it with certain
oil

ingredients in order to clarify it from its gross other impurities, with the view to render it fit for
gin, brandy, ease

and

making

rum, and

fine cordial

compounds, &c. as the

may

be.

FRENCH PROCESS OF DISTILLING BRANDY.

93

FRENCH PROCESS OF DISTILLING AND PREPARING BRANDY.


Tins process
cess practiced in
differs in

nothing from the ordinary prothis

England and

country, in the same

manner

as from malt-wash or molasses.


particularly, to

The French only


of the natural

observe, more

throw a

little

along with the wine, because they find this gives their spirit the flavour for which it is so much admired Bat though brandy is extracted from wine, exlees into the still

perience tells us that there is great difference in the grapes from which the wine is made. Every soil, every climate,

every kind of grapes vary with regard to the quality or quantity of spirits extracted from them.

Some grapes
as those of

are only

fit

for eating; others for drying,

Damascus, Corinth, Provence, and Avignon,

but not

fit

to

make

wine.
so.

Some wines

are proper for dis-

tillation, others less

Those of Languedoc and Pro-

vence afford a great deal of brandy by distillation, when the operation is made in their full strength ; the Orleans

wine and those of Blois afford


are

still

more.

The

best,

wines

Cognac and Audaye, which, however, are among those that are least drunk in France; whereas those of Burgundy and Champagne, though of a very
those of
fine flavour, yield

but very

little in distillation.

It

may

also be further observed, that all the wines for

distillation, as those of Spain, the

Canaries, of Alicant,

Cyprus,

St. Peres,
little

Toquet, Graves, Hungary, and others,


distillation, and consequently considerably more than he could

yield very

brandy by
distiller

would cost the

94

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

sell it for. What is drawn from them, however, is good, always retaining their saccharine quality and rich flavour; but, as it grows old, this flavour often becomes aromatic,

and

is

not agreeable to

all palates.

Hence brandies

differ

as they are extracted

from different sorts of grapes ; nor would there be so great a similarity as there is between

wines used for

the different kinds of French brandies, were the strongest distillation. But this is rarely the case :
the weakest and lowest flavoured wines only are

drawn
any
in

for their spirit, or such as prove absolutely unfit for

other use.

large quantity of brandy

is

distilled

France during the time of the vintage ; for grapes that prove unfit for wine are usually
pressed, their juices fermented,

all

those poor

first

gathered,

and directly

distilled.

This rids their hands of the poor grapes at once, and


leaves their casks
is

empty for the reception of better. It a general rule in France not to distil any wine that will bring a good price as wine ; for in this state the profits upon them are much higher than when reduced to
brandies.

The

large

stock of small wines with which

they are almost overrun in


for their

France

sufficiently accounts

making such quantities of brandy more than in other country which has a warmer climate, and is any
better adapted to the production of grapes.

Nor is this the only fund for French brandies } for all the wines that turn sour or sharp are condemned to the
still
}

and
at

all

such as they can neither export nor conto a large quantity, as

sume

home, which amounts

much

is often so poor as Hence many not to keep from one season to another. American and English spirits, with proper management^

of that laid in for their families

TO PREVENT DETERIORATION OF BRANDIES.


are convertible into brandies that in

95

many

respects, pro-

vided the operation be neatly performed, can scarcely be Even a cider spirit and distinguished from the French.
a crab spirit may, from the extraction, be ble the fine and thin brandies of France. louring spirits owes
its

made The

to

resem-

art of co-

rise to to

observations on French

brandies, and being found oak of the cask, it is no


fection.

have been derived from the

difficulty to imitate it to per-

METHOD. OF PREVENTING THE DETERIORATION OF BRANDIES.


IT
is

certain that

when brandy

is

kept in vessels the

pores of which will not admit of any transmission of the liquor, (as glass, for instance,) the brandy will improve,
instead of getting worse. The wine-merchant has no idea of bottling off a whole store ; but, without much expense,

he

may

besides, the expense in


will

render the hogshead absolutely impermeable, and doing this, being once undertaken,
a very large tub should be well hooped ; colours then being laid on, these should
:

be available for a considerable time.


effect this,
oil

To

two layers of

be followed by a good coating of pitch and tar this will idea of out of the In a evaporation put every question.
barrel thus treated, the spirit of the brandy

may

be pre-

served three years without the least loss, either in quanThese large tubs or reservoirs, being tity or quality.
built into the brickwork, &c. of the storehouse,

may

serve

during a considerable lapse of time without reparation.

96

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

OF MALT WHISKY.
IN this country the term distillation is often applied to the whole process of converting malt or other saccharine
matter into
spirits or alcohol.

1 part of bruised malt, with from

In making malt whisky, 4 to 9 parts of barley-

meal, and a proportion of seeds of oats corresponding to that of the raw grain, are infused in a mash -tun of castiron, with

from 12

to

13 gallons of water, at 150

Fahr.,

for every bushel of the

mixed farinaceous matter.


to diffuse the

The
to

agitation then given

by manual labour or machinery,

break

down and equally

lumps of meal,

constitutes the process of mashing. This operation continues two hours or upward, according to the proportion
of unmalted barley
; during which the temperature is the affusion of 7 or 8 additional gallons of kept up by water a few degrees under the boiling temperature. The

infusion,

termed
is

sweeter,

wort, having become progressively allowed to settle for two hours, and is run off

from the top to the amount of one-third of the bulk of


the water employed. About 8 gallons

more of water, a
to

little

under 200

Fahr., are

now admitted

the residuum, infused for

nearly half an hour, with agitation, and then left to subside for nearly an

hour and a

half,

when

it is

drawn

off.

Sometimes a third

affusion of boiling water, equal to the

first quantity, is made, and this infusion is generally reserved to be poured on the new farinae ; or it is concenTo trated by boiling, and added to the former liquors. prevent acetification, it is necessary to cool the worts

MALT WHISKY.
down
70
to the proper

97
or

fermenting temperature of 65

as rapidly as possible.

Hence they

are

pumped immediately from


air
;

the mash-tun

into the ^ytensive

wooden troughs, 2 or 3 inches Jeep, eximmersed


or they are made to in cold water.
is

posed in open sheds to the cool

traverse the convolutions of a pipe

The wort being now run

into a fermen ting-tun, yeast

introduced, and added in nearly equal successive portions

during the three days, amounting in all to about 1 gallon The temperafor every 2 bushels of farinaceous matter.

and

ture rises in three or four days to its maximum of 80 at the end of eight or twelve days the fermentation

is

completed, the tuns being closed up during the last half of the period.

The

distillers

do not collect the yeast from their

fer-

menting-tuns, but allow it to fall down, on the supposition that it enhances the quantity of alcohol. Quick distillation does not injure the flavour of spirits this de-

pending almost entirely upon the mode of conducting the In distilling off the spirit from previous fermentation.
the fermented wort or wash, an hydrometer
is

used to

as-

certain its progressive diminution of strength ; and when it acquires a certain weakness the process is stopped, by

opening the stopcock of the pipe which issues from the bottom of the still, and the spent-wash is removed. There
is

generally introduced into the

still

a piece of soap, whose

oily principle, spreading on the surface of the boiling liquor, breaks the larger bubbles, and of course checks

the tendency to froth up.

barley,

Indian corn, in this process, can be used instead of the and the raw oats can be omitted.
9

98

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

PROCESS FOR MAKING DUTCH


FOR
lands.

a long time the

Dutch have been famous

for the

manufacture of an excellent kind of

spirits, called Hol-

They mash 112 pounds of barley and 228 pounds of rye-meal together, with 460 gallons of water of the temperature of 162. After the infusion has stood a sufficient time, cold

water

is

added

till

the strength of the

wort

is

reduced to 45 pounds per barrel.

The whole

is

then put into a fermenting-back, at the temperature of

80 ; the vessel is capable of holding 500 gallons. Half a gallon of yeast is added ; the temperature rises to 90, and the fermentation is over in forty-eight hours. The
attenuation
is

such, that the strength of the

wash

is

not

reduced lower than 15 pounds per barrel. There is another method given for making Dutch ge1 hundred-weight of barleyneva, which is as follows malt and 2 of rye-meal are mashed with 460 gallons of After the farinse have been water, heated to 162 Fahr.
:

ipfused for a sufficient time, cold water

is to

be added

till

che wort becomes equivalent to 45 pounds of saccharine Into a vessel of 500 gallons capacity m*^" 3r per barrel. the wort is now to be put, at a temperature of 80 , with

half a gallon of yeast. The fermentation instantly begins, and is finished in forty-eight hours, during '^hich the heat rises to 90.

The wash, not reduced lower than 12


barrel, is

put into the

still
;

distillations are required

or 15 pounds per the with Three along grains. and at the last a few juniper^
to

berries

and hops are introduced,

communicate a flavour.

DUTCH GENEVA.
The
fect

99
15
in

attenuation of

45 pounds

in the wort to only


is

the wash, shows that the fermentation

here very imper-

and uneconomical; as, indeed, might be inferred, from the small proportion of yeast and the precipitancy
of the process of fermentation. On the other hand, the very large proportion of the porter-yeast, in a corrupting state, used by the Scotch
distillers,

cannot

fail to

injure the flavour of their spirits.

Hollands geneva is said to be made in Holland from a spirit drawn from wheat, mixed with .a third or

The

finest

fourth part of malted barley, and twice rectified over juniper-berries ; but, in general, rye-meal is used instead of

wheat.
that

They pay
but

so

many

distillers
;

much regard to the water employed, send vessels to the Meuse on purpose

to bring it

all

use the softest and clearest river-water

they can get. In England,

it

is

the

common

practice to add oil of

turpentine, in the proportion of 2 ounces to 10 gallons of raw spirit, with 3 handfuls of bay-salt ; and these to be

drawn

off till the feints


is

begin to

rise.

Corn, or spirit of

molasses,

also flavoured

by

a variety of aromatics, with

or without sugar, to please different palates; all of which are included under the technical term of " compounds," or "cordials/'

Other

articles

have been employed for the fabrication

of spirit, though not commonly; for instance, carrots and potatoes. To obtain pure alcohol, different processes have been recommended ; but the purest rectified spirit, obtain-

ed as above described, being

least

contaminated with

fo-

Some recommend the reign matter, should be preferred. half off the in a water-bath then to rectify spirit ; drawing

100

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

this twice more, drawing off two-thirds each time ; to add water to this alcohol, which will turn it milky, by separat-

ing the essential

oil

remaining in
finally rectify

it;
it

to distil the spirit

from

this water,

and

tillations.

Others
is

set apart the first running,

by one or more diswhen about


distillation
till till

one-fourth

come

over,

and continue the

they have drawn runs off milky.

off

about as

much more,

or

the liquor

The
the

last

first

hajf of

running they put into the still again, and mix what comes over with the preceding first
all

product.
first

This process they repeat again, when


distilled afresh.

the

products mixed together are half of the liquor has come over,

When

this is to be set apart as

notwithstanding, is not so pure as when it has been dephlegmed, or still further freed from water, by means of some alkaline salt.
state,

pure alcohol.

Alcohol in this

Muriate of soda has been recommended for this purpose, deprived of its water of crystallization by heat, and added hot to the spirit; but the subcarbonate of potash is preferable.

About
added to

a third of the weight of the alcohol should be it in a glass vessel, well shaken and then suf-

fered to subside.

The

salt will

be moistened by the water

absorbed from the* alcohol, which being decanted, more of the salt is to be added; and this is to be continued till
the salt falls dry to the bottom of the vessel. The alcohol, in this state, will be reddened by a portion of pure

potash which it will hold in solution, from which it must be freed by distillation in a water-bath. Dry muriate of
lime

may

Lastly, as alcohol

be substituted advantageously for the alkali. is much lighter than water, its specific

HOLLANDS

GIN.

101

of its purity. Fourcroy gravity is adopted as the test considers it as rectified to the highest point when its specific gravity is 829, that of water being 1000; and per-

haps this

is

as far as

it

can be carried by the best process.

PROCESS FOR BREWING HOLLANDS GIN.


THEIR
grist is

composed of 10 quarters of malt, ground

considerably finer than ordinary malt, distillers' barleyof grist, and 3 quarters of rye-meal ; or, more frequently, 10 quarters of rye and 3 quarters of malt-meal. The 10
quarters are
first

mashed with the


blend
it

least quantity of cold

water

it is

possible to

corporated, as

much

into a thiu batter.

when uniformly in; added as forms it is water boiling It is then put into one, two, or more
with

casks, or gyle-tuns, with a

much

less quantity of yeast

than

is

usually employed by

distillers.

meal, previously

Generally, on the third day they add the malt or ryemade into a kind of lob, prepared in a

similar manner, except in not being so

much

diluted; but

not before

it

comes

to the temperature of the fermentingfull as

wash

at the

same time adding

much

yeast as

when
the

at first setting the backs.

The

principal secret in

management of
it

in first thoroughly

that

may

still

the mashing part of the business is, mixing the malt with the cold water, remain sufficiently thin after the addition

of the fine meal under the form of lob; and in well rous-

ing

all

ciently

together in the back, that the wash may be suffidiluted for distilling, without endangering its

102

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


still.

burning to the bottom of the


one operation.

Thus they eommo-

diously reduce the business of brewing and fermenting to

By

using cold water, uniformly, to wet the malt,

all

danger of clogging the spending of the tap would necessarily be avoided ; but here there is no occasion to do

any thing more than to dilute the wash, consisting of the whole of the grain, thin enough to be fermented and distilled together,

by which means the

spirit of the

bran and

husky
lers'

part, as well

as of the flour, are

completely ex-

tracted.

Yet

this

wash of

this country

wash, compared to the ordinary distiland England, is about three-

eighths thinner.
spirit

For these reasons, they obtain more from their grain, and of a better quality, with not

half the trouble taken by other distillers. Their backs usually contain as much wash as serves for

one

distillation.

The

Weesoppe, 18 pounds per barrel

in the

gravity of the distillers' wash at neighbourhood of Amsterdam, is but

very

little

more than half the


Their
stills

gra-

vity of that of the English distillers.

usually

hold from 300 to 500 gallons each ; they constantly draw off 3 cans of phlegm after the runnings cease to form on
the head of the
still,

when
;

distilling

wash, and 5 cans

when

distilling

low wines

a practice not followed else-

where.
This, and the great quantity of rye they use, causes much more acid; and the diluteness of

their spirit to be
their

wash

is

their spirit,
ulear.

a very good reason for the greater purity of though most writers contend that it is not so

HOLLANDS GIN.

103

PROCESS FOR RECTIFICATION INTO

HOLLANDS
THIS process
is

GIN.
:

conducted as follows

To every 20

about the gallons of spirits of the second extraction, of 3 take of juniper-berries, pounds proof spirit, strength

and 2 ounces of the


fire

oil

until the feints begin to rise


:

of juniper, and distil with a slow then change the receiv;

ing-can
ferior

this produces the best


is

Rotterdam

gin.

An

in-

proportion of berries, sweet fenhel-seeds, and Strasburg turpentine, without a drop of juniper-oil. It, and a better sort, but inferior to
still less

kind

made with a

the Rotterdam gin, are


lers'

wash

at

made at Weesoppe. Schiedam and Rotterdam are


is

The
still

distil-

lighter

than that at Weesoppe.


Strasburg turpentine
lour,

and very fragrant, agreeable smell

of a light yellowish-brown coits taste is the ;

bitterest yet the least acid of the turpentines.

The

juni-

per-berries are so very cheap in Holland, that they

must

have more reasons than mere cheapness for being so much more sparing of their consumption than distillers in this
Indeed, they are not in the habit of wasting any thing. The two principal modes of preparing geneva in Holland have thus been described by an eminent
country.
distiller
:

of flour of rye, coarsely ground, is mixed with a third or fourth part of barley-malt, proportioned to the size of the tub in which the vinous fermentation is to
Ire

"

A quantity

effected.

104

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

"This they mix with cold water, and then stir it with the hand, to prevent the Hour from gathering into lumt/s,
and
to facilitate its dissolution.

When

this point is at-

tained, water is added of the heat of the human blood about 98. The whole is well stirred, after which the

ferment
with a

is

mixed with the wort, being previously diluted


of the liquor.

little

fermentation generally begins six hours afterIf it commences earlier, there is reason to appreward. hend it will be too strong, and means are employed to

"The

check

rally terminates on the third day,

it genethe liquor grows transparent, and assumes an acrid taste, hot and biting on the tongue. The wash is then well roused, and the mash, with all the corn, is put into the still ; and then comit.

If the fermentation be well conducted,

when

mences the

slowly, which

liquor

is

distillation, which is conducted very a matter of the utmost importance. This then rectified over juniper-berries once or twice,
first
is

according to the sort of spirit which it is intended to produce. For common use one rectification is deemed sufcient,

though
is

it

is

not considered so

fine,

pleasant,

or

delicate as that

which has undergone several

rectifications,

and which
" Some

called double geneva.

distillers

mix the

juniper-berries with the wort,

and ferment them together; but in that case they only draw a spirit from it for the interior or for exportation
:

the juniper, however, is most commonly used at the recIn the second method pursued tification, and not before.

by the best

warm

distillers, the malt and rye are mixed with water in given proportions, and thoroughly blended together until all the farinaceous substance is incorporated ;

HOLLANDS
the liquid
is

GIN.

105

then allowed to rest until the flour has settled

at the bottom.

" The wort

is

afterward permitted to flow into the fer-

menting-tun, where a similar operation takes place with another quanity of water poured upon the same grain ;

drawn from

and these operations are repeated until the wort thus it at different times has abstracted the whole
This liquid
is

saccharine matter in the flour.

the fermenting-tun or vessel, and

when

it

comes

put into to the

yeast, is

proper temperature, about blood-heat, the ferment, or added. The fermentation is considered more

mild and regular by this method than the other. Some all the water intend to use into or the kieve tub pour they
at once,

and put the

flour gently into

it,

while two or more

persons are

employed

in stirring it with sticks

made

for

the flour, and to prevent it from When the whole of it is properly gathering into lumps.
that purpose, to

mix

reduced and mixed together, they proceed


into a cooler, before
it is

to

draw

it

off

u ln

all

put into the fermenting vessel. cases the gravity of the worts is low, eeldom

; and, by distilling from a mixture of wash and grains, the produce is allowed to be much than that obtained in Great Britain from potato

exceeding 45

106

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER

DISTILLATION OF
TAKE

COMMON

GIN.
;

of ordinary malt spirits 10 gallons

oil

of

tur-

pentine, 2 ounces; juniper-berries, 1 pound; sweet-fennel and caraway seeds, of each 4 handfuls bay-salt, 3 hand;

Draw off by a gentle fire till the feints begin to and make up your goods to the strength required rise, 10 say, gallons of spirit will make about 15 gallons of common gin.
fuls.
;

SPIRIT OF POTATOES.
IN selecting potatoes for distillation, those that are the most farinaceous when boiled, and the most agreeable to The the palate, must always be preferred to any others. most favourable season for distilling potatoes is from the month of October, when they are harvested, to the month
of March, when they begin to germinate. The cumstance has great influence on their quality ;
their proportion of fecula to decrease,
latter cirit

causes

and renders their

As the distilspirituous produce much less in quantity. lation of potatoes more especially takes place in the winter
and in the
latter part of the year, the frost

which comes

almost regularly at that time might injure the quality of the potatoes, if proper precaution was not taken to protect

them against

its

influence.

SPIRIT OF POTATOES.

107

To this effect, it is necessary to place them in warehouses, or other suitable places, where the temperature Cellars are very never gets so low as to endanger them.
proper to
Fahr.
fulfil this object,

riably, in winter as in

because they keep almost invasummer, at a temperature of 55

There are two methods of preparing potatoes for

fermentation;
fecula.

The

first is

the object of both is to saccharify their by means of malted barley or Indian

corn, and, though practised in town distilleries, is more generally followed in the country, because it is more in-

timately connected with the feeding of cattle: and is composed of three operations. Potatoes were first used
for
distillation

many
it

adopted consisted in
boiling water, as
food.
is

years ago, and the method then submitting them to the action of
still

done in their preparation

for

For

this

purpose

stills

of 3 or 4 hectolitres were used,

but the
sels,

difficulty of getting the potatoes


fuel,

out of these vesit

and the expense of

soon caused

to

be replaced
less ex-

by

that of steaming them, which

mode

is

much

Various apparatuses have been invented for pensive. boiling potatoes; the following is said to be the most
perfect
:

Fig. 13 represents this apparatus erected on brick- work. A is a copper still, provided with a cover B strongly

fastened to the neck of the


similar to those

still by means of iron nippers, use of in the improved apparatus of Adam and Berard, which will be spoken of hereafter The cover B bears a curved tube c D, which carries off

made

the steam

the extremity ; a collar, by which means

D
it

of this tube

is

furnished with

may

be screwed to any other

108
tube
:

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


this

mode

most commodious.
used in
to

of fastening has been considered the E F is a safety-tube, which is also

filling the still, and which plunges into the latter about 5 centimetres from the bottom.
is

This tube

a safety-tube, insomuch as
its orifice

it

would cause

the water to run out by


still

if

the pressure in the

was too great ; and

to the steam,
latter.

when

it also shows, by giving passage the water should be renewed in the

A:

-or

Fig. 13.

is

when charged.

a cock fixing the level of the water in the still To effect this it is always open, in a con-

SPIRIT OF POTATOES.
tinuous work, during the
filling
:

109
still.

of the

The

funcair,

tion of this cock is twofold

it

gives access to the

and thus prevents the dangers from absorption. The still A is calculated to produce 168 pounds of steam per
hour, provided
this
it

be supplied with boiling water ; for


to ebullition

if

was

to be

brought

by the

still itself,

much
tains
is

less

230

quantity of steam would be formed. litres up to the line a, and 306 up to


It

It con6,

which

the full charge.

would be easy

constantly with boiling water; placing above it a small vessel

supply this still this might be done by


to
filled

with water, which

might be brought to ebullition by means of the heat which escapes from the first still a great economy in
:

combustibles might thus be obtained.

Fig. 14.

The tube D, adapted to another tube F in fig. 14, conveys the steam produced in this still into a tub (fig. 14)
10

110

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


1280
litres of

calculated to hold
cessary never to

matter

but, as

it is

ne-

fill it

entirely with
it

raw potatoes, because


is

ebullition causes these to swell,

only charged with

11

hectolitres.

14, on the preceding page) is a cylindrical tub, of strong oak ] the interior of this tub is lined with copper or with lead, so as to render it sufficiently solid.
(fig.

made

The potatoes are introduced through a trap K c fixed f n the head of the tub, and they are discharged tl/jjgL a
double trap D E placed in the bottom.

Fig. 15.

Fig. 15 represents the head of this tub. is a trap, hanging on two hinges, which can be shut and closely maintained to the head of the tub by means

of two buttons,

B and

c.

Fig. 16 represents the bottom of the tub. A and B form a double trap, opening in the middle,

and hanging on four hinges a, b, c, d. It is opened by removing an iron bar c E, fastened by the end c to an iron cramp by means of a pink, which gives it sufficient play.
This bar slips into
ft

E,

where
it is

button D

and when

it is retained by means of unhooked and separated from

SPIRIT OF POTATOES.

Ill

Fig. 16.

E, it

trap to open,

hangs by the extremity c, and causes the double and thus to let the boiled potatoes fall out.
(fig.

The tube r

14)
its

is

destined to introduce the steam

into the tub

A;

internal orifice is protected

by an

inclined plane c, full of holes.

from stopping the tube


the

r,

This keeps the potatoes and from thus becoming an


;

obstacle to the free entrance of the steam


ful,

it is

also use-

same

as the plane
left in

H*

to prevent the boiled pota-

toes

from being

the corners of the tub.

By means
900

of this apparatus and of the boiler just described,

kilogrammes of potatoes
will require

may

be boiled in one hour; this

coals. It is necessary, as a matter of economy, to lute the various parts of this apparatus through the joints of which steam might be lost.

14 kilogrammes of

This

is

substance.

done by means of clay mixed with some other The most convenient place that can be giveu
above the hopper of the reducing machine, be spoken of.

to the tub is

which

will shortly

112

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

REDUCTION OF POTATOES.

WHEN

the potatoes have been boiled suitably, they

occupy a greater space, and this dilatation causes their peel, which is not very strong, to be broken ; this ren-

them proper to be submitted to the action of the reducing machine, of which a description will now be
ders
given.
is represented by figs. 17 and 18. is a lateral elevation of it, showing the side of 17 Fig. the machine where the two wheels work in each other.

This machine

Fig. 18 is a plan of the machine, as seen from above, without the hopper. The same letters represent the same pieces in both figures.

a strong frame built in oak. c are two cylinders made of wood or of stone, These two cylinders are of but better of cast-metal.

A A A A is
B and

equal diameters; they are a short distance from each other, and their function is to break the potatoes by their unequal rotatory motion. This unequal rotation is ob-

by means of two wheels of different diameters a and b. D is a movable hopper, supported by the frame in c d. It is made for the purpose of receiving the potatoes to
tained
;

submit them

to the action of the cylinders.


c.

E, F are two handles fixed on the axis of the cylinder They serve to work the machine.

is

a scraper.

It

hangs on

e,

and the weight g,

which
of

e, presses the extremity H upon This scrape! the scraper against the cylinder B.

acts

the lever

POTATOES

REDUCTION.

113

r
r
Fig. 17.
Fig. 18.

serves to separate from the cylinder the broken potatoes

might stick to it. are movable boards held by two grooves } i, j, k these close the interior part of the machine, and form one
h,

that

side of a chest which receives the

broken potatoes.
is

These

are let out on the side

through a mobile shutter.


little
it,

The construction
not at
all

of this machine

expensive, and very

extremely simple, subject to repairs.

Two
work
to

handles have been fixed to


it;

but

it

would be

better, in

though one man might an uninterrupted work,

employ two men.

1000 kilogrammes (about 2000


thus be reduced in the course of

pounds) of potatoes ten or twelve hours

may
;

a greater product might be obtained more force to it, and by making use of such by applying wheels as would accelerate the rotation of the cylinders.
10*

114

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

MASHING OF POTATOES.
THE
potatoes,

having been reduced into

paste,

are

mashed with malted barley or Indian corn, at a temperature of 170 or 180. Suppose a quantity of potatoes
are to be

worked

sufficient to

fermentable matter.
litres is

A
of;

produce 12 hectolitres of tub containing at least 13 hecto-

made use
is

the pulp of

400 kilogrammes of

About deposited in it in the state of paste. 25 kilogrammes of malted barley or Indian corn, as the. case may be, are added to this paste, together with a
potatoes

quantity of warm and cold water sufficient to establish in the tub a temperature of from 70 to 75 or 80 Fahr.,

which

is

mixture

is

the heat requisite for the steeping of grain ; the strongly agitated, and left to subside for one*

quarter of an hour, or perhaps half an hour, Then, while the mass is again stirred, boiling water

is

introduced until the thermometer has risen to 172

or

180. The

paste

is

now

left to

macerate for two or three

hours; then a mixture of cold and warm water is added, in such proportion as to form 12 hectolitres of liquid at 80.
1 litre, or 2 wine-pints, of

good yeast
in a

is

then added, and


It is

the fermentation

is

established

few hours.

worthy of remark that in this case, as also in the mashing of corn, the saccharifying action of the barley, signalized in the mashing of rice, is very little perceived. After the last mashing, there is only a small quantity

of sweet liquid swimming above the paste, so that in this state the fecula of the potatoes has not beeu entirely con-

POTATOES
verted into sugar.

MASHING.
is,

115

The reason

that the fecula has not

been sufficiently decomposed in the potatoes boiled by To liquefy and convert this fecula into sugar by steani. means of malted barley, it is necessary to place it in im-

mediate contact with the latter; the husks, and the granular and crystalline state in which the fecula is found in potatoes boiled by steam, fulfil but imperfectly the condition necessary for the complete saccharification which
has been observed in the mashing of rice. This saccharification is completed in the fermentation, at a much' lower temperature, it is true, but not in so

In fact, this conversion of fecula into short a period. takes as To place long as the fermentation lasts. sugar
this process, simple in itself, are attached all the incon-

veniences inherent to the distillation of pastes. Agriculture, which is deeply interested in this kind of industry, has long since been in want of means to remove this
imperfection, without too hasty innovations, and without
affecting the simplicity

and economy belonging

to this

method.

There are some important modifications to the method just detailed, which it may not be amiss to give while on
this subject.

These modifications may be executed in two ways


first
it

the

consists in isolating the fecula of the potato, to

work

with malted barley or Indian corn ; by the other the separation of the fecula is avoided, by directly operating As the fabricaon potatoes simply divided by the rasp.
be useful to the reader, not only in in the second but method, a description will bo this, as is of such it, practised in Paris for the purpose given
tion of fecula will

110

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


This restriction
is

of distillation.

established

for

the

preparation of fecula, because it does not require, for distillation, the same care and management as when made
for

domestic purposes.
is

This preparation
fecula.

composed of two operations

first,

the rasping of potatoes; second, the separation of their

choose to
list,

Even sometimes, when the distiller does not make his own fecula, he buys it from the fecuit

who submits

to a third operation

that of draining.
of.

These various operations

will

now be spoken

RASPING.

As a matter of course, the object of this operation is to tear the tissue of the vegetable, the cells of which contain the fecula
is

which

it

produces, so that the better the

divided, the better the rasping will have been vegetable executed, and by these means a greater quantity of fecula

To this effect, the potatoes are submitwill be obtained. ted to the action of a rasp, already described, and which,
though
it

be the best

has not been brought to perfection, appears to made use of.


after this operation,

Immediately
mences.

the following com-

SEPARATION OF THE FECULA.


For
this purpose, a large sieve of horse-hair, 2 feet in

diameter and 1 foot in depth, is made use of. It is placed above a tub on two cross-pieces, and then tilled with a
quantity of pulp, equal to about two- thirds of its contents. This pulp is strongly rubbed between the hands, while a

POTATOES

SEPARATION OF FECULA.

117

continuous stream of water, proportionate to the dimensions For a sieve of 2 of the sieve, is running in the latter.
feet in diameter and 1 in depth, the water may be introduced through a pipe of 4 or 5 millimetres in diameter. This water, by means of the movement which the pulp the undergoes, penetrates the latter, and runs through

sieve into the tub, carrying the fecula


dissolution.

away

in a state of

This operation

is

continued until the water running

through the sieve is clear and not impregnated with fecula. Then the pulp is thrown aside for the purpose of feeding
cattle,

and it is replaced by other, which is in the same manner deprived of its fecula. From 2500 kilogrammes of good potatoes 500 kilogrammes of fecula, supposed to
be dry, are obtained, or 7.50 kilogrammes of drained which then bears the name of raw fecula. The

fecula,

latter is to the

former

2, so that

3 kilogrammes of

give 2 kilogrammes of dry; 13 hectolitres of pulp, or husks of potato, are moreover obtained,
will

raw fecula

which contain about the same quantity of water as the

raw potatoes
of water.

that

is,

three-fourths of their weight; so

that those 13 hectolitres of pulp retain about

975

litres

far not so

may by good as that resulting from the distillation of pastes, which is well boiled and nourishing. It might be possible to obviate these inconveniences,
it is

This pulp

be given to cattle, but

in a distillery,

wash that

is left

by boiling the pulp with the hot spentin the still after distillation. There is
in-

a more suitable disposition of the sieve than that just


dicated, and
it is

thought

necessary to notice

it

here.

It

consists in filling at once with water the tub destined to

118

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


is

receive the fecula; the sieve

suspended on the upper part

of the tub with ropes, so as to be immersed in the water; a to-and-fro movement is given to it, by which means
the pulp is freed from its fecula, which falls to the bottom of the tub. After this operation, the pulp is entirely ex-

hausted by merely sprinkling a small quantity of water over it. This is but a modified disposition, which is

mode

thought useful, and which does not in the least alter the of working. The fecula, thus separated from the

pulp, sinks, after an hour's rest, to the bottom of the tub, when the depth of the tub does not exceed 60 or 70 centimetres,

and forms a thick and

solid sediment.

Holes

made

in the sides of the tub are then

opened ; that nearis left

est the top of the

sediment included.
off,

The water runs


If the latter
is to

and the fecula

in the

bottom

be made in solid pieces,

it is

drained in

the following manner.

DRAINING.
For
use
of.

this purpose,

It

is

wooden

an apparatus called a drainer is made chest, open on one side, widening

in the shape of a cone toward the opening.

The

sides

and bottom of
holes
;

this chest are filled with

linen or

the exterior part is hemp. This drainer must be placed above the tub destined to receive the water that is to be drained ;
is

an infinity of small covered with a cloth of strong

the fecula

of twenty-four hours
it

then placed in the drainer, and in the course it loses all the superfluous water which
is

retained,
it is

and

found,

it is

true, in a state of humidity,

but

sufficiently solid to be transported without

being

POTATOES

PROCESS OF MASHING.

119

made

into paste.

When
is

drained, the drainer


this purpose,
is

the fecula is thought sufficiently turned over on a table used for


it

and there

is

broken into pieces.

This

operation the fabrication of fecula


spirits.

only necessary, as
is

already observed, when

not connected with that of

distillers

This has been done at Paris, for instance, where buy their fecula from the starch-makers.

many From

a given quantity of potatoes,

obtained.

No more
is

20 per cent, of dry fecula is can be reckoned upon, for the ope-

ration of rasping

not perfect enough to produce the

result indicated in the chemical analysis.

PROCESS SPOKEN OF IN THE FIRST MODIFICATION.


For a tub of 12
hectolitres, intended to contain only

11

hectolitres of matter,
fecula,
all

from 80 to 85 kilogrammes of dry or from 120 to 125 kilogrammes of raw fecula, or

tolitres of
is

the fecula resulting from good potatoes, are

400 kilogrammes or 5J hecmade use of. This quantity

to
its

deposited in the tub with a portion of cold water, so as form a tolerably clear paste that is, with about twice
',

weight of water.
this

But great

care should be taken to

mixture, because without this precaution the fecula, which is much heavier than water, would promptstir

ly precipitate itself to the bottom of the tub,

and there
brought

form a hard sediment, which


to a state of suspension.

is

with great

difficulty

This state of suspension


part of the operation.

necessary for a subsequent Every thing being thus disposed,


is

120

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

and the necessary agitation having been given to the mass, from 500 to 600 litres of boiling water are gradually let into the tub ; and before the whole of this hot
water
thick,
is

in the latter, the

mixture has already become


into

and has been converted

what

is

called paste.

This paste has at first a milky appearance, but when the 600 litres of water are thoroughly mixed with it, the heat produced by them soon causes it to be remarkably clear

and transparent. At this period the fecula is ready for being mashed, which is done by adding to it from 20 to

25 kilogrammes of malted barley or Indian


rately steeped.

corn, sepa-

In this instance the action of the malt

is

as conspicu-

ous as in the mashing of rice ; and in ten minutes, time requisite to mix the malt with the paste, the latter is completely fluidified.

It is then left to subside for three or

four hours, as in the mashing of corn, and after this time


It is now the liquor has acquired a very sweet taste. with water, so as to have 11 hectolitres

sufficient to dilute it

of this

The advantage of matter ready for fermentation. mode of working over that generally followed in

this country is easily perceived.

liquid, after having fermented, is found to be very and the sediment, which is composed of the husks of the corn and of a little portion of leaven, is very small.
fluid,

The

may not be useless to remark, that in this case the malted barley should be ground into fine flour, and not merely broken, because its action on the fecula is thus
It

more

energetic,

more

perfect,

and more rapid.

The wash

obtained by these means, and made with the given proportions of water and matter, marks about five areometri-

POTATOES
cal degrees
;

PROCESS OF MASHING.

121
it

1 litre of good yeast is sufficient to bring

to fermentation.

PROCESS SPOKEN OF IN THE SECOND MODIFICATION.

The special object of this second modification is to avoid the labour occasioned by isolation of the fecula from the pulp. The following is
economy is made use
:

the

way of

practising

it

with advantage and

A double-bottomed
of.

tub, of about 8 hectolitres,

From 10

to

12 kilogrammes of chaff are

spread on the first bottom, and the pulp, as it is produced from the raw potatoes, placed upon it ; say, that obtained

from 400 kilogrammes or5j hectolitres of potatoes. There it is drained for half an hour ; and thus a portion of water,

naturally connected with

its

composition,
off

is

extracted

without trouble.

The

latter is

drawn

by means of the

cock communicating with the space between the two botThe mixture is then stirred, while from 400 to toms.

500 kilogrammes of boiling water are gradually


the whole mass
is

let in

now thickened

this

change

is

caused

by the conversion of the fecula into paste. This mixture is then mashed with 25 kilogrammes of
malt, previously steeped, and the liquid
for three or four hours.
is left

to subside
let into

It is then drained

and

the fermenting-back, which contains 11 hectolitres. What is left is well drained for a quarter of an hour ; then 2
hectolitres of boiling water are again let in.

This mixrest to the

ture

is

agitated, drained,

and taken with the

formenting-back.

This lowers the temperature of the

and exhaust the paste completely, the liquid. whole surface of the sediment on the bottom of the tub if
cool
ll

To

122

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sprinkled with 1 or 2 hectolitres of cold water, which ar^ drained and let into the fermenting-back with the othe* In operating thus, the husks left on the double extracts.

bottom are

sufficiently exhausted; they only retain, after an hour's draining, three-fourths of their weight in liquid, slightly charged with fermentable matter, which might be

neglected in a well-conducted distillery, where the feeding of cattle is an object. But, at all events, if the loss of
liquid
tirely

was thought of any moment, the pulp might be enexhausted by means of a cylindrical press.

Full half of the weight of the drained pulp might be obtained in liquid, but a simple draining is sufficient, and the practice of pressing the residue should only be resorted
to

in cases where a smaller quantity of water has been used for mashing than has just been recommended. In this way of working, the fermentable matter being necessarily left to itself for a certain space of time,

and often

requiring to be taken from one tub to the other, is tolerably well cooled, and gains, toward the end of the operaThere are, tion, a suitable temperature for fermentation.
then, three ways of saccharifying the fecula of potatoes by means of malted barley or Indian corn.
It requires very little reflection to

see that the

first

mode
ter of

is

evidently inferior to the other two.


it

In

fact,

under whatever light

be considered, whether as a mat-

economy

in labour and combustibles, or with re-

spect to the quality or quantity of the spirituous produce, It is it will never bear comparison to the other two.

necessary that the potatoes should be boiled by steam, This steam is to be produced and this is indispensable.

on purpose, and occasions expenses in

fuel.

POTATOES

PROCESS OF MASHING.

123

In the other two ways no combustibles are wanted to


convert the fecula into paste proper to be mashed, and by working as heretofore advised for the mashing of
grain
tion,
;

that

is,

to boil the
it

matter intended for fermenta-

whether
left

spent-wash
toes

be isolated fecula or pulp, with the In one case, the potaafter distillation.
;

must be broken between two cylinders other cases, it is sufficient to rasp them ; and

in the

two

this opera-

tion is not expensive, considering the great quantity that can be rasped by two men. In the first case, the matter submitted to the still is

heavy and pasty;


brought
to

requires more combustibles to be ebullition, and more expense is occasioned


it

through the necessity of continually agitating it; and, without speaking of the bursting of the apparatus which it might cause, the spirit produced from it is always more
or less charged with

empyreuma.

In the other cases, the

matter

is

perfectly fluid, does not require any precaution


it,

to be taken in distilling
spirit.

and gives a better flavoured

superiority belongs, then, evidently, to the two last modifications that have been proposed ; and, of

The

those two, there can be no hesitation in declaring the latter to be the best. 100 kilogrammes of potatoes may

thus produce from 50 to 55


spirit, as
all

litres of spirit at

75.

This
fruit,

potato

spirit,

has a small taste of the


it

which

is

not pleasant, but of which

can be freed by

careful rectification.

124

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

ARRACK, OR SPIRITS OF
RICE contains no
sugar, and
its

RICE.

composition appears to

be essentially farinaceous. Carolina rice contains from 83 to 85 per cent, of its weight of fecula, or starch. To
produce arrack from pure rice, it would be necessary to malt the latter, and, for this purpose, to submit it to all
the operations connected with malting
;

that

is, it

should

be steeped, malted, dried, and ground into

flour.

The

only difference that would exist between this process and


that of malting grain would be, that rice requires

more time

to be sufficiently steeped

and malted.

much As for

the rest of the operations, they are exactly the same. Rice, being thus brought to the state of ground malt,

may undergo
it

a very good spirituous fermentation, whether be mashed and fermented in the state of lob, or whether

its

farinaceous principles be extracted by

means of the

double-bottomed tub.

The distiller might adopt either of those two methods, according as he wishes to distil either heavy matter or As to the method of such as is exempt from sediment.
fermenting rice prepared by either of those two processes, it is absolutely the same as in the fermentation of corn.

The mashing requires made use tity of water


spirituous produce
;

of has the

the quanthe same temperature same influence over the

mentable properties of
it

the only difference between the ferrice and those of other corn is in
it

the impossibility of causing

to

paring

by mashing.

However,

ferment by solely preit might be sufficient

ARRACK, OR SPIRITS OF RICE.

125

only to malt a certain portion of the rice destined for distillation, and to mix it in the proportion of one-fourth or one-third of malted rice to three-fourths or two-thirds

be equally another method of predisposing rice It is to fermentation, which has been found successful. founded on the property which malted barley possesses of
of unmalted;

the fermentation would thus


is

complete.

There

saccharifying the grain that is mashed with it. Supposing that 80 kilogrammes of rice are

to

be

worked, they are


flour.

first

reduced into

fine

and well-divided

This
it

is

and there

is

thrown into a tub of about 12 hectolitres, diluted with 80 kilogrammes of water,

such in temperature as to cause the thermometer, after


the mixture has been well agitated and brought to a uni-

form mass,

to rise to

77

or

80.

This mixture

is left to

subside for about half an hour, while 20 kilogrammes of malt, ground into fine flour, are separately steeped and

well diluted in an equal weight of water at

100.

The

mixture of

rice

having been
is

left to itself

during the time

indicated above, the tub


is let

uncovered, and boiling water


while the mixture

into

it

until the

mass becomes thicker and has the


;

consistence of a dense lob

all this

is

agitated until the thermometer has risen to

180.

Then

the mashing commences ; it is effected by throwing into the tub the portion of malt separately steeped.

The mixture
it

is

then agitated in

all directions to

render

homogeneous, and to establish a perfect contact between the malted barley and the rice. When this condition is
evidently
fulfilled,

the tub

is

covered up again, and the

wort

is left

period a

At this phenomenon worthy of remark takes place the


to subside for three or four hours.
:

XI*

126

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

mixture has undergone a total change, and the tub, which a few hours before contained a compact and pasty matter,

now

presents a liquid completely fluid, slightly sweet and saccharine ; and there is only a small sediment formed at

the bottom, which is composed of the husks of the grain and of the rice, and also of a few lumps, from one or the other of these vegetables, that have escaped decomposition.
It is

now

sufficient to
it

water, so as to bring

to

lengthen the liquid out with cold 44 density, and to the tempera-

ture proper for fermentation.

This proceeds well through all its stages, and gives a vinous liquor, which is distilled without difficulty ] the sediment being so small and of so little strength, that it

may be

shows the

neglected without any prejudice. This operation utility of malt in the fermentation of corn in

every light ; and it is here evident that it possesses the property of converting the fecula, reduced into a paste by boiling water, into a kind of soluble matter which
has
all
is

then,

This mode, the properties belonging to sugar. rice it has of in the distillation ; practicable very

the invaluable advantage of giving greater


ducts, while
it

and
fluid.

better pro-

renders the wash perfectly

SPIRITS OF BEET-ROOT.

127

SPIRITS OF BEET-ROOT.

WHEN
that
it

wo know

that a vegetable

body has

in

it

sac-

charum, or sugar, we must take that as


there
is

sufficient evidence

possesses fermentable properties; and of course a possibility of drawing spirits from it. The
is

sugar of the beet-root

identical with that of the cane


it is

when

it

is

refined

consequently,

quite as fine and

as good,

and does not cost the farmer much of an outlay.


solid sugar in the beet-root, as all other

The production of
vegetable

Some

products, is subject to agricultural chances. years are more favourable to it than others ; but an

intelligent manufacturer, thoroughly acquainted with his


art, will

always escape great losses in a more or less


for instance, that a

for-

tunate way.

So

it

is,

manufacturer of beet-root

sugar, finding in unfavourable years that the small quantity of sugar which the vegetable gives him would not

defray his expenses of fabrication, meets with a precious The choice of resource in submitting it to distillation. the beet-root, either to make sugar or produce spirit, is

not more indifferent in one case than the other.


exists a great variety of them, all of

There
distin-

which are

guished by the colour of their peel and that Df their


pulp.

The white, the yellow beet-root, and that which is white inside and red outside, are preferable to all others. Whatever be the colour of the root, it is essential to appropriate
it

to the soil, to cultivate it in a

fit

and proper

128

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

to use the seeds of degenerate species has Experience proved the streaky beet-root to be the least productive, and it must of course be rejected as

manner, and not

much
by

as possible.

The

beet-root thrives in

mixed

soils

this is

meant such

as are not too mobile nor too argil-

laceous, neither too calcareous nor too sandy.

The

soil

should not be too

damp nor

too dry.

It

grows

well after all sorts of manures, sparingly distributed; however, strawy manures and the stalling of herds are

more proper for it. It is generally sown in the month of April, and gathered toward the end of September or
as the beet-roots are

As soon beginning of October, according to the climate. drawn out of the ground, they are necked and put up where the frost cannot injure them, in

cellars or in pits dug four or five feet deep, covered after-, ward with a layer of earth from one to one and a half foot Then they are taken as wanted, and their in thickness.
is expressed by means of a rasp, which will now be described; this being, therefore, the most suitable place, we will now speak of

juice

THE BEET-RASP.
This
is

made

as follows

frame made of oak, built

an oblong form, mounted on four legs from top to bottom by cross-pieces, conjoined together
strongly, having
stitute

mechanism ; nearly
wooden
cylinder,
is

the assemblage bearing the various parts of the all of them disposed on the length of

the upper cross-pieces.

made

Those parts are composed of a Its plain and suitably prepared.

diameter

cumference

is

18 inches, and its breadth 8 inches; its cirarmed with 80 saw-blades, 7 inches long

THE BEET-RASP.

129

On
is

one of the extremities of the axis of the cylinder

an iron pinion, furnished with 16 teeth, working those of a wheel, also of iron, and having 120 teeth ; a handle
of 18 inches
is fixed

wheel.

Under

this cylinder is placed a

on each extremity of the axis of this kind of tank, inas to send the pulp obtained into

tlined in such a

manner

a bucket filling the functions of a recipient ; on the same face of the frame, and before the circumference of the
cylinder,
shutter, which

by manner

adjusted on a mobile centre a Jdnd of wooden receives, from the axis of the pinion and the aid of swing-gates, a to-and-fro motion, in such a
is

as alternately to open and close the interval left between the cylinder and that same shutter for the pas-

sage of the beets or potatoes. Nevertheless, the opening is limited by means of a bar, on which the shutter rests in its back motion.

little

All

the parts of this machine, exceeding the frame, are enveloped in a box, surmounted by a hopper yielding about a From this kind of cage it quintal of potatoes or beets.
results that the

trituration is effected, very properly, 2500 kilogrammes* without splashing or loss of matter. of beets or potatoes may be reduced in twelve hours by
this rasp,

worked by only two men.


is

The pulp
lared
lical press
:

then placed in bags, which are to be


to the action of a

pil-

and submitted
this

screwing or hydrau-

is preferable to any other, the possesses By these means greatest force. a quantity of the juice is obtained proportionate to the

kind of press

because

it

energy of the machine made use

of.

With

a cylindrical

kilogramme

is

about two pounds.

130

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER

mounted and well conducted, it is possible to obtain a quantity of juice equivalent to 75 per cent, of the raw beet-root. To effect this it is necessary to wet the residue of the first extract, and to submit it again to
press, well

the action of the press.


presses, 65, 70,

With screwing

or hydraulic

and even 80 per

cent, of the juice can

the engine, or the


roots.

be obtained in one operation, according to the power of more or less aqueous qualities of the

may mark from 5


It
solid,

This juice, supposing no water to have been used, to 9 Beaume, according to years and
cane, two kinds of sugar

the species of fruit.


contains, like the

one

and the other liquid ; that is, one that can be crysIt contains, besides, tallized, and the other molasses. water, leaven, and some extractive substances, one of
which gives
is

to the beet-root that acrid taste

by which

it

distinguished, and

also the property of attacking the

throats of those

who

eat

it

this is

not entirely removed

even by the operation of boiling, as many persons can This substance might communicate to the spirits testify.
of beet-roots
its

noxious

taste,

was

it

not corrected by the

operation of rectification, which has already been spoken The liquid separated by means of the press may be of.

put immediately to fermentation ; leaven enters into its composition, and soon begins to work. good soil may to of beet-roots per from 100,000 pounds 80,000 produce

hectare.

The molasses

of beet-roots, as before observed, has not

been applied to any other use than that of distillation. This results from its peculiar bad taste, which is the
cause of
its

being rejected by the trade.

In

fact, it can-

THE BEET-RASP.
not be delivered for consumption in
like the molasses

131
the state
it is in,

from the sugar-houses ; there is nothing of which the former partakes less than of that luscious
savour of the latter ; and this
is

the only difference exist-

ing between the raw sugar of the beet-root and that of the cane, both of which are identical after being purified
of their molasses.

The molasses of

beet-roots takes with

it all

the acridity

of the root; and, morever, it happens very often to have a strong taste of salt, caused by the nitrate of potash, or saltpetre, which the beet-root contains in large quantities.

The molasses of

beet-roots produces

more

spirit

the sugar-cane molasses. Its taste, it is true, resembles less that of rum, and always keeps a particular aroma ; but it is one agreeable to the palate, and might,

than

perhaps, with certain precautions, be rendered more identical with that of the rum made from sugar-cane molasses. The method made use of for distilling this spirit is con-

ducted as follows

this is a

method followed
:

in preparing

beet-root molasses for a good fermentation

100

litres* of

molasses are mixed with 100


all

litres of boiling water.

When

has been well blended, the back is covered, and the mixture left to itself for twelve hours. Then 2 hectolitres of boiling

water are added, the mass mixed well,

and

At this period repose for twelve hours more. proceed to the fermentation; and, to effect this, dilute the whole mass with warm and cold water, so as to bring
left to

to the temperature required, and to give areometrical degrees density.


it

it

from 5

to

litre is

about two wine-pints.

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THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


1 hectolitre of

From
80
litres

hectolitres of well-fermented wash,

sjrup you can obtain 20 or 24 which renders about

of spirits at 19

Beaume.

This quantity

differs

from those reported in various works some saying more could be produced, and others, that not so much might be looked for under any circumstances. The medium has

been taken here, which

is

more likely
to.

to

be right than

either of the extremes alluded

The only way


fering
is

to account for the results so widely diffact,

by the admission of the


fit

which

is

very proit

bable, that

by exhausting the molasses much more,


for distillation
;

is

rendered less

while another operates on molasses richer in sugar, less exhausted, and with a It is better knowledge of that particular kind of work.

necessary to observe that the produce of spirits mentioned before is owing to the process which has just been described for fermenting it. Moreover, the reader must be

warned that one of the advantages attached to this method of operating results from the use of the spent-wash.
wash, leaving the

This occasions an economy in fuel, as the caloric of the still in a boiling state, is in this inBesides, there are found

stance appropriated to good use.

in the use of the spent-wash all the benefits

which have

been before developed in speaking of the transformation


of sugar into alcohol. It has often been found of advantage to put grain to this

mixture, at the rate of from 5 to 7 kilogrammes per 100 This grain, when broken and consistlitres of molasses.
of malt to 80 of rye, ing of a mixture of 20 kilogrammes and renders it gives more impetus to the fermentation,

more complete.

SPIRIT OF CHERRIES.

KIRSCH-WASSER, OR THE SPIRITS OF CHERRIES.


THERE
known by
is

the

a kind of spirits, prepared from cherries, name of kirsch-ivasser. The name comes

from the German, and is composed of two words signifyThis liquor is made to the ing "water of cherries."
greatest

extent in

Switzerland

and

cherry-trees are very

common

that

Germany, where consumed in France

comes from the neighbourhood of the ForH Noire. The In the month way of preparing the worts is as follows
:

of July or August, when cherries have arrived at maturity, no trouble is taken to pick them, and they are

brought down by means of poles, which is decidedly a bad practice, because it damages the trees ; and the cherries, leaves,

and small branches

all

fall

down

together,

which, gathered by children, are deposited in a trough, without any precaution, so that the spoiled and good ones
are all mixed together. This trough represents a cylinder more wide than deep, and yielding according to the extent of the fabrication.
It is placed

which

rest

above the fermenting-back on two girders, on the borders of the back, and are joined toThis

gether by two cross-pieces of the same thickness.

trough being half or three-quarters full, men, women, and even, children place themselves around it, and proceed to the pressing of the cherries with their hands, so This cannot be done peras to set the juice at liberty.
fectly, as it

may

well be supposed, by squeezing the cher12

134
ries

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


between their hands, or by rubbing them against the

sides of the trough.

The juice runs then into the fermenting-back through the interstices of the trough, while skins, stalks, and The stones are then added to the stones are left behind.
It was thought is left to ferment. time that it was necessary to break the stones, from which the " kirsch" derives its characteristic flavour
liquid,

and the wort

for a long

and aroma,

to obtain this effect ; but experience has, in a conclusive manner, demonstrated that this practice is useless,

and that the worts from cherries fermented with the


an equally good-fla-

stones, either entire or broken, give

voured kirsch.

of

Kirsch being only consumed as a liquor, the fabrication it is not very extensive, and the wine producing it is
still

put to the
lasts

from six

immediately after the fermentation, which Leaven is put with this to eight days.

wort.

numbers of what

In some parts of the United States there are immense are called " wild-cherry trees/' which

There can be no doubt bear a large quantity of fruit. but they could be made useful in the same way as other
cherries; and, from
fine spirit

my

knowledge of them, I think a


the fruit by the process worthy of a trial.

could be
of.

made from

just spoken

At

least, it is well

APPLE BRANDY.

135

OF SOME OF THE PRODUCTS OF THIS COUNTRY WHICH AFFORD SPIRITS BY DISTILLATION.


THIS country abounds
in

many
upon

fruits, roots,

tables that will yield spirit

distillation.

It

and vegewould be

useless to give a separate process for every one of those

substances, as similar substances require a similar mode of treatment. This, it is hoped, will be a sufficient hint
to any -one who may wish to experiment on a particular kind of fruit, vegetable, &c. And first will be spoken

of

CIDER SPIRITS, OR APPLE BRANDY.


In many parts of the United States large quantities of apples are raised, which cannot be made use of to advantage in any other way, and it therefore becomes an object to the farmer to distil them. The process is worked thus :

The
ripest

apples, after being assorted,


first,

so as to

work the

are then ground, either in the

common way,

or with a mill constructed similar to the tanner's bark-mill;


after

which they are pressed

in a large, powerful screw-

press as long as any juice can be obtained. The cider is then put into large cisterns or vats pre-

pared for the purpose, where it undergoes a fermentation, and is fit for the still in from six to twelve days, according
to the weather.

Some distillers preserve


into casks,

the pomace of the

pressing, put

it

and cover

it

with water, until

136
it

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


it is

undergoes a fermentation, when


distilled.

again pressed out,

and the cider

work and so many

This, however, requires so much casks, that in a busy season it is


;

scarcely worth attending to may be done.

but when fruit

is

scarce, it

Many

persons are in the habit of grinding the apples,

and then throwing them into casks, where they undergo a fermentation, after which the whole mass is committed
to the still.

tained in this

Though a greater quantity is said to be way than any other, it is a bad plan, as

ob-

the

brandy is certain to possess that peculiar empyreumatic The operation taste which renders it very unpalatable.
is

also

more

tedious, and,

upon the whole, the

least pro-

fitable.

To judge of the progress of fermentation, run a stick down in the centre of the cask ; if, upon drawing it out,
it is

mentation
it is

accompanied with a bubbling, hissing noise, the feris not over ; but if no such noise is observable,
then
fit

for the still.


it

To

those

who

are desirous of

following this plan,

is

advised, as the best

method of
filled

avoiding an empyreuma,

that the

still

be one-third

with water, which must be made to boil before putting in The spirit made from cider is in every rethe pomace.
spect better than that

made from pomace.

PEACH BRANDY
Peaches grow in great abundance in nearly every par* of the United States, but more abundantly and of a better The flavour of peaches quality in the Southern States.
is

fruit in the world. equal, if not superior, to that of any

PEACH BRANDY.

137

Upon

distillation

agreeable, which

is

they yield a spirit remarkably fine and made use of very much in the mixing

of liquors.
are similar.

The methods

By

of treating peaches and apples the fruit is thrown into a large some,

trough, where
pletely mashed

it is

pounded with large


then pressed out

pestles until

com-

and a hogshead ; ; of pure juice, obtained in this way, will yield from 10 to 12 gallons of the best brandy. As the pomace cannot be completely pressed, it is thrown into casks, diluted with
it is

water, and, after sufficient fermentation, again pressed,

and immediately distilled. Another method, and the


of peaches are distilled,
is

best,

where a large quantity

to grind

them

in a suitable

mill, which, by mashing the stone and kernel, is said to impart an agreeable bitter to the spirit. In this state it
is

fermented, and, with the addition of a small quantity


still.

of water, committed to the

Others press
is

it

after

the
all

manner of pressing
other modes.

apples, which

far preferable to

OF THE PREPARATION AND DISTILLATION OF RUM.


IT is necessary to remark, in the beginning, that in the still-house, as well as the boiling-house, the greatest The vats, at the beginning of Cleanliness is requisite.
the crop, ought to be well washed out, with both warm and cold water, to divest them of any sour stuff which

may have accumulated

or adhered to their bottoms and

12*

138

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


were
last in

sides since they

use; and

if

every vat, just

before the

first

setting, or
little

be rinsed with a

mixing the liquor in it, were to rum, the distiller would be well

In sitting the repaid for this small outlay and trouble. first round of liquor, a greater proportion of skimming from the sugar-pans must be used than will afterward
be necessary, as the distiller has no good
little

lees,

and very

molasses,

to

add

to

the mass;

and, besides, the

skimmings some time hence

at this time are not so rich as they will be

in

March, April, or May, which are


will succeed well in the be-

thought the best yielding months.

The following proportions


ginning
:

For every 100 gallons your vat contains, put 45 gallons of skimmings, and 5 gallons of molasses to 50

When you have got good lees, or regallons of water. turns, as they are often called, mix equal quantities of
skimmings, lees, and water, and for every 100 gallons add 10 gallons of molasses. When the mill is going,

and therefore you have no skimmings, mix equal parts of lees and water, and for every 100 gallons add 20 gallons
liquor set in these proportions the expect to obtain from 10 to 15 per cent, of proof-rum, and twice as much low wines. But the quantity of spirit will depend greatly on the

of molasses.

-From

distiller

may

quality of the ingredients, and in some measure on the

weather; therefore, an intelligent


proportions accordingly.
flavour or essential

distiller will

Rum

differs

vary his from what is sim-

ply called sugar-spirit, as it contains more of the natural oil of the sugar-cane ; a great deal of raw juice, and even parts of the cane itself, being often

fermented in the liquor or solution of which the rum

ia

DISTILLATION OF RUM.

139

For this reason it is generally thought that prepared. the rum derives its flavour from the cane itself. Some,
indeed, are of opinion that the oily flavour of the rum proceeds from the large quantity of fat used in boiling This fat, of course, will give a rancid flavour the sugar.
to the spirit in distillations of the sugar-liquors, or wash,

from the refining sugar-houses; but the flavour of rum.

this is

nothing like

Great quantities of rum are made at Jamaica, and other places in or near the same latitude ; the method of When a sufficient stock of materials is making it is this
:

got together, they add water to them, and ferment them in the common way, though the fermentation is always
carried on very slowly at
first,

of the season for making


yeast to

rum

because, at the beginning in the islands, they want

make it work ; but after this they, by degrees, a sufficient quantity of the ferment, which rises procure a head to the liquor in the operation ; and thus as up they
are able afterward to ferment and

make

their

rum with

great deal of expedition, and in very large quantities. When the wash is fully fermented, or to a due degree of
acidity, the distillation is carried

and the

spirit is

reduced to

on in the common way, made up proof, though sometimes it is a much greater degree of strength, nearly apit is

proaching to that of alcohol, or spirits of wine ; and then called " double-distilled" rum.

There can be no doubt that


the spirit, and bring
it

it

would be easy

to rectify

to a
it,

much

than

it is

usual to find

if it

greater degree of purity did not bring over in the

distillation so large a quantity of the gross oil,

which

is

often so disagreeable that the

rum must be

suffered to lie

140

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


it

by
if

a long time to mellow before

can be used; whereas.

well rectified, its flavour would be

much

less rancid,

and

consequently much more agreeable to the palate. It has been ascertained that the best state to keep rum, both for exportation and other uses, is doubtless in that
of alcohol, or rectified spirits.

In this manner
it

it

would

be contained in half the bulk


let

down

to the

common

usually is, proof strength with water,

and might be

when

necessary.

PROCESS MADE USE OF IN GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND FOR FERMENTING AND


TILLING MOLASSES.

DIS-

THIS process will be found well adapted to the use of those of our citizens who are not living in the sugar-growIt is conducted as follows They set the ing regions. backs in the former (Great Britain) by adding 2 gallons of water and 1 of molasses; to which (in both places)
:

tney add about 1 gallon of barm or yeast to 200, and sometimes 300, of molasses so mixed. These they blend, with a large birch-broom, uniformly together; this they
call setting.

This must be attended to once or twice a day, and the

head stirred in or more barm added occasionally ; or the air partially excluded to keep it warm, if it works slow,

and admitted
the backs

fully, if

must be

In three or four days raised, by adding (in Great Britain) 2


it

works

fast.

DISTILLING MOLASSES.

Ml

gallons of water more to each gallon of molasses set ; and in Ireland the same j consequently, they work their wash
one-fifth stronger in

Great Britain than in Ireland

and

when they wish


their

to evade the

wash

still

duty of excise, they work but this materially hurts the stronger,

quality of the produce. In the winter time, the water added to the backs should

are raised with, which

be heated to a degree below blood warm, that the backs may be done by heating some
it,

water scalding hot, not boiling


as

in

one of the

stills,

and

the filling-can as will heat the redrawing mainder of the cold water to the degree wanted. When
in

much

the intended portion of water is added to each back, the same proportion of barm is to be added as at setting, and
all

blended together with the broom;

this

is

termed

raising.

The same,
setting,

or rather more, attention


if

and barm added,

necessary.

must be paid after The third stage

of fermentation

is cutting, which is performed four, five, or even six days after raising, but is seldom deferred so It is done by adding about 1 ounce of jalap-root, long.

in fine powder, to every


in in

800 or 1000 weight of molasses half and as much more to the same quantities summer, winter, with the same proportion of barm, or yeast, as
and raising, which must be blended together This is called cutting the backs, which,

at setting

with the yeast.


indeed,
it

crest of the flowers or

very effectually does cutting down the head or barm which the intestine motion of
ef-

the fermentation threw up, and communicating a very

fectual ferment-essence through the whole fluid mass, very

distinguishable at the top of the fluid to the sight, and

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THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


;

also to the ear

the hissing of which can

now be

distinctly

heard by those who are near. As this tumultuous motion and hissing noise lessens, the operation draws to a close and when they can be no
:

longer distinguished, which

is

days after cutting, the fermentation is

generally in three or four over, and the fer-

mented wash
set

is

to

anew,

as before

be emptied into the still, and the backs This fermented wash, directed.
it,

distilled as

long as a glass of
fire

thrown upon the

still-

from a lighted paper or candle, is called low wines, or spirits of the first extraction. These low wines are kept for three distillations, which quantity
head, will burn or take

generally

fills

the

still,

which

is

called doubling, or second

extraction, and are drawn

off as directed previously.

This
ard,
if
is

spirit,

called proof-spirit.

lowered with water to the hydrometer standAfter the setting of the backs,

an addition of barm does not bring on a sensible fermentation through the whole, a five-gallon can of warm spent-wash, added to every 200 gallons of the fermentingwash, will in general bring on the desired degree of fermentation; if not, about half the quantity of jalap usually used in cutting the backs must be added now, and the
other half at cutting the backs.
in frosty weather, the part of the still-house

In winter, particularly where the

fermentation

is

going on must be heated to the tempera-

ture of temperate on the thermometer, which will much This may be done by the heat of facilitate the process.
the
stills

at

work

in winter

and the excess of heat from


con-

them

in

summer may be counterbalanced by windows


draw a current of
air across the still-house.

trived to

FLAVOURING AND COLOURING OF

SPIRITS.

113

RAISIN SPIRITS.
FROM raisins is extracted a spirit, after proper ferIn order to extract this mentation, bearing this name. in a proper quantity of infused must be raisins the spirit, When the fermentation is comwater and fermented.
pleted, the

whole

is

to be

thrown into the

still,

and

spirits

extracted by a strong fire. The reason why a strong fire is here directed is, because by that means a greater quantity
of the essential oil will
rit,

come over the helm with the

spi-

which

will

render
is

it

pose; for this spirit


inalt

the distiller's purgenerally used to mix with common


fitter for

much

goods

and

it is

surprising

how

far it will

go in this

respect, 10 gallons of it being often sufficient to give a determining flavour and agreeable vinosity to a whole

piece of malt spirit.

FLAVOURING AND COLOURING OF SPIRITS


THE sweet spirits of nitre, either strong or dulcified, is the substance generally used by distillers for the flavouring of spirits, to deprive them of their lixivkms taste
As regards the colouring of spirits, that of French brandy has been held up as the acme of The extract ot oak has been proposed; but perfection.
after rectification.
after all, the

the use of

common

most practical means found by experience is treacle and burnt sugar, though it has

144

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


to

been said that neither of these will succeed when put


the test of the vitriolic solution.

quantity of oak-bark shavings, deposited for some time in spirits of wine, will form a dilute tincture of oak; this may be added to colour spirits, instead of burnt sugar.
1 pint of parched or burnt

wheat

will give

an agreeable

colour
flavour.

to

barrel

of whisky,

and

will

improve

the

PROCESS FOR MAKING

RUM SHRUB.

To effect this, take 65 or 70 gallons of rum, from 7 tc 8 gallons of lemon-juice, 6 or 7 gallons of orange-juice, (both fresh expressed from the fruit,) orange-wine 30 gallons, 2 pounds of the rind of fresh lemon-peel, and 1
pound of the rind of fresh orange-peel, (both pared off as thin as possible, and previously steeped for a few days in Fill up the the rum,) and 100 pounds of loaf-sugar.
cask, of

120 or 130

gallons,

rouse them well together.


to suit

with pure spring- water ; If not sweet enough, sweeten

you; if too sweet, add more lemon-juice. Dissolve your sugar in part of the water used for making up your shrub ; let it stand till fine, set up on end, with a cock near the bottom.

ELDER JUICE.

145

PROCESS FOR MAKING BRANDY SHRUB.


Take from 75 to THIS is done in the following way 80 gallons of brandy, 8 or 10 gallons of lemon-juice, 8 gallons of orange-juice, 4 pounds of thin rind of fresh
:

lemon-peel, and 2 pounds of orange-peel, fresh, (both pared as thin as may be,) and add them to the brandy
thing; with 4 ounces of terra-japonica, 1 hundredof loaf-sugar or clayed sugar, dissolved in part of weight the water used for making up, added with the above inthe
first

Fill up with good clear gredients to the brandy, &c. water, set the cask on end, with a cock near the bottom,

and

let it

stand

till fine.

Shrub may be made

in a similar

manner with whisky,

apple brandy, peach brandy, &e., with similar ingredients in the before-mentioned proportions. The quantity can be increased or reduced to suit the operator, by duly proportioning the ingredients to the quantity of spirits employed.

ELDER
To make
this
all

JUICE.
let

article,

you must

your berries be

the stalks (which are numerous) be fully ripe, clean picked from them. Then, if you have a press for drawing all the juice from them, have ready four haircloths

and

somewhat broader than the


13

press,

and put one

146

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL

DISTILLER.-

layer above another, having a hair-cloth between every layer, which must be laid very thin and pressed, first a
little,

can get

then more, till your press be drawn as close as you it ; then take out the berries, and press all you
the lumps

have in like manner.


break out
all

Then take the pressed berries, and ; put them into an open vessel,

and put on them as much liquid as will just cover them Let them infuse so for seven or eight days ; then press it
to it the rest, or keep it separately for and present use, put your best juice into a cask proper for it to be kept in ; and put 1 gallon of malt spirits, not rec-

out,

and either add

every 20 gallons of elder juice, which will effectually preserve it from becoming sour for two or three
tified, to

years.

METHOD OF MAKING CHEERY BRANDY.


ways of making this liquor, which demand. Some press out the juice of the great cherries, and having dulcified it with sugar, add as much
are several
is

THERE
in

spirit to it as the

goods will bear, or the price


for.

it

is

in-

tended to be sold

But

the

common method

is

to

put the cherries, clean picked, into a cask with a proper quantity of proof-spirit; and after standing about eighteen

and two-thirds of the

days, the goods are drawn off into another cask for sale, first quantity of spirits poured into

the cask upon the cherries.


to extract the

This is to stand one month, whole virtue from the cherries ; after which

EAU DE LUCE.
it is

147
to take

drawn

off as before,

and the cherries pressed,

out the spirit they had absorbed.

The proportion

observed; the general rule

of cherries and spirit is not very nicely is that the cask be half-filled

with cherries, and then fill up with proof-spirits. Some add to every 20 gallons of spirit half an ounce of

cinnamon, 1 ounce of cloves, and about 3 pounds of sugar, by which the flavour of the goods is considerably increased.
But, in order to save expenses, not only the spices and sugar are generally omitted, but also a great part of the cherries, and the deficiency supplied by the juice of
elder-berries.

Your own

reason, therefore,
it,

and your

taste, or the price

you intend to ask for


your ingredients.

must

direct

you

in the selection of

By
wish,

the

same method you can make raspberry brandy

should the colour of the article not be so deep as you it can be made more so by the addition of a little

cherry brandy, elder juice, or other colouring substance, such as logwood, &c.

EAU DE
THE
process

LUCE.

for making this is simple and easy of Take of the oil of amber 1 ounce, of highlyexecution. rectified spirits of wine 4 pounds put them into a bottle,
;

and

let

them remain there

five days,

shaking the bottle


spirit
oil.

occasionally during the time,


will be strongly

by which means the

impregnated with the

Then put

into

148

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

this impregnated spirit 4 ounces of choice amber, finely thus you have a powdered, and let it digest three days rich The tincture amber. tincture of being thus very
;

made, take of the strongest spirits of sal-ammoniac 16 pounds, and add to the foregoing tincture, together with

You will 8 pounds of highly rectified spirits of wine. thus obtain the celebrated " Eau de Luce" which is so
much
in use in all cases of fainting, lowness of spirits,

giddiness, headache, &c.

IRISH USQUEBAUGH.
THIS
saffron.
is

Take of nutmegs,

a very celebrated cordial, the basis of which is cloves, and cinnamon, of each

2 ounces; of the seeds of anise, caraway, and coriander, each 4 ounces; liquorice-root, sliced, half a pound. Bruise the seeds and spices, and put them, together with the
liquorice, into the
still,
;

2 gallons of water

distil

with 11 gallons of proof-spirit and with a pretty brisk fire till the
as soon as

feints begin to rise.

But

work, fasten to the nose of the


saffron, tied
it

worm 2
and

your still begins to ounces of English

up and extract

in a cloth, that the liquor


all
its

may run through

tincture

in order to do this,

you should often press the

When
This

the operation

is

with your fingers. finished, dulcify the spirits with


saffron
distillation in the fol-

fine sugar.

may

be prepared without
:

lowing manner

Take of

raisins, stoned,

5 po nds

figs,

IMPERIAL RATAFIA.
sliced,

149

Ij pound; cinnamon, half a pound; nutmegs, 3 ounces; cloves and mace, of each 1 ounce; liquorice, 2 pounds ; saffron, 4 ounces. Bruise the spices, slice the and pull the saffron in pieces ; digest these ingredients eight days in 10 gallons of proof-spirit, in a Then filter the liquor, and add tc vessel close stopped.
liquorice,
it

2 gallons of canary wine and half an ounce of the

tinc-

ture of verdigris.

PROCESS OF MAKING NECTAR.


imperial gallons of the of an of cassia oil, and an equal a ounce ratafia," quarter quantity of the oil of caraway seeds, dissolved in half a
as to

THIS may be made with 15

"

pint of spirits of wine, and made up with orange wine, so fill up the cask. This process is for making 20
if

gallons.

Sweeten, sugar in the glass.

wanted, by adding a small lump of

IMPERIAL RATAFIA.
TAKE
three-quarters of a

pound of the kernels of

peaches, nectarines, and apricots, bruised; 3 pounds of bitter almonds, bruised ; half a gallon of rectified spirits of wine, in which dissolve half an ounce of compound es-

sence of ambergris

12 gallons of pure molasses


13*

spirit,

150
and
as

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

many
20
;

gallons of rose-water as will

make up

the

ratafia to

gallons.

Steep the kernels and almonds for


off for use.

ten days

then draw

This quantity will take 10 pounds of loaf-sugar to sweeten it ; but as some may not like j I so, it had better

be sweetened by a few gallons at a tim

J,

as

it is

wanted.

METHOD OF MAKING LOY^ GE CORDIAL.


THIS
cordial,

which has been in use


:

for a long time,

can be made thus


valerian, celery,
sential oil of

Take of the

fresh roots of lovage,


es-

and sweet-fennel, each 4 ounces; of

caraway and savin, each 1 ounce ; spirits of wine, 1 pint; 12 gallons of proof-spirits; loaf-sugar, 12 Steep the roots and seed in the spirits fourteen pounds.
Dissolve the
oils in

days.

them
other

to the undulcified spirit cordial

the spirits of wine, and add drawn off from the

ingredients;
fine, if

dissolve the sugar in the water for

making up ;

necessary, with aluin.

PROCESS OF MAKING CITRON CORDIAL.


TAKE
of

Smyrna

figs,
;

Infuse for one week

draw

14 pounds ; spirits, 12 gallons. the clear spioff, and add to


of orange and lemon, each 1

rituous infusion essence

FRENCH NOYAU.

151

ounce, dissolved in a pint of spirits of wine; half a pound of dried lemon, and 4 ounces of orange-peel; 6 or 7 Make up, as before, with clean, pounds of loaf-sugar.
nice water.

CINNAMON CORDIAL
THIS very agreeable compound is useful in families, being often sufficient to arrest sickness at the stomach, Take 1 drachm of oil of casIt is thus made &c. &c.
"

sia, dissolved with sugar and spirits of wine; 1J gallon of spirits; cardamom-seed, husked, 1 ounce; orange and

Fine with half a lemon-peel, dried, of each 1 ounce. of sweeten to alum-water taste with loaf-sugar, ; your pint
not exceeding 2 pounds, and make up 2 gallons measure with the water you dissolve the sugar in. This cordial

can be coloured,

if desired,

with burnt-sugar.

FRENCH NOYAU.
TAKE of fine French brandy 1} gallon; 6 ounces of the best fresh prunes; 2 ounces of celery; 3 ounces of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, and peaches, and 1 ounce of bitter almonds, all gently bruised ; essence of
orange-peel and lemon-peel, of each half a drachm, dissolved in spirits of wine ; half a pound of loaf-sugar. Let

152

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off,

the clear noyau as

the whole stand fourteen days ; then draw much rose-water as will
will be near half a gallon.

and add
it

to

make

up

to

2 gallons, which

PEPPERMINT CORDIAL.
As
make
rits

this
it

is

easily and cheaply

made, every family should

for their

own consumption.

Take of

rectified spi-

13 gallons; 12 pounds of loaf-sugar ; 1 pint of spirits of wine; 15 pennyweights (troy) of oil of peppermint;

fill up the cask, (20 gallons ;) on end after the whole has been up well roused, and a cock for drawing off placed in it.

water, as

much

as will
set

which should be

PROCESS OF MAKING ANISEED CORDIAL,


of spirits 14 gallons ; spirits of wine, 1 pint ; pounds of loaf-sugar ; 1 J ounce of oil of aniDissolve the of finely powdered alum. 2 ounces seed; for the water used in of one making up, and part sugar

TAKE

from 6

to 8

the alum in the remainder, and proceed as directed in the making up of peppermint cordial. Aniseed cordial does

not bear to be reduced below one in


oil will

separate

when

too

much

five, as part of the lowered, and render the

goods quite unsightly indeed.

FRENCH VINEGAR.

153

METHOD OF MAKING CARAWAY CORDIAL.


THIS is done by taking of oil of caraway 1 ounce ; oil of cassia, 20 drops; essence of orange-peel, 5 drops, and the same quantity of essence of lemon; 13 gallons of Make it up and fine down spirit; 8 pounds of loaf-sugar.
as directed for aniseed cordial.

FRENCH VINEGAR.
which is detained for this purpose is mixed in a tun with a quantity of wine-lees, and the whole large into cloth sacks placed within a large transferred being
iron-bound vat, the liquid matter
is

WINE

extended through the

sacks by superincumbent pressure. What passes through is put into large casks set upright, having a small aperture at their tops. In these it is exposed to the heat of

the sun in summer, or to that of a stove in winter.

should then

If the heat Fermentation comes on in a few days. rise too high, it is lowered by cool air and

the addition of fresh wine.

The

art of

making good

wine-vinegar consists in the skilful regulation of the fer-

mentative temperature.

rally completed in a fortnight


is requisite.

In summer, the process is genein winter, double the time ;

The vinegar is then run off into barrels conIt is clarified in taining several chips of birch-wood.
about two weeks
;

and, to be

fit

for the

market, must be

kept in close casks.

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THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

MODE OF MAKING ENGLISH VINEGAR


THIS
is

generally

made from

malt.

By mashing

with

water, 100 gallons of wort

are extracted, in less than two

hours, from 1 bushel of malt.


to the temperature of

When

the liquor has fallen

75
laid

Fahr., 4 gallons of the yeast of


it

beer are added.


into casks,

After thirty-six hours

is

racked

off

which are

on their

sides,

with their bung-holes loosely covered, to mer, but in winter they are arranged in a stove-room.

and exposed, the sun in sum-

In three months this vinegar


ture of the sugar of lead.
use, however, the process is

is

To make

ready for the manufacvinegar for domestic


different.

somewhat

The

above liquor

casks placed upright, hava false with holes, fixed at about a foot cover, pierced ing from their bottom. On this a considerable quantity of
is

racked

off into

rope, or the refuse from the

makers of British wine,

or,

The otherwise, a quantity of low-priced raisins, is laid. liquor is turned into another barrel every twenty-four
hours, in which time
it

has begun to grow warm.


is

Some-

times, indeed, the vinegar

fully fermented as above,

without the rope, which


cate the flavour.

is added at the end to communiGood vinegar can be made from a weak

syrup of 18 ounces of sugar to every gallon of water; Vineyeast and rye are to be used as above described.
gar obtained by the preceding methods has more or less of a brown colour, and a peculiar but rather grateful

DISTILLATION OF SIMPLE WATERS.

155

SOME GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF SIMPLE WATERS.


IT must constantly be borne in mind that plants and the parts which are to be used ought to be fresh gathered. Where they are directed fresh, such only must be employed
;

they

but some are allowed to be used dry, as in this state may easily be procured at all times of the year,

though more elegant waters might be obtained from them


while quite green. Having bruised the substances a thereon thrice their quantity of spring-water. little, pour

The

quantity, however, according as the plants


ordinary.

may be diminished or added to, may be more or less juicy than

When

fresh and juicy herbs are to be distilled,

thrice their weight of water will be quite sufficient, but

In general, dry ones require a much greater quantity. there should be so much water that, after all intended to
left to

be distilled has come over, there may be liquor enough prevent the matter from burning to the still. Formerly, some vegetables were slightly fermented with

Should any the ordinary yeast previous to distillation. of on the surface the oil swim of water, they are drops
carefully
better,
spirit

skimmed off. That the waters may be kept the about one-twentieth part of their weight of proofmay be added to each after they are distilled.
is

Such

a short but accurate and complete sketch of

the distillation of simple waters.

106

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

OF THE STILLS USED FOR SIMPLE WATERS.


There are not a great many instruments used for this comthose chiefly in use are of two kinds
cold
still

purpose;

monly called the hot still, or alembic, and the The waters drawn from plants by the cold still

are

much

more fragrant, and more fully impregnated with their virtues, than those drawn by the hot still, or alembic. A pewter body is suspended in the The method is this the head of the still fitted to the and the of alembic, body
:

pewter body

into this

tilled are put, the

alembic

body the ingredients to be disfilled with -water, and the stillof the refrigerator.

head luted

to the

worm

The same

by putting the ingredients into a and placing it in a bath heat, or balneum glass alembic, The cold still is much the best adapted to draw maride.
object would be fulfilled
off

the virtues of simples which are valued for their fine

flavour
for

when green, which is subject to be lost in drying; when you want to extract from plants a spirit so light

and

volatile as not to subsist in open air any longer than while the plant continues in its growth, it is certainly the best method to remove the plant from its native soil into

some proper instrument, where, as it parts can be collected and preserved.

dies, these volatile

Such an instrument

is

what

is

called the cold

still,

where the drying of the plant or flower is only forwarded by a moderate warmth, and all that rises is collected and

As the method of performing the operation preserved. the cold still is the very same, whatever plant or by flower is used, the following instance of procuring a water

DISTILLATION OF SIMPLE WATERS.


from rosemary will be
practitioner in the
all
its

157

sufficient to instruct the young manner of conducting the process in Take of rosemary, fresh gathered in cases whatever perfection, with the morning dew on it, and lay it
:

slightly
still

and unbruised upon the plate or bottom of the

cover the plate with its conical head, and apply a ; to the nose of it. receiver glass Make a small fire of charcoal under the plate, continu-

ing

it

as long as

any liquor comes over into the


off the

receiver.
still-head

When

nothing more comes over, take

and remove the


ceed as before
sively
till
;

plant, putting fresh in its stead,

and pro-

continue to repeat the operation succesa sufficient quantity of water is procured. Let

this distilled

water be kept at rest in clean bottles, close

stopped, for
it will

some days, in a cold place. By this means become limpid and powerfully impregnated with

In this water is conthe taste and smell of the plant. tained the liquor of dew, consisting of its own proper parts, which are not without difficulty separated from the
plant,

and cleave

to it

even in drying.

This dew

also,

by sticking

to the outside, receives the liquid parts of

the plant, which, being elaborated the day before, and exhaled in the night, are hereby detained, so that they

concrete together into one external liquid, which


viscid, as appears in

is

often

manna, boney, &c,

158

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

CINNAMON WATER.
TAKE
till it

them together

of cinnamon 1 pound; water, 1} gallon. Steep for two days, and then distil off the water

ceases to run milky.

PEPPERMINT WATER.
TAKE
much
by
of peppermint leaves, dry, 1J pound; water, as
as will prevent the leaves

from burning.

Draw

off

distillation 1 gallon.

DAMASK-ROSE WATER.
TAKE
of damask-roses, fresh gathered, 6 pounds ; waDistil prevent the roses from burning.

ter, sufficient to

off 1 gallon of the water.

ORANGE-FLOWER WATER.
TAKE
water.

Draw

2 pounds of orange-flowers, and 24 quarts of over 3 pints.

SIMPLE LAVENDER WATER,

159

ORANGE WINE.
THIS delightful beverage is prepared in the following Take 12 oranges, and pare them very thin ; strain the juice, so that none of the seeds go in with it.

manner

Then

take 6 pounds of loaf-sugar, and the whites of 2

eggs, well beaten; put these into 3 gallons of springAs the water, and let it gently boil for half an hour.

scum
rind.

rises,

take

it

off;

then add the orange-juice and

and

Three* or four spoonfuls of yeast must also be put in, let it stand in a pan or pail for four or five days ;
it

then put

into the cask,

and
it

let

it

stand for three or

four weeks, but do not stop

close for the first week.

When
Stop

nearly

fine,

draw

it off

into another cask,


little

and add

to it a quart of white
it

close,

and in

Cognac brandy. a month or six weeks it will be iii

wine and a

fine condition,

ready for use.

SIMPLE LAVENDER WATER.


FOR many
easily

years this has been a great favourite

it ig

made

in the following

way

Take 14 pounds of

lavender-flowers; 10J gallons of rectified spirits of wine; and 1 gallon of water. Draw off 10 gallons with a gentle
fire, or,

which

is

much

better, the sand-bath.

160

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

COMPOUND LAVENDER WATER.


SOME persons much prefer this to the simple lavender Take of simple It is made thus water just spoken of. lavender water, 2 gallons ; of Hungary water, 1 gallon ;
:

cinnamon and nutmegs, of each 3 ounces; red sanders,


1 ounce.

Digest the whole three days in a gentle heat,


filter it for

and then

use.

Some add

saffron,

musk, and

ambergris, of each half a scruple.

HUNGARY WATER.
TAKE of the flowery tops, with the leaves and flowers of rosemary, 14 pounds; rectified spirit, 11 J gallons; Distil off 10 gallons with a moderate water, 1 gallon.
If you perform this operation in balneum marise, fire. your Hungary water will be much finer than if drawn by

the

common
is

alembic.

This

called

Hungary

water, not because

" Kossuth"

came

to this country, (who, by-the-by,

would have done

as well if he

had stayed on the other


being
first

side of the water,)

but from

its

made

for a princess of that

kingdom.

DISTILLATION OF SPIRITUOUS WATERS.

161

SOME GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF SPIRITUOUS WATERS.


IT has been ascertained that the plants and their parts ought to be moderately and newly dried, except such as After the ingredients are ordered to be fresh gathered.
have been steeped in the spirit for the time prescribed, will be sufficient to prevent a burnt flaThe liquor which comes over first vour, or rather more.

add as much as

in the distillation
title

of

"
spirit/'

is kept to itself, by some, under the and the other runnings, which prove

milky, fined

down by

art.

But

it is

better to

mix

all

the

runnings together, without fining them, that the waters may possess the virtues of the plant entire ; which is a
circumstance to be more regarded than their fineness or In the distillation of these waters, the genusightliness.
ine brandy obtained from wine is directed.
is

Where

this

not to be had, take instead of that proof-spirit half its quantity of a well-rectified spirit, prepared from any other fermented liquors.

and then add spring-water the both to make up quantity ordered to be drawn enough,
In
this steep the ingredients,
off,

and

to

gant waters

prevent burning. By this method more elemay be obtained than when any of the com-

mon
of.

proof-spirits,

even that of wine


spirits

itself,

are

made

use

some flavour from the matter from which they are extracted; and of this flavour, which adheres chiefly to the phlegm or watery
All vinous
receive

U*

162
part,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

they cannot be divested without separating the phlegm, and reducing them to the rectified state of spirits

of wine.

JESSAMINE WATER.
IT
is

well

known

that there are several species of jessa-

mine, but the sort intended in this instance is what gardeners call Spanish White, or Catalonian Jessamine ; this is one
It of the most beautiful of all the species of jessamine. made as follows: Take of Spanish jessamine-flowers, 12 ounces ; essence of citron or bergamot, 8 drops ; fine
;

is

proof-spirit, 1 gallon

water, 2 quarts.

Digest two days

in a close vessel, after


cify with

which draw

off 1 gallon,

and dul-

fine loaf-sugar.

EAU DE BEAUTE.
THE name
of this water
is

taken from

its

use in washIt is

ing the face and giving an agreeable smell.

drawn

from thyme and marjoram, which gives

it

a very elegant

odour. Take of the flowery tops of thyme and marjoram, each 1 pound; proof-spirits, 5 quarts; water, 1 quart Draw off by means of a sand-bath till the feints begin to
rise,

and keep

it

close stopped for use.

SOME REMiRKS ON THE USES OF FEINTS, AND THEIR GENERAL CHARACTER.


work the receiver has been ordered
IT will be observed that in the foregoing part of this to be removed as soon

as the feints begin to rise, as the goods

would otherwise

It is not, howcontract a disagreeable taste and smell. ever, to be understood that these feints are to be thrown

away, nor the working of the still to be immediately Therefore, as soon as you can find the clear stopped.
colour of the goods begin to change to a bluish or whitish colour, remove the receiver, and place another under the nose of the worm, and continue the distillation as long as the liquor running from the worm is spirituous, which

be known by pouring a" little of it on the still-head, and applying a lighted candle to it; for if it is spirituous

may
it

will burn,

but

it

will not otherwise.

the feints will no longer burn on the still-head, out the fire, and pour the spirits into a cask provided put for that purpose ; and when, from repeated distillations,

When

you have procured a


let

the

still

sufficient quantity of these feints, be charged with them almost to the top ; then

throw into the

still 4 pounds of salt, and draw off as you would any other charge as long as the spirit extracted is of sufficient strength ; after which the receiver is to be

removed, and the


It

feints saved

by themselves

as before.

may
;

be remarked that the spirits thus extracted

from the
as fresh

feints will serve in several compositions as well

but they are generally used in aniseed cordials,

164

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

because the jredominant taste of the aniseeds will entirely

cover what they had before acquired from other ingredients. Such are the points to be taken notice of on this
subject.

RULES FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE VALUE AND STRENGTH OF SPIRITS.


THE following requisites are necessary to be obtained before this can be done in a satisfactory manner: The
specific gravities of a certain

number

of mixtures of alcoas that

hol

and water must be taken so near each other

the intermediate specific gravities may perceptibly differ from those deduced from the supposition of a mere mixture of the fluids ; the expansions or variations of specific

gravity in these mixtures must be determined at different temperatures; some easy method must be contrived for

determining the presence and quantity of saccharine or oleaginous matter which the spirits may hold in solution,

and the

such solution on the specific gravity; the and, lastly, specific gravity of the fluid must be ascertained by a proper floating instrument, with a graduated
effect of

stem or set of weights, or, which may be more convenient, with both. They will be well suited for answering the
purpose of the operator.

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

165

OBSERVATIONS ON DISTILLATIONS OF A SPECIAL CHARACTER, AND ON THE SELECTION OF APPARATUS MOST USEFUL.
THERE are numerous vegetables capable of furnishing elements for fermentation, and we may say that special In another part distillations are equally as numerous.
of this

work

it

must have been remarked that the nature

of the wine operated upon, and the taste which it is necessary to give to the spirits, may command some particular
tastes

mode of working to be followed, according as the and flavours are to be removed or left in the proStill,
if

duce.

the

system upon which the means of

correcting or preserving are founded has been well conceived,


it

must

infallibly

have been remarked that these


is,

that ; belong mechanical operations the object of which is


to

the process

of rectification

to

all

to give to

alcohol a greater concentration. It is evident that the object of improved apparatus being to effect the rectification of spirits with greater

economy, in

this respect the choice of apparatus is not


difficulty,

attended with

and that such as present the


is to

most economical advantages must be preferred. In fact, if the object of those improved systems
produce they are equally proper for the preparation of lower standard.

at once spirits at the highest strength required,


spirits at

It is thus that an improved apparatus may be used for the purpose of preparing three-six and proof goods with

166

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

advantage; and if in the first case its economical superiority over simple apparatus is greater than ill the
second,
its

advantages in the latter case are of sufficient


it

moment
tus

to render

preferable.

The

reader's attention

will not be directed


;

and there

is

any further to the choice of apparajustification in thinking that a sufficient


if

and unexceptionable guide has been


economical questions,
consideration which
to be influenced

may

offered in regard to there did not exist a powerful sometimes cause the distiller not

by the question of economy

in the choice

of apparatus.

also that of grain,

For instance, such is that of the and of potatoes

distillation of lees, as

in the natural state.


distinc-

This, particularly, would cause an admission of a tion in distillation, and consequently the latter
livided into two kinds, the
"distillation of fluid matter
half-fluid, half-solid matter.
first

will

be

of which will be called

"

the second, distillation of

Each kind
rately,

of these distillations will be treated of sepa-

and

to each of

them

will be assigned the apparatus

and modifications that may be thought applicable.

which

In relation to the distillation of fluid matter, it is that is effected on wines containing little or no original

substances in suspension, although they may retain a more or less considerable quantity of the latter in dissolution
;

such are the wines of the grape, of molasses, of

saccharified fecula, of beer,

and other extracts of grain.


offer the least difficulty

These kinds of wine are those that


to distillation.
It
;

may be
at once

effected in

ling apparatus

so that, in this case, that

any kind of which

distilis

the

most perfect may

be chosen, without the

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

167

Apprehension of inconvenience resulting from the state of the wine.


It is evident that nothing but

some considerations de-

pending on the fitness of the workmen could now prevent the distiller from making use of improved apparatus,

which always requires more intelligence and more care than that which is less complicated. There
is

which the

spirits are to

no doubt, though, but that in all cases in be drawn off at a high strength,

or to be corrected

by

rectification, the distiller

would

find

an advantage in being at the expense of employing intelligent workmen to conduct the process of a better machine.

The economy then

in combustibles

and

in labour ac-

quired by such machine would amply indemnify the manufacturer for the higher price occasioned by the employment of more careful and intelligent workmen, particularly if
the distillery is of some extent. In other cases, where proof goods are only made, where the wine operated upon is rich, and where taste and fla-

vour are not


it

to

be corrected by rectification, in such cases

might be possible that the distiller would not find the same advantage in making use of improved apparatus,
particularly in establishments so small as not to admit

of the system of continuity; then a simple condensing apparatus would be sufficient besides, these discussions
:

The manufacbelong more immediately to the distiller. turer having once determined upon the choice of the apparatus he means to use, he has only to combine his operations, so as to give to his produce all the qualities requisite for

consumption^ and

to regulate his

way of work-

ing according

to the state of the

wine he operates upon.

168
It
is

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


thus that each time the distiller wishes to give to much of the flavour of the fruit and of the

his spirit as

wine as possible, he should not distil it at a stronger degree than is required for consumption. He should draw the spirit as high as possible in all
other cases
;

and

if

such

spirit,

lowered with water down

to proof, has not quality enough, this proof

must again
This

be submitted to the
operation will

still,

to be

more concentrated.

always be practicable with the continuous because apparatus, every thing in this system will tend to
favour
it.

It has

been seen, in

fact, in this

system of

distillation,

that the only difficulty which presented itself sometimes was occasioned by the wine being so rich as to be urable

condense its own vapours; for, all things equal, the proportion of water should always be greater, according as the spirit is to be drawn off at a low strength. But as it is important here to draw the spirit at the
to

highest standard possible, whether one or two, or even three, operations are resorted to, it will be conceived that

with respect to condensation it will be found here the most favourable in support of the operation. The conrich a trary would take place if, in operating on too

wine by means of the continuous apparatus, the were only to be drawn at 19 or 22 ; * to preserve

spirits
all

the

good quality.
* As
the thermometers of

Reaumur and Fahrenheit

are occasionally

referred to in the course of this


distillation, therefore, in

work and others upon the subject of

order to establish a correspondence between convert the degrees of the former into those of the latter, and to multiply the degree of Reaumur by 9, divide the product by 4,

them, and

to

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.
it is evident, then, that if water

1GO
to wine,

were added

for the purpose of rendering its distillation possible, the

greater the quantity of water that is added the more obnoxious this addition will be to the quality of the spirits.

ratus,

If a fermented liquor were distilled by the simple appaand it were necessary to improve the alcohol by
it is

the operations of rectification,


fication

evident that this rectispirits

must be

effected

by means of passing the

repeatedly through the

still.

Let

it

be supposed that in a similar case the


gives
it

first recti-

fication

part of

its

products at thirty and some

degrees j

tion of strong spirit

would be advantageous to separate this porfrom that which runs afterward at a

lower degree. The combustibles necessary for the boiling and vaporization of this alcohol, if it were brought back to the still

with the

feints,

would be saved

in such case these feints

are rectified separately.


this
it is

It is true, that in

working in

way necessary not to give over after each operation, but to work continuously, because there is always,
is

at each rectification, a quantity of spirituous liquor left

which

too small to
le

sugar fabric of M.

make one charge. Due de Raguse,

In the beet-root
at Ch,tillon-sur-

the quotient add 32 ; the sum expresses the corresponding degree on the scale of Fahrenheit. Secondly, to convert the degrees of Fahrenheit into those of Reaumur, from the degrees of Fahrenheit subtract
32, multiply the remainder by 4, and divide the product by 9; the quotient will be the degree according to the scale of Reaumur; and BO on for the rest. This little explanation will prove of very great service to the reader, not only as regards distilling, but in other things
also.

15

170

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


molasses
is

Seine, where the

submitted to

distillation,

they work nearly in the way which has just been spoken of, and that with the only view of improving the quality
of

the

produce.
or

above 23

24

inferior degree;

spirit which runs at a strength separated from that which runs at an and these two productions, separately
is

The

conducted, form two different qualities, proceeding from the same run, of which that which is obtained at the

highest standard, and lowered


best.

down with

water,

is

the

It is

now

which belongs entirely


In
fact,
is

easy to account for that variation in quality to the influence of rectification.

beet-root

molasses contains an essential

oil

which
tion

disagreeable, or which,

by

its

nature, favours

the formation of empyreumatic oil in the act of distillaan acid is thus formed in the fermentation, and ;
these causes of defect in quality,
less
it is

removed according

as the alcohol is
it is

known, are more or more or less

cleared from the water with which

mixed

in the

wine.

The

special distillations are so

various substances which might be the object of numerous, and the proportions

of alcohol they might render are submitted to such ex ceptions and such modifications, that it would be difficult
to give

an exact and complete index of them.

residue or spent-wash of fluid matter is not applied perhaps to any use. The only substances which it might
retain, besides

The

some calcareous

salts of little

importance,

are

undecomposed sugar, a or less extractive matter.


tion, the

gummy substance, When speaking of


is

and more
fermenta-

process was indicated that

to be followed to

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

171

which

deprive the spent-wash, as much as possible, of the sugar it retains after the first operation, and to effect this

to the advantage of the alcohol.

This mode, which is only practicable in distilleries in which the preparation of wine is continuous, would almost
leave in the spent-wash the only substances which do not directly concur to the formation of alcohol ; and in general this

spent-wash
it

is

However,
in

might be possible

wasted on leaving the still. to turn it to advantage,

many

instances, as

manure

and

if

the acids which

they retain did not suit the nature of the soil for

which

they were intended, they might be neutralized by means of lime. It is a fact that the organized substances which
it

retains
It

would be most useful

to vegetation.

would be necessary to calculate, in such application, whether the effects of such a manure would sufficiently
indemnify the farmer for his expenses in carriage and in labour which it would occasion I am of the opinion
:

that

it

would

not.
will

Some remarks
solid nature

now

be

half-fluid, half-solid matter.

made on the distillation of Wines of a semi-fluid, semiThe most remarkable, and

may

be very numerous, though, in fact, they

are less so than fluid wines.

those which, by their importance, solicit a more particular attention, are lees or ground wines, worts of grain and
of potatoes, which have not been niashed by extraction. Every means of perfection applied to any of these

wines

is

applicable to all of them, arid in this respect


will be said
is

we
the

might generalize what


on
the

on this subject; but,


difference,

other

side,

there

this

that
easily

wines of grain and of potatoes

may more

and

172

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

with greater advantage be transformed into fluid winea

than

lees.
call forth

This consideration will

the necessity of treat-

ing separately on the distillation of these wines, and on the apparatus suitable to them. In regard to lees, it has already been seen that these wines proceed from the fermentation of the waste of the
raisin,

either resulting

such as the stalks, skins, and kernels, with water, from wine with which they have already

fermented, or proceeding from the separation of the must by means of the press.

in this state, particularly

The fermentable matter which this waste still contains when it has already undergone
is

fermentation,

by the

press,

and which, being

evidently that which has been separated still enclosed in the cells

of the fruit, has thus escaped alcoholic decomposition. This fact again proves what has been said before on the imperfection of the operation of pressing; and, indeed, if this operation could be executed with the same

degree of practical perfection which is obtained in a great number of other manufacturing operations, the preparation of piquette

and of lees-wines might, without prejudice,


grounds

be neglected.
It is true, that in this case the distillation of

or lees could not be dispensed with ; for, admitting even the perfection of the operations of pressing, it would be necessary to separate the alcohol which the grounds still

contain in tolerably large quantities, when, after having fermented with the must, they are separated from it by the press.

But

if

the difficulty were thus not completely removed,

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.
it

173
instances.

wouid, at

least,
is

be attenuated

in

many

The

difficulty
is

which

attached to the distillation of lees-wmea

the solid substances which they retain in a state of

suspension.

These substances, which are denser than the wine, precipitate themselves to the bottom of the vessels in which
they are deposited
;

and

if

these vessels are

stills

exposed
to stick

to the direct action of the fire, they cause

them

and adhere strongly


ical bodies,

to the

give birth to all the products of the

bottom, where they burn and combustion of organoil is

among which

the empyreumatic

in large

quantities.

The

influence of this oil on spirituous liquors

is

too

Several means have been imagined to prevent this accident. Experience has taught, for instance,
well known.
lees-wines has gained the temperature of ebuland when vapour is formed in a continuous manner on the bottom of the still, its rising, occasioned by the

that

when

lition,

ascensive agitation, is an obstacle to the precipitation of iolid matters, and of course to their torrefaction.
is easily conceived, and it is prenot in want of being further developed. In consequence of this observation, a vertical bar has been

This phenomenon
it is

sumed

established in the centre of the

still,

and by these means


it.

a chain has been

made

to

sweep the bottom of

However,
is

it

has been ascertained that this precaution

not always efficacious, and that during the distillation workman might happen to be neglectful in alimenting the furnace, so as to maintain the still in a complete
the

movement

of ebullition ; the solid matter, not being any longer suspended, precipitates itself to the bottom of the

15*

174
still,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


and provokes the accident which has just been menMany authors have proposed the balneum marias
:

tioned.

for the distillation of lees

this

mode would be good with


economy would
distilla-

respect to

its

effects, if

the question of

admit

it.

It has already been

shown why

this

system of

tion is really not admissible.

By

these

means the em

pyreumatic taste would be avoided, but the taste of lees, which is not caused by torrefaction, as will soon be shown,

would not be obviated


It has also

at all.

been proposed to transmit through metallic surfaces the heat of steam, but this mode has the same

weak
marise

sides,
;

so

it

with respect to economy, as the balneum must entirely be abandoned. It would not

and

be the case in the distillation of lees by mixed vapours, this mode. is, perhaps, the only one practicable to obtain

from

lees all the alcohol they can produce,

and of
but

preventing, at the

same time,

torrefaction.

It consists in placing the lees in a

wooden

vessel,

better in a metal one, in which they are to be heated

means of a steam-pipe,
rard.

similar to that
stills

by which establishes a
of

communication between the two

Adam

and Be-

To

this effect, a steam-boiler, a still for the lees, a

condenser, and a worm would be wanted in a continuous work , the lees would be brought to the boiling point in the condenser, and would offer the advantages attached to
this disposition.

The number of

lees-stills

might be

in-

creased to two, or even three, by

making them of small

dimensions and placing them one above the other ; but this would be the utmost of complications which might,
without inconvenience, be adopted in this kind of work.

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

175

The
this

steam-boiler
it

should be supplied constantly with

water, and

must be perceived that in consequence of this system would require, in each operation, exigence

the combustibles necessary to boil the water requisite for the distillation of the lees ; these lees are rendered poorer
heated, for vapour of water which fills this function can only produce this effect through its condensation in the mass, by uniting with it until the ebullition com-

when

mences, when this vapour determines the analysis. It is true that with three stills the expenses would not be so considerable ; but evidently they would always be

supplementary
This mode
it

to those

which are attached

to the distilla-

tion of fluid wines

by the same process. of distillation is thus recommended to those

concerns, if it were only to deprive the pressed lees, obtained by the means that will be indicated, from the
alcohol which they retain after the operation of pressing. If more complicated apparatus were made use of for the

purpose of distilling lees, such, for instance, which, like the continuous apparatus, force the wine through numerous circulations before
it

arrives to ebullition,

it

would

be

difficult, not to say impossible, to obtain good results; the solid substances would keep in the angles of the ap-

paratus, obstruct the conduits, and present a vast

number

of similar difficulties, which experience gives us no hope of removing. The other mode which has been proposed
for the distillation .pf lees is this
:

It consists in assimi-

lating these wines to those that


first

separating by

are perfectly fluid, by all the liquid they conprecipitation


solid residues to the action

tain,

and by submitting the

of an energetic press.

176

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER,

This mode would be precious, and free from any objections, if the

lees

collected in

the press did not retain,

after this operation, a considerable quantity of alcohol,

which could not be well extracted by


ceive the cause of this fact,
it

distillation.

To con-

will be sufficient to consider

the

mode

or alcohol
in

of acting of organical bodies charged with water fruits, for instance, that have been preserved
;

brandy

after a certain time these

fruits

imbibe the

alcohol of the brandy and emit the water. The cause of this phenomenon is not well known, but the fact exists, and has no doubt attracted the notice of
the reader.

In

fact,

fruits

preserved in

alcohol

have always a

in which they have greater alcoholic taste than the liquor been preserved this has been the cause of its being com:

" fruits drink The same phespirits." monly said that nomenon takes place in all wines which have fermented with solid substances these contain always more alcohol,
:

in proportion to their weight in

and volume, than the liquid

which they are formed.

When
rated

ably substances

the solid substances of the lees are merely sepathe press, the production of spirits is considerby lessened by not submitting to distillation the

which retain
:

the

alcoftol

in

the

greatest

proportion

this fact has

been verified by comparative

experiments on grain and potatoes.

On

in quality,

the other side, the spirit thus produced gains much and the cause of this acquisition is easily ex-

plained by the results of numerous inquiries


subject.

on that

The

distillation of the skins of the raisins, in

which the

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

17 7

essential oil is seated which gives the lees taste, properly Thus, it speaking, is, in fact, avoided by these means. would be necessary, in the choice of the method to be followed in the distillation of lees, to discuss whether, on

one

side, the acquisition of quality obtained, with the loss of a certain portion of alcohol, is not more advantageous to the interests of the distiller than to obtain the whole

of the alcohol, subject to the infectious taste of the lees

of empyreuma, and, moreover, with the danger of all the difficulties attached to the distillation of half-fluid, halfsolid substances.

It is

thought that the


it

first

of these two propositions


;

unites the most causes in

its

favour

and

this opinion is

the better founded, as

may

be possible, by adopting the

method which
which
it

it

embraces, to remove the only weak side


lees

presents.

Suppose a given quantity of

transformed into fluid

wines by separating the solid substances by means of the the fluid matter should first be distilled by the press
:

same apparatus and the same processes as wine, in the class of which these operations would thus place it; *nd, besides, the solid substances migb*. be distilled by means
of the steam of water, with the disposition which has b^en

recommended

as useful in treating lees.

It is thus that

two qualities of

spirits

would be obtained

one of which would scarcely difor from that of fluid

which

wines, and the other bearing all th"? teste of the lees, of it might be freed by rectification. This mode conciliates sufficiently, it
is

thought, the efono^s *f buecess

to attract the attention of distillers of !e^s ; ?KK? is in perfect

harmony with

the principles heretofore set f<?*tk

178

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

With regard to the recommendation which has been made to saturate the acid of the lees with chalk, it is considered to be good; but the use of chalk
there,
it

is

at

an end

would seem, and does not


oil.

in the least contribute


solid substances of
it,

to neutralize the essential


lees,

The

when

dried and burned, give a product which

called "lees ashes;" this operation is a true incineration,

the products of which are gathered. Among these products, which are all of a calcareous nature, the tartrate
acid of potash
is

found in large quantities, and

it

is

to

this body, useful to arts, that lees ashes

owe

their value.

It is very often that the residues of the distillation of

lees are used as


is

manure, and

this agent of reproduction

tolerably appreciated in the vineyards.

In fact, it is a true consumption, in the place of production, which assigns to this mode of working all the advantages which it offers to science and to agricultural
purposes. The observations on this article will be brought to a close by giving an extract, made by M. Gay-Lussac, out
of a memorial of M. Aubergier on the spirits of lees. This extract, which is taken from the " Annales de Chimie et de Physique/' will give further information on what
distilla-

has been said previously concerning the special


tion of lees
:

" Until the present day, it has been thought that the flavour and the acid and penetrating taste of lees-brandiea
were owing to a certain oil, which, according to some, was formed during the process of distillation, and according to others, existed already formed in the kernels of the
raisins

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.

17 i)

'According to the observations of M. Aubergier, it would appear that this oil is seated in the ;ikin of the rai
sin itself, and,
is

from the

facts

which he

relates, his opinion

likely to be true.

Kernels

distilled with

alcohol or

water have given a liquor of an agreeable taste. " The stalks have produced, by distillation, a liquor slightly alcoholized, having neither the taste nor the fla-

vour of lees-brandy. But the envelope of the raisin, separated from the kernels and from the stalks, when
submitted to distillation, after having been fermented, have given a spirit in all respects similar to that of lees.

Thus

it

ments that the


lees-brandy

appears clearly demonstrated by these experiseat of the oil, which communicates to the
its

bad

qualities, is in the skin of the raisin.

M. Aubergier has succeeded


tifying lees-spirit at a

in obtaining this oil

by

rec-

moderate heat.

" The

first

much
been
free

less acridity rectified

portions of alcohol which came over had than those that followed on having
:

from

it

a second time, they were almost entirely but repeated rectifications could not give it

so agreeable a taste as that possessed

by the

spirit pro-

duced from wine.


operation, reunited

The
and

latter portions of liquid in


distilled, gave,

each

at first,

alcohol,

which the addition of water did not render troubled, and which contained but little oil. " The which were afterward obtained were
portions
transparent, but they became troubled when mixed with water ; the third portion, which remained milky until the

end of the operation, had on its face a light couch of oil, although it marked 23 Beaume. " This last produce having been mixed with the second,

60

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

and a suitable quantity of water having been added to bring them down to 15, the liquor became immediately
opacous, and a quarter of an hour after it was covered with a quantity of oil 150 litres have produced more than 30 grammes of this oil. This oil has the following
:

characteristics

is

extremely limpid and colourless the moment it separated from the alcohol, but the light gives it, a few
It is
after,

"

moments
"
taste
tion,

a slight lemon colour.


;

It is very fluid

its

flavour

is

penetrating, and

its

very acrid
the

and disagreeable.

Submitted

to distilla-

first portions that are volatilized keep their but the product soon acquires an empyreumatic aroma; taste, which, M. Aubergier suspects, is caused by a small

portion of fixed

oil

proper to the kernel of the raisin; the

liquor left in the retort takes at the same time the colour of lemon, which increases during the operations, and

leaves at last a very light coal/' To the above, M. Gay-Lussac adds the following note

not necessary, to explain this fact, to resort to the presence of a fixed oil in that which is drawn from
is

" It

lees-spirit;

for the latter, although

it

taste

and

flavour, is

nevertheless

much
:

has a very acrid less volatile than

essential oils."

Then proceeds
"
It

the subject thus

combines with water in the proportion of cne thousandth part, and gives to it the particular flavour and
acridity.

"

When

in ebullition

it

dissolves sulphur, which

is

pre-

cipitated by cooling, and with alkalies it forms soap. " The oil is so penetrating and so acrid that one drop of

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.
it is

181

sufficient to

infect

100

litres

of the best I randy.

M. Aubergier remarks,
from the various
fruits

that the spirits that are

drawn
fla-

owe

their particular taste

and

vour to a volatile and oily principle, generally found in the surface of each fruit, and that, by taking this surface
away, they would almost
all

be alike

that by thus de-

priving apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches, and even


barlei/j of their envelopes, spirits would be drawn from these vegetables almost entirely free from the flavour in-

herent to them."

To
"

this

M. Gay-Lussac adds

a note as follows

Many persons attribute the taste and flavour of leesspirit to distillation itself, during which the lees stick to
the sides of the
still,

which causes them

to

be carbonized.

"One
is, is,

thing which confirms the influence of this fact that that when lees are distilled by the new process

are obtained.
spirits

by the steam of water However,


contain
a

spirits of a
it

much

better quality

is

not less certain that leesoil,

peculiar

essential

odorous,

very

acrid, altering their quality very

much, and on which M.

This oil, by Aubergier has made interesting remarks. its flavour, its acridity, and its property of not staining paper, and of not being converted into soap by alkalies,

must be
its

classed

among

the

number of

essential oils

but

property of being little soluble in alcohol, of burning without smoke, and of being much less volatile than the
rest of the essential oils,

which I have

verified
it

on the

sample obtained by M. Aubergier, prove that

has some

analogy with fat oils/' It may not be amiss to say a few words concerning the " semi-fluid, semi-solid wines of corn and potatoes." Ever}
16

182

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLED

thing that has been said on the special distillation of lees,


to it, is also applicable to the wines or worts of potatoes and of grain. To this case are again attached all the inconveniences attending its application to the distillation of lees.

and on the apparatus suitable

In fact, the dangers of torrefaction depend, in this case, on the workmen, which is not a sufficient guarantee for their disappearance, and they may often be reproduced.

The
the

taste of

empyreuma

exists thus always

more or

less

intensely in spirituous products,

and these
fruits.

retain, besides,

bad

taste

and flavour of the


in

It

would appeal,

fact, as if these

peculiar and dis-

tinctive variations did belong to

oil, which must principally reside in the husks of the grain and of the potatoes, and which is still incorporated in the spi-

an essential

rituous produce

more or

less intensely, according as these

substances have been introduced


quantities in the fermentation
It

in

smaller or larger

and

distillation.

may

thus be conceived that the most efficacious coris

recting

mode

that which has already been

recommended,

and which consists

in fermenting nothing but very fluid

It has not been the object, in discussing this extracts. matter, to introduce innovations prejudicial to the established mode of working distilleries which could not

aimed

adopt them without injuring their interests the point at has been to signalize the causes of the different
:

and the means of conquering them. The condensing apparatus already mentioned is that which is most generally made use of in the distillation of
qualities of spirits,

corn and potatoes. To a manufacturer

who wished

to establish a corn or

SPECIAL DISTILLATIONS.
distillery

183

in a country
it

brandy
such a

is

consumed,

where a good quality of would be useful to proceed in

way as to give to the product the least taste of those vegetables possible; the object of working in this way would not be to identify the new liquor with that
which

known and preferred, but it would, at least, be a making great step toward it. The experience of the Parisian distillers is an instance
is

of this case.

In countries where large quantities of corn

and potato
is

spirits are distilled,

some

sort of essential oil

always incorporated with the liquor, which masks, if not the -tastes, at least the peculiar flavours which tl.<j
fruits

and the various processes of


essential oil
;

distillation give to the

produce.

The

which
it

is

most generally used

is

that

of juniper-berries

is

mixed

in the still with the low

wines in smaller or larger proportions, according as the spirituous product is to have a weaker or stronger taste
of
it.

This causes the corn


is

spirit,

of which so large a quantity

Belgium and in the North of France, to be called by the name of " geneva :" this name is given to the spirit even when it does not possess any aromatic
consumed
in

Instead of the juniper-berry, they odorous substances, such as aniseed, wild oranges, &c., which are mixed with the low wines in
flavour whatever.
often

use

other

the last rectification.

to the various operations tending to

Similar means would thus contribute to give less utility improve the quality

of the spirits. The distillation of grain and of potatoes is often combined with the feeding of cattle } and if, in

184

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


exist distilleries that do not dispose of
it is
it

some towns, there


it

their spent- wash in that way,


to feeders,

who

in general hold
it
;

because they can in great esteem.

sell

Cattle are very fond of

it

nourishes well, and keeps

them
tities,

in a

good and not too hot ; but


it

state of health, if given in


to use it as a

moderate quan-

of producing flesh,

powerful means should be mixed with linseed-cake,

which makes the spent-wash a very effectual food. Oxen may by these means be well fed in three months, and
fhey will look remarkably well indeed.

REMARKS ON AN INSTRUMENT INTENDED


FOR TESTING WINES.
FOR a long time it was a desideratum at Paris to discover some easy mode of ascertaining the quantity of alcohol, or pure spirit, in wines destined for distillation.
Some time in the year 1810 a patent was granted by the French government for an areometer, that was to answer the intended purpose by being plunged into the
wines that were to be tried, with an addition of carbonate
of lime.
This, however, not bearing the test of experience,
to nothing, to

came
to

and

it

was found necessary


Descroizilles

to

have recourse
resolved

distillation.

M.

therefore

attempt the construction of a small alembic, heated by


spirits of wine.

INSTRUMENT FOR TESTING WINES.


The point most embarrassing was the
cooling, necessary to

185

refrigeration, or

condense the vapours. The common mode required a vessel larger than the whole of the new intended apparatus ; in this, only a little water was want-

However, this difficulty being got over, it was found practicable, with a small lamp, to obtain a sufficient quantity of brandy in the course of half an hour.
ing.

glass vessel

simple operation, was

which served as a recipient, by a very filled with a mixture in arithmetical

proportion with the different wines contained in a


of tuns of various capacities.

number

This instrument, which would admit of the distillation


of even a glass of wine, and afford the product in half an

hour, was found to be such that

it

pleasure
ple

many

times in a day.

It

might be repeated at was observed that peo-

who had orange-trees, and who could only collect a few of the flowers, had now an opportunity of amusing themselves in drawing distilled waters.
They had nothing more
to

do than to put the water


to lay the flowers

into the little alembic,

and then

upon

the two gratings, across which the water

was

to pass in a

vapour in order
ling rose

to

be condensed in the receiver.


distil-

People might also make similar experiments in


water, mint,

peppermint, &c.

At

the

same

time

it

was observed that a great number of exotic vegequalities

tables cultivated in green-houses contained volatile oils

and aromatic

scarcely

known

till

a short time

since, because their leaves, flowers, seeds, roots, and barks were too small to be distilled in the ordinary manner but, with this little alembic for the trial of wines, re;

peated distillations might be made at the different epochs

186

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.

of the growth of these articles, and their products duly

estimated.

Besides, as physicians often

recommend

distilled waters,

sometimes not
in

to

be had, some ounces were now obtained

an hour.

Further, in any course of chemistry this

Uttle alembic could be


stant,

mounted upon a table in an inaround which the professors might be sitting, and

easily afford its products in the course of a lecture, besides

serving as a kind of demonstrator with the greatest despatch.

best tin,

This apparatus in miniature, being constructed of the is of an agreeable form, and unites in itself all
it

*he facilities for the operation for which


It

is

intended.
\

requires no wrapping in paper,

no

luting, &c.

all

the joints, though, are very exactly closed, and few instruments are better adapted. Young persons who may
little instruction may now indulge the wish to arts of distillation, perfuming, or the making the study of sweet waters, and of chemistry in general. Nearly the

have very

whole of the parts may be enveloped in linen cloth, in which they may be rolled up in a minute with as much
ease as safety in securing

them from coming

in contact

with each other.

They

are frequently enclosed in an oblong sack, which

in its turn is put into a cylindrical tin box, sixteen inches

long and about three and a half in diameter. Even the cover of this box is an essential part of the The weight of the apparatus is not whole apparatus.

more than
full

six

pounds and a

half, including a tin vessel

of alcohol.

CORDIALS AND COMPOUNDS.

187

SOME GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF VARIOUS CORDIALS, COMPOUNDS,


&o.

THE perfection of this grand branch of distillation depends upon the observance of the following rules, easy to be observed and practised The artist must always be
:

careful to use a well-cleaned spirit, or one freed from its


cordial is nothing the essential oil of with spirit impregnated the ingredient, it becomes necessary that this spirit should
oil.

own

essential

For

as a

compound

more than a

have deposited

its

own.

Let the time of previous diges-

tion be proportioned to the tenacity of the ingredients, or

the ponderosity of their oil. Thus, cloves and cinnamon require a longer digestion before they are distilled than calamus aromaticus or
Drange-peel.
instance, in

Sometimes cohobation

is

making
oil of

the strong

cinnamon

necessary ; for cordial, because

the essential
that

cinnamon

is

so extremely

ponderous

bring over the helm with the spirit Let the strength of the fire be prowithout cohobation.
it is difficult

to

portioned to the ponderosity of the


raised with the spirit.

oil

intended to be

much

Thus, for instance, the strong cinnamon cordial requires greater degree of heat than those from lax vegefinest parts of the essential

balm, &c. Let a due proportion of the oil be united with the spirit
tables, as mint,

the grosser and less fra-

grant parts of the oil not giving the spirit so agreeable a

188
flavour,

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


and

at the same time rendering it thick and unThis sightly. may, in a great measure, be effected hy out the feints, and making up to proof with fine, leaving

soft water in their stead. These four rules, carefully observed, will render this extensive part of distillation very perfect indeed.

Nor
,

will there

be any occasion for the use of burntisinglass, &c. to fine

alum white of eggs,


for

down

cordials,

they will presently be fine, sweet, and pleasant tasted, without any further trouble. Cordials and compounds

now made to suit the peculiar taste of almost every individual; the art has been brought to
of various kinds are

great perfection.

OF SOME OF THE PLANS RESORTED TO FOR ADULTERATING BRANDY.


IT
is

truly lamentable to see

how

far

men

will allow

themselves to be carried from the honourable and upright course which they should pursue, for the purpose of

amassing wealth

It is well

demonstrated in the case

now under

consideration, in which persons will put into brandy and other liquors such things as are poisonous,
it

knowing the deadly influence


use
it.

will exert

on those

who

The

first

of these sophistications

is

performed by the

j,ddition of

other fermentable matter to the must before

ADULTERATION OF BRANDY.

189

in proportion to the increase of the spirit

the fermentation takes place, which increases the quantity produced by the

matter so added.

The quantity of ardent spirit being thus augmented in order to render it wholesome, it is therefore less corrected.
ine,

This kind of brandy is evidently inferior to the genuand in a certain degree recedes from those distilled

spirits

which are reckoned


is

safe

and wholesome.

Another

method

by adding

spirits of malt, already distilled, to

the wine or fermented must, these being the cheapest;

but they must have been previously rectified for this purpose,, and indeed for making any palatable spirituous
liquors whatever.

The depravity of this kind of brandy than the first, as it comes over in the
so

is

still

still

greater nearly as

much
it.

will

of course exert

ardent spirit mixed with the brandy ; and it its noxious qualities on those who

drink

Some
simple
far

rectified spirit

persons adulterate brandy by the addition of or by counterfeit brandy ; but the


is

most general method

by putting a counterfeit kind

to the genuine.

This counterfeit brandy is made of malt spirits, first rectified, and then dulcified by redistillation of acids. The rectification of malt spirit, in order to make brandy, is always necessary, on account of its being impregnated with a proportion of empyreumatic oil in the first distillawhich oil is called the " feints."
tion,

commonly

These give a very disgusting


spirits distilled.

taste

and smell
for

to

the

The substance much used


is

keeping

down

the feints

a medicinal preparation, called lapis

190

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


Its effects, with the redistillation, bring the
it

Cnfesnalis.

ardent spirit to that state in which


ious qualities, and, though
it is

abounds with nox-

freed of the feints, has a

great effect upon

its

wholesomeness.

is made by adding lime to pearlor other ash, potash, any vegetable alkaline salt, dissolved

This lapis infernalis

it till

then drawing the clear fluid, and evaporating ; a dry mass remains. The acid used in the preparation of counterfeit brandy is commonly called " spirit
in water

rectified spirit, raises

of nitre," or aqua-fords^ which, when combined with the a flavour and taste much resembling

those of brandy ; but if a certain proportion of water be mixed with such brandy, a separation of the ardent spirit and acid immediately follows. The noxious effects of these

on the health of those who drink

this

kind of brandy are

frequently lamentable in the extreme, for it makes a complete wreck of their mental and physical powers ; all of

which blame

is

to be attached to those

who

adulterate the

brandy
too,

purpose of becoming rich, though in doing so they make dreadful havoc of human beings, and those,
for the

who most

of

all

others contribute to their success in


it,

business, for they

consume

being led astray by an evil

passion. But in regard to the effects of deleterious substances on

the

system, I have spoken at length in another " Detection of Fraud and written work, by me, entitled

human

Protection of Health," published in Philadelphia in 1852, to which the reader is respectfully referred

SULPHURIC ETHER.

191

PROCESS FOR MAKING LIME WATER.


Take 8 is conducted after the following plan it into a or of unslaked lime tub, and ; pail pounds put an 3 it : in about on it of water to dissolve pour quarts
:

THIS

hour after add 3 gallons more of water, and


for twenty-four hours.

let it

stand

Then pour
and
it is

the fine off into a cask,


It

and put a cock


is

in

it,

always ready for use.

the impression of some persons that lime water is not healthy, but it is now pretty generally admitted that it is

very good for

many

things in a medicinal point of view.

PROCESS OF MAKING SULPHURIC ETHER.


THIS very
Take of
oil

useful medicinal preparation, which


is

is

ex:

tensively used at the present day,

made

as follows

of vitriol and rectified spirits of wine, each

32 ounces.

Pour the

spirit into a glass retort that will


it
;

bear the sudden heat, and pour the acid at once upon

mix them gradually and

cautiously together

by gently

shaking the retort, and immediately distil by a sand heat prepared beforehand for that purpose, the recipient being placed in a vessel of snow or water.

The

fire

should be so regulated that the liquor

may

192
boil
till

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


16 ounces are
distilled,

when

the retort

is

to

be

removed.

To the

distilled liquor

common

caustic,

and

distil again,

add 2 drachms of the stronger from a very high retort,

with a very gentle

fire,

the recipient being placed, as be-

fore, in a refrigeratory.

Continue the

distillation

till

10 ounces are drawn


and repeat the

off.

To the acid residuum,


16 ounces of
lation,

after the distillation, if

you pour
distil-

rectified spirit of wine,

more

etherial liquor

may

be obtained, and this

The preparation process may be repeated several times. of this singular fluid has long been confined to a few hands; for, though several processes have been published
for obtaining
it,

the success of most of

them

is

precarious,
to the

and some of them are accompanied with danger


operator.

Where
when
is it

thod as before directed for

the dulcified spirit only is the object, the meit succeeds to perfection ; but is made with a view to the other, a variation

necessary, for only a small quantity of ether can be There, the distilseparated from the spirit so prepared.
lation
is

here, the

fire

performed with an equable and gentle heat; should be hastily raised, so as to make the

of ether liquor boil, for on this circumstance the produce most the is Etber volatile, lightest, principally depends.

and inflammable of

all

known

liquids.
rectified
spirit of

It is lighter than the

most highly

drop let fall on wine, in proportion of about 7 to 8. the hand evaporates almost in an instant, scarcely rendering the part moist. It does not mix but in small quantity with water, spi-

SULPHURIC ETHER.
rit of

193

acids
sins,

wine, alkaline lixivia, volatile alkaline spirits, or but is a powerful dissolvent for oils, balsams, re-

and other analogous substances.


fluid, is diffused

It has a fragrant odour, which, in


volatility of the

Its medicinal virtues are, too,

consequence of the through a large space. well known ; it acts on the

nervous system with great power, rendering the person entirely insensible if taken by inhalation; and when
taken into the stomach, in combination with other substances, has a soothing influence, easing pain and procuring rest.
It is -an excellent

remedy

for headache,

used in combi-

nation as follows

Take of Sulphuric ether " Chloroform


Cologne

1 ounce, i
J

"

"

"

Laudanum

1 tea-spoonful.

Some
and

of this mixture should be put into a saucer or other


;

suitable vessel
laid

then linen cloths should be soaked in

it

on the temples, or whatever part of the head

may

be affected.
It is also a pleasant disinfecting agent, used in the sick-

chamber
there
is

cloths dipped in it and laid over any part where pain will have a grateful influence, temporary if not permanent, and thus give time for the exhibition of other
:

remedies with a view to removing the cause or causes of the particular affection. It can be taken internally in doses of from 5 to 40 drops, according to the age of the
patient or the exigency of the case
in a
17
;

it

should be taken

mixture of wine and water, and swallowed

imme

191

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER.


from the
vial, as it cxhaleaf

diately after being dropped

very soon after being exposed to the atmosphere.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING INFUSIONS, SPIRITUOUS TINCTURES, Ac.


Tins constitutes an important part of the business for who are engaged in distilling or otherwise dealing Rectified spirits of wine is the direct menspirits.
oils

those
in

struum of the resins and essential


entirely

of vegetables, and

extracts

these

active

principles

from various

vegetable matters, which yield

them

to

water either not

It dissolves likewise the sweet at all or only in part. saccharine matter of vegetables, and generally those parts of animal bodies in which their peculiar smells and tastes
reside.

The virtues of many vegetables are extracted almost equally by water and rectified spirit; but in the watery and spirituous tinctures of them there is this difference,
that the active parts in the watery extractions are blended with a large proportion of inert gummy matter, on which,

menstruum in a great measure derectified while spirit extracts them almost pure pends,
their solubility in this

from gum.

Hence, when the spirituous tinctures are mixed with


watery liquors, a part of what the spirit had taken up from the subject generally separates and subsides, on

TONIC AND ALTERATIVE CORDIAL.

195

account of its having been freed from that matter which, being blended with it in the original vegetable, made it
soluble in water.

However, this is not universal, for the active parts of some vegetables, when extracted by rectified spirit, are
not precipitated by water, being almost equally dissoluble both menstrua. Rectified spirit may be tinged by vegetables of all colours, except blue.
in

The
little

leaves of plants in general, which give out butof their natural colour to watery liquors, communi-

cate to the spirit the for the.

whole of their green tincture, which,


proves
elegant,

most

part,

though not very

durable.

TONIC AND ALTERATIVE CORDIAL.


THIS extremely
very cheap, and
useful and tonic

at the
:

prepared as follows ounces Curacoa oranges, 1 ounce


:

compound, which is same time easy to be made, is Take of gentian-root, sliced, 2


;

Virginia snake-root,
;

half an ounce
pints. strain

cochineal, 10 grains
let steep

This must be

for three days,

French brandy, 2 and then

through a cloth.
this a table-spoonful

Of

may be

taken, three times a

It strengthens the day, in a wine-glassful of cold water. of the increases and invigorates stomach, digestive powers the appetite, and arouses the secretions generally, but

more

particularly that ef the liver.

196

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTfLLEB.

AEOMATIC BITTERS.
ANOTHER
just spoken
of, will

preparation, somewhat similar to the one here be given ; it is superior to the

There are substances in this former in several respects. to make it more agreeable are intended which compound
to the taste,

and

at the

same time more generous


It is thus prepared
:

in its

influence on the stomach.

Take

of gentian-root, sliced, 2 ounces; columbo-root, bruised, half an ounce ; bark of wild-cherry, bruised, 1 ounce ; yellow rind of Seville orange-peel, dried, 1 ounce ; car-

damom-seeds, freed from the husk and bruised, half an ounce ] French brandy, 3 pints. Digest without heat,

and

strain off the bitters.

A
will

have a wonderful

table-spoonful three times a day, just before eating, effect on weak and debilitated con-

stitutions.

PROCESS FOR MAKING A DIURETIC AND STOMACHIC COMPOUND.


BY
the term "diuretic/'

we mean

a substance that

on the system through the medium of the kid neys, and thus carry off much effete and offensive matter. Take This compound is made in the following manner a bottle that holds 2 or 3 quarts ; put into it 2 pints of
will act
:

good brandy, and add the following seeds, well beaten

TINCTURE OF MUSK.
:

197

2 grains of angelica, 1 ounce of together in a mortar drachm of fennel, the same of aniseed, and 15 grains of juniper-berries ; add to these the juice of 2
coriander, 1
citrons, with the dried peels,

and 1 pound of sugar.


in the bottle for four or five
it

The whole must be infused

days ; and do not forget to shake

frequently during the

time, for the purpose of melting the sugar tbe virtues of the seeds.

and extracting

Afterward strain the liquor through a cloth, to purify ; then put it up in bottles, and keep it well stopped, to preThis preparation is useful in vent it from deteriorating. cases of vomiting, pain in the stomach caused by eating

which did not agree with the person, of the stomach, difficulty of breathing, and various other little ailings of a similar character.
article of food
colic, acidity

some

The dose

is

one or two tea-spoonfuls, taken ID a wine-

glassful of cold water.

PROCESS FOR MAKING TINCTURE OF MUSK.


MUSK is a substance which, in itself, is peculiar; some persons are excessively fond of it as a perfume, while others cannot tolerate it under any circumstances in fact,
being so very offensive to them that they cannot remain room where it is. I suppose, though, that in some form or other, most persons are fond of musk for toilet
in a

purposes.

wish to use

The following it to make a

directions will enable those


tincture

who
tp

which they can use

17*

198

THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL DISTILLER


own particular taste, as regards strength, &c. musk and white sugar-candy, each 1 drachm;
:
>

suit their

Take

of

rub them well together in a marble mortar, adding by degrees, during the rubbing, 5 ounces of rectified spirit Put the whole into a matrass or flask, digest of wine.
for three

sence,

days in a gentle heat, and pour off the clear eswhich must be kept stopped close in a bottle. This tincture may be added to the ordinary " cologne

water," which will much improve its odour, or it may be sprinkled in the inside of trunks for the purpose of scenting the clothes
cles as
;

it

can also be added to such toilet

arti-

may seem

fit

or desirable to the person using it

APPENDIX.
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR DISTILLING.

FROM THE FREXC1I OF


BREWER AND

TH. FLINZ,

DISTILLER.

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS..
object of distillation is to obtain from solid matters as corn, beet roots, potatoes, and vegetable products genertherefore it becomes important ally, a spirituous liquid to establish precise rules by which we may arrive at the
;

THE

best results.

The crude materials


operations
:

are submitted to four essential

I.

MACERATION

II.

FERMENTATION
DISTILLATION RECTIFICATION.
;

III.

IV.

With this object, we shall examine the different operations of the distiller, and shall dwell on those points which are often neglected or overlooked in distilleries. use the Centigrade thermometer for our indications of temperature.

known from time immemorial, is not in itself very difficult. However, experience proves that the operation is the more successful and lucrative as there has been more exactness applied during its various Our duty is therefore to point out with exactitude stages. the best way to obtain the most advantageous percentage.
The
art of distilling,

We

199

200

APPENDIX.

PART

FIRST.
I.

MACERATION.

Maceration consists in submitting a solid body to the action of a liquid, in order to disengage one or several of the constituent principles of the primitive substance. Generally, the solid substance is a mixture of rye and malt (we shall give the preparation of malt further on) and the liquid is water at a certain degree of temperature. The object is to produce the saccharification, that is to say, the formation of the saccharine principle.
;

of rye and malt," although would be more correct. Nevertheless we keep the word rye, because on account of its relatively low price, it is the most generally employed. Exactness in the mode of operation requires all our
said

We

have
'

"a mixture
"

the term

fleshy fruits

attention.

needless to say that, in order to work advantageously, absolutely necessary that the vessel, beck, vat or tun should be clean and in good order. Modus operandi. Take one part of malt and four of rye, finely ground, generally we use 15 to 17 Kilogrammes 33 to 37.5 ft>s. avoirdupois of the ground mixture per 3.5 cubic feet of the capacity of the vat, in hectolitre in sumwinter; and from 12 to 13 kilog. 26.5 to 28.6 flbs. mer. These proportions, of course, are approximative and should be modified according to the temperature, the seaThe grain and son, and the experience of the operator. malt should be well mixed. Put this mixture into the vat where there is already about 1.5 litre or kilogramme of water 1.5 quart for each kilogramme about 2 Ibs. of the ground mixture. The temperature of the water is from 60 to 70 C. 140 to 158 Ft. This quantity of water is also an approximation, because the power of absorption The operavaries greatly with the various kinds of flour. tor can add as much water as he thinks necessary, provided that the paste be firm and consistent, and at the same When the mixture of water time, thoroughly moistened. and flour is completed, its temperature is about 40 (J. 104 Ft.
It
is

it is

APPENDIX.

201

Allow the mixture to stand from 15 to 20 minutes, during- which time, lactic acid will be formed; then add boiling water in the proportion of about half a litre (1 pint) for each kilogramme (about 2 fbs.) of the first mixture.
the paste has become thoroughly mixed, again add boiling water in the proportion of about 1 to 1.5 litre (1 to 1.5 quart) for each kilog. (2 ft>s.) of flour. At each addition of water, the operator must be careful to note the temperature of the mixture, which should remain between 60 and (57 C. (140 and 152.6 Ft.) and never above 70 C. (158 Ft.), for, should it exceed the latter temperature, the operation would not be successful on account of the too rapid formation of sugar. After the third addition of water, the vessel is covered, and the whole allowed to rest for about fifteen minutes, in order to obtain a uniform temperature in the mass then,
;

When

the mixture is thoroughly worked for five minutes, arid again left covered for about half an hour, so as to allow the saccharification to become perfected. Afterwards, the whole mass is cooled by the addition of
clear spent wash, (distilled residue.) draught of air is made to pass through the room, and, if there Is a ventilator, cold air is blown upon the surface of the mixture during the operation. The temperature of the paste is to be decreased in a ratio with the temperature of the liquids which If the liquid, whether spent are intended to fill the vats. wash or water, marks 10 C. (50 Ft.), the temperature of the paste should be lowered down to 50 C. (122 Ft.) if the former marks 15 0. (59 Ft.), the latter will have to be put down to 45 C. (113 Ft.); and so on, for each higher degree of the liquid to be added, the temperature of the paste is to be previously lowered one degree. Care must be taken if it requires a work of twenty-four hours, to keep the whole at a temperature between 30^ and 31 C. (86 to 88 Ft.), for, should it be below 30 C
;

(86 Ft.) 'the fermentation will not be perfect; and, on the other hand, a temperature above 31 (J. (88 Ft.) will produce a large loss of carbonic acid gas, and there is dangei that acetic fermentation will occur. The vat having been filled, and the mixture being at a temperature of 31 C. (88 Ft.), the mass is stirred until the paste is uniformly and thoroughly distributed. Then we add one-fourth or half a kilogramme (0.5 to 1 flb.J of

202

APPENDIX.

brewer's yeast, or dry yeast of Holland, or from two to three litres (2 to 3 quarts) of artificial yeast per hectolitre (3.5 cubic feet) of the capacity of the vat.
TT.

FERMENTATION.

As this operation is mysterious in its action, and begins and ends by itself, when the preceding maceration has been properly conducted, we shall confine ourselves to the enumeration of the various kinds of fermentation. At the same time, we shall indicate the characteristics by which
we may
reverse.

ascertain
five

when

the operation proceeds well or the


:

There are

kinds of fermentation
;

Foaming fermentation Vinous fermentation; Alcoholic


fermentation; Acetic fermentation; Putrid fermentation. shall briefly examine each of these I. Foaming fermentation, also called saccharine fermentation, transforms into sugar the substances which during the maceration were not thoroughly converted into

We

The operation will require a greater or less length sugar. of time according to the more or less complete saccharification during the maceration. II. Yinous fermentation is the stage of transition between foaming fermentation and
III. Alcoholic fermentation, which transforms into alcohol the product of the preceding fermentations. Alcoholic fermentation is thorough when the densimeter of Gay-Lussac marks 0. after In Belgium, the liquors seldom mark as low as twenty-four hours there always remains a certain proportion of und-ecomposed sugar, and the distillation may be proceeded with when the densimeter marks 5. If the fermentation were allowed to continue long enough for the densimeter to indicate 0, there would be imminent danger of
;

IV. Acetic fermentation, the result of which would be the production of vinegar, and which itself may give rise to V. Putrid fermentation, the name of which is sufficient to indicate the result. This putrid as well as the acetic fermentation, instead of succeeding the alcoholic fermentation, may, by want of

APPENDIX.

203

cleanliness of the vat and utensils, or by an impure spent wash, occur immediately after or simultaneously with the

This always occasions great loss, vinous fermentation. not only in the quantity, but also in the quality of the

When the fermentation is at its height, we must prevent the matter running over. For this purpose, take one part of lard and one of green soap, and with this mixture smear the inside and top edges of the vat at the same time touch the top part of the scum or foam with a wooden stick smeared with the above mixture. Nevertheless, we must use this remedy only when there is danger of running over, because we may injure the fermentation by
;

products.

stopping

it.

CONDUCT OF THE FERMENTING OPERATION.

Four

or six

hours after the yeast has been put into the vat, a crust or cap appears at the surface and cracks at several places. At this moment the vat must be uncovered. The foaming fermentation has just begun. More and more openings appear in the cap, and a sort of motion takes place in the vat, while more or less muddy bubbles appear.
the saccharification proceeds by the are they plainly grayish white, then the operation is incomplete on the other hand, a clear and white color is a sign that the saccharification is too much advanced. This fermentation lasts from four to six hours, the length of time depending, however, on the degree of saccharification already attained by the previous operation. The vinous fermentation immediately succeeds the foammust note, however, that, when ing fermentation. the maceration has been well conducted and the saccharification nearly completed from a pure mash made in good proportions, the foaming fermentation will not take place, and the vinous one will be the first seen, thus producing a saving of three to four hours time. The vinous fermentation is manifested by a production of bubbles smaller than the preceding ones, and yellowish This fermentation is more tumultuous than the in color. At the former, and crackling noises are heard in the vat. same time Carbonic acid escapes, and the production of this gas is the more rapid as the temperature of the liquid is greater. This vinous fermentation lasts about six hours.
color of these bubbles
:
;

We may judge

how

We

204

APPENDIX.

It is at the beginning of this fermentation that we must prevent the contents from running over. The operation proceeds well when a cap or crust is formed on the sides of the- vat. During the vinous fermentation there are generally three or four tumultuous motions by which the contents may run over. Then another crust is formed at the surface, of a thickness of from two to five centimeters (1 to 2 This crust indicates inches), and even exceeding that. the end of the vinous and the beginning of the alcoholic

fermentation.

There is sometimes a production of alcohol during the vinous fermentation, in which case, this becomes blended with the alcoholic fermentation. The latter lasts about
six hours. Since so
tions, it

much

time

is

required for the various fermentalost

becomes important that time should not be

during the maceration. The end of the alcoholic fermentation is indicated by the cap or crust diminishing in thickness, then falling to the bottom, and the liquid becomes clear and calm at the surface. By inhaling the vapors, a vinous and sharp sensation
is felt.

It is necessary that the vat should be covered during

the whole of the alcoholic fermentation. The fermenting substances becoming naturally heated during the operation, we will remind our readers, that their temperature, at the beginning, is best ranging between 30 and 31 <J. (86 and 88 Ft.). In a well conducted operation, we will obtain from 8 to 8.5 litres (2.11 to 2.24 gallons) of 50 per cent, of alcohol per hectolitre (3.53 cubic feet) of liquid in the vat, or 58 to 60 litres (15.32 to 15.85 gallons) of the same alcohol per 100

kilogrammes (220.55

Ibs.)

of

mixed

flour.*

III.

DISTILLATION.

This operation consists in separating the alcohol from the substances which are not volatile. To effect this, we use
* The gallon is the U. cohol contains 50 volumes
S. ol

gallon of 231 c. inches; and the 50 per cent, pure alcohol for 50 volumes* of water.

al-

APPENDIX.

205

an alembic heated, whether by the direct action of the tire, or by steam, or what is still better, a distilling- column which always requires steam. The latter apparatus gives a great economy of time, and with it we need not fear the burning of the substances at the bottom of the alembic, which often occurs when the tire is directly applied. Another advantage of the distilling column is that we
1

avoid the agitation of the matters, otherwise necessary, until the whole is at the point of ebullition, in order to prevent the burning. This last occurrence, indeed, not only diminishes the quantity of the products, but also their quality, by imparting to them a disagreeable taste,

which

it is difficult

therefore recommend a distilling column made of from 13 to 17 compartments, where the steam enters at the bottom, while the wash (beer) is introduced at the top.

We

to dispel.

The operator will begin by heating the empty column with steam, until the condensed water runs out in a stream of the size of a quill. Then, the wash or beer is introduced
at the top

by means

of a forcing

pump.

In those works where the operator has not at his disposal the apparatus for direct distillation and rectification, the best products are obtained when the cocks for the introduction of the wash and of the steam are so regulated that a constant stream of low wines marking from 30 to 35 of the alcohometer,* is obtained. On the other hand, with apparatus intended for distilling and rectifying at the same time, it may be advantageous to produce high wines marking from 55 to 70 of the alcohometer.f

IV.
RECTIFICATION.

This operation is intended to remove all the essential oils and foreign substances remaining in the phlegms, and thus to obtain the alcohol in the greatest state of purity. We employ an alembic heated by the direct action of
* The alcohometer mostly used in Belgium and France is that of Gay-Lussac, giving the decree or percentage of pure alcohol in volumes. There is very difference between the alcohometers of Tralles and Gay-Lussac. f The low or high wines of the first distilliation, and which need to be rectified, are sometimes culled J'hlegms.
little

18

206

APPENDIX.

the fire, or preferably by steam circulating through a coil, In the latter case the temperature is easily regulated. It is advantageous to mix the phlegms to be rectified with one or two litres (1 to 2 quarts) of oak charcoal, recently burned, and, if the charcoal has been left exposed a long time, to submit it to a red heat in a closed vessel, and, when cold, to pulverize it. Bonoblack or animal charcoal is better than wooden charcoal. may also add to the phlegms a half litre (1 pint) of freshly bruised juniper-berries. These proportions of charcoal and berries correspond to three or five hectolitres (10.59 to 17.65 cubic feet) of Geneva liquor, to be obtained, according to the taste and aroma of the phlegms. The same as for the distillation proper, the operation is begun slowly, and the heat gradually raised until the liquors run off in a regular and continuous stream. The first runnings have generally an ethereal odor, are not clear, and their taste is disagreeable therefore, the operator must collect, according to the size of the apparatus, the first seven to twenty litres (7 to 20 quarts) running out, which must be added to the phlegms or wines of the next operation. He should do the same at the "end of the operation, when the product marks only 45, because a bad taste will again appear. All the liquors below 45 are also kept for a subsequent operation, and the rectification is ended when the products mark only 11 or 10 of the

We

alcohometer.

The apparatus where the distillation and rectification proceed at the same time presents the advantages over those where these two operations are separated, that in the latter case there is always a loss of two to five per cent., and that by rectifying directly, the running liquors may be obtained at the same degree, let us say 50 whereas by a separate rectification, the products mark too high a degree at the beginning, and run low at the end of the It becomes, therefore, necessary to add a operation. certain quantity of water in order to reduce it to the standard of 50, which practice is very often injurious to
;

the taste of the liquors

APPENDIX.

207

PAET SECOND.
SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS.
I.

BUILDINGS?.

p.Areful to

desired to establish a distillery we must be choose a healthy place with plenty of free space around it; and if it becomes necessary to use old buildings, it is absolutely necessary to drain and purify the place, so that, in the future, no cause of local urihealthiness may hinder or disturb the operations. The "buildings themselves should be so constructed or transformed, that it will always be possible to allow draughts of air to circulate through the works. The disposition of the various parts of the building must l>o both compact and suitable; that is the boilers, the machinery, and the distilling apparatus be near each other in the central portion the fermenting vats on one hand, and the mills and store-rooms on the other, to form the sides. In well constructed works, the rectified Geneva runs directly from the cooling-worm into casks, barrels or other special reservoirs in the store-room, so that, without pumping it again, it may be put directly into the barrels intended for delivery. The distilling column and the cooling-worm should be five metres (about 16 feet) above the ground. With this
it is
;

AVhen

arrangement, a syphon

is

employed

to

draw

off

the spent

wash

or slop into a settling vat, from whence the clear liquors may be decanted, while the solid residue is allowed to fall into other reservoirs to be used for feeding cattle. The clear and settled spent wash is easily decanted into other coolers by means of spouts, and, at the proper time,
is

used

in the

macerating and fermenting

vat.

Such an arrangement of vats renders only two pumps One for water, the other for the beer while necessary in other distilleries where this disposition is not followed,
:

eight or even ten

pumps

are employed.

208

APPENDIX.

II.

the utensils which belong to the distillery of copper, to insure cleanliness in the Iron is objectionable on account of the rust. operations. It is needless to add that the greatest cleanliness in everything is indispensable in distilleries. Therefore the copper utensils should be the subject of constant attena rule,
all

As

should be

made

The cooling vats are preferably made of copper. But when wooden vats are employed, and the works are in
tion.

operation, it is sufficient now and then, to whitewash the inside of the vats with a thin milk of lime, which is allowed to remain for half an hour, and is afterwards carefully rinsed out with pure water. When a stoppage occurs, the inside of the coolers arid other vats receives a thick coat of lime, and the vessels are also filled with water which is renewed every ten days. strict observance of these rules of cleanliness will secure the operator from the occurrence of acetic and putrid fermentations. also recommend the washing, now and then, of all the wooden utensils with a solution of bicarbonate of soda, which neutralizes all the acids impregnating the wooden substances. This same solution is also advantageous for cleaning those recesses and parts of the works which are difficult of access, and are, therefore, neglected in the

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ordinary washings.
III.

MACERATION.

Those substances, in which the sugar is, if we are allowed the expression, kept suspended in a free state, such as honey, molasses, and the juice of beet-roots, carIt is rots, plums, apricots, etc., require no maceration. sufficient to dissolve the sugar in water hot enough to obtain a temperature of 30 to 31 C. (86 to 88 Ft.), which is necessary for starting the fermentation for an operation which requires 24 hours. Water is added in sufficient quantity to have the whole mass marking 5 of the hydrometer for syrups, which

APPENDIX.

209

corresponds to 50 of the densimeter of Gay-Lussac. Indeed the most dense liquid which may be distilled, that is to say water saturated with sugar, marks 40 of the of the Gay-Lussac's hydrometer for syrups, or 400 densimeter.

The
etc.,

juice of fruits, beet-roots, carrots, plums, apricots,


:

be obtained in two different ways raw fruits are rasped, and then pressed. (6.) After boiling in water, the fruits are pressed. The maceration of potatoes requires a previous steaming of the tubercle, which is then mashed in an appropriate maThe malt is put first into the vat, in the proporchine. tion of one part of malt to four of potatoes then the hitter,

may

(a.)

The-

just mashed, are added slowly and gradually so as to give time to the man who manipulates the mass, to make a thorough and intimate mixture. The remainder of the operation is exactly as we have explained for the maceration of corn and rye. Beets, carrots, etc., may, as regards the maceration, be treated like potatoes, but the proportion of malt is much

smaller

IV.
FERMENTATION, DISTILLATION AND RECTIFICATION.

For cooling and diluting the substances in course of niceration, we employ clear spent wash, (clear part of slops,) the residuum of beer, the water of breweries, or, if none of these liquids are at our disposal, pure water. Spent wash is never used unless in admixture with one
half, or at least one-third, of

pure water. There are two principal reasons why we prefer the spent wash to the other liquors first, because having absorbed the oxygen of the air it helps the fermentation second, because it marks generally several degrees of the densimeter, which shows that it still contains a certain quantity of sugar, which is thus put to account. Experience also proves that the starch suspended in the spent wasji helps
; ;

the fermentation.

The fermentation of syrup, honey, and of saccharine substances, in general, does not differ from that of corn, the theory of which has already been explained. When for the distillation proper, we introduce into the

210

APPENDIX.

alembic or the distilling column the fermented substances, these should be previously well stirred, in order to obtain that is to say, we should endeavor to a uniform mixture have the solid portions, which have a tendency to fall to the bottom of the vessels, kept as much as possible, in
;

suspension in the mass of liquid. If the rectified products are intended to be sold as pure alcohol, the first arid last runnings, as we have already said, should be kept apart, until a sufficient quantity has been gathered for a special rectification. But, there again, the last runnings will have a bad taste therefore, we must be careful to collect all the liquids with an objectionable flavor and which can be sold for the manufacture of
:

varnishes.

V.
Brewer's yeast, when new, is preferable to that of Holland, because the former contains certain principles or acids which aid the fermentation.

These active principles are generally to be found

in

much

greater quantity in the vegetables of northern countries than in those of southern regions and it is one of the reasons why the fermentation is more easy and ra;

pid in northern than in southern countries, if comparative experiments are executed with local products. If it is difficult to obtain sufficient brewer's yeast, we may employ Holland yeast. But, in order to obtain results as advantageous as with the former, we recommend to add, for each kilogramme (about 2 Ibs.) of Holland yeast, one litre (about 1 quart) of a decoction of hops, made by boiling one kilogramme (2 Ibs.) of hops in ten litres (10 quarts) of water for five or six hours. The evaporated water must be replaced by the addition of water, in order always to have the same quantity of water boiling. This mixture of yeast and decoction of hops may be made two or three days in advance. This method of treating Holland yeast presents many and important advantages the yeast may be kept for several days the strength of the fermenting principles is increased, and the essence of hops imparts to the product
:
;

a very pleasant aromatic taste.

APPENDIX.
If these

211

may

to macerate, and to this

two kinds of yeast cannot be had, the distiller substitute an artificial one prepared as follows One part of malt and two parts of wheat flour are allowed
:

mixture we

find

it

advantageous

to add a small proportion of hops. follow, on a small scale, the method which we have explained for the maceration hut we will operate at a temperature somewhat lower, from 5 to 10 0. (9 to 18 Ft.). The mixture itself ought to be more consistent, arid the When the paste is thoroughly mixed, thicker, the better. it is allowed to stand about 15 minutes, then it is worked

We

occasionally, without adding any liquid, until its temperature lias been lowered to 35 C. (95 Ft.) after which the paste is worked no longer, and is kept in an uncovered vessel in a moderately hot room. After twelve or twenty-four hours, fermentation sets in spontaneously, and lasts from two to three days, according to the climate and the quantity of matter operated upon. The whole mass has been transformed into yeast when the fermentation appears to have done its work. The proportion of artificial yeast is about four or five times that of brewer's yeast. However, there is nothing
;

absolute in this proportion which will be modified by the operator according to his own experience. In order to save time, and when it is necessary frequently to prepare artificial yeast, a portion of the yeast already made may be used to hasten the fermentation of the new mixture.

YI.

in the artificial germinawith water, receives the barley which is well stirred so as to allow the bad grains to raise and float on the top, where they may be removed with a skimmer. In summer, the water must be changed every twelve hours; in winter once in twenty-four hours is sufficient. The barley is sufficiently softened and penetrated by water after twenty-four to thirty hours in summer, and forty-eight to sixty hours in winter. In order to ascertain if the barley is sufficiently steeped,

The preparation of malt consists

tion of barley.

vat, half filled

212
;

APPENDIX.

we take a grain of it if it bends easily under the nail with out breaking we may consider it as being in a proper state, The water is removed from the back, and the steeped
barley
is

allowed to remain there for lour or six hours in

summer, and ten or twelve hours in winter. The barley is then removed from the back and spread on the malting
floor in layers of 10 centimeters deep (4 inches) in winter, 5 centimeters (2 inches) in summer. In winter it is shovelled every twelve hours, and in summer, every

and only

six hours. The barley is thus worked until it begins to present a point (thus showing the phenomenon of germination, when the embryo sets forth two gerras or roots), at which time it is spread in layers of 7 to 8 centimeters thick (3 inches) in warm weather, and 10 to 12 centimeters (4 to 5 inches) in cold. by putting the hand into the layer, we feel a temperature of from 20 to 25 0. (68 to 77 Ft.), and more firmness of the grains, and when, simultaneously, a kind of dew appears at the surface of the layers, it is time to shovel the grain, taking care that the grains on the inside should take a new position on the top or bottom of

When

the layer, and conversely.

must spread the barley


each grain

as

At each shovelful, the operator much as possible, thus putting

in contact with the air which favors the conSeven or eight tinuation of this* artificial vegetation. hours after this first operation, the new layer presents the same phenomena, and requires another turning over. This is done three times, after the same signs have presented themselves. The layer of the third operation is allowed to rest for six to twelve hours, according to the temperature. The barley will have acquired all the qualities of malt, when, by opening the back part of a grain, we find inside the vegetable germ having three-fourths the length of the grain itself. superior product presents also five or six filaments which are each twice as long as the grain. The grain is then spread out in a well ventilated place, and part of it may go immediately to the malt-kiln. What is waiting to be dried is spread and turned at least twice a day. The malt kiln should be heated slowly at the beginning, in order not to produce a horny malt, the sugar of which The portion of malt in course Is dissolved with difficulty.

APPENDIX.

213

of drying" should be turned upside down and conversely, When the gram every hour, or at least every other hour. is easily broken, and leaves by friction streaks like those of chalk, then the grain is sufficiently dried. We will remark that, if the malt is not intended for immediate use, the greater the lapse of time before its employment, the longer should it be dried and in such case, the temperature of the kiln may be raised to from 40 to 45 C. (104 to 113 Ft.). After being- kiln dried, the malt is bruised by some mechanical contrivance in order to break the germs and separate them from the grains. If we desire to use the malt immediately, we may separate the germs while the malt is still warm but if it is to be kept for a certain length of time, the germs may be left^to be removed only before use. A malt intended for distilleries will be found sufficiently good when, before being kiln dried, the vegetable germ has only half the length of the grain itself. Instead of barley, rye, wheat, oats, etc., may be employed for the manufacture of a malt intended for distill; ;

ing purposes.

VII.

PRESERVATION OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.

Every one knows that spirituous liquors of a certain


age are more highly esteemed than those recently made. Therefore, when an old product is scarce, it becomes advantageous to impart to a new one the qualities of the former, that is to say, an artificial ageing which cannot be distinguished from the true one. For this purpose, instead of keeping the liquors in

which are generally made for saving room, they must be put into barrels or casks. The wooden staves remove the essential oils which impair the flavor, and the operation is aided in the following manner The filled barrels are put into a room, the temperature
cisterns,
:

is raised to from 20 to 30 0. (68 to 86 Ft,). the liquid has reached this temperature, the room and its contents are allowed to cool off. This heating and In this cooling is repeated, even three to five times. manner, we obtain in the course of a fortnight, a product

of

which

When

214

APPENDIX.

similar in quality to that which has been kept one year in store-rooms. The bung hole of the barrels remains open during the whole time of the operation, and the loss occasioned by this mode of working is equal to that suffered by one year of ordinary storage, that is to say nearly two per cent, of the whole.

VIII.

RAW
It is generally
in

MATERIALS.

acknowledged that the grains harvested are better than those of Africa, and in general, that the productions of the north are, for our purThe pose, preferable to those of the centre and south. products harvested on sandy and light soils are better than the corresponding ones grown on rich ground so much so, that with equal weights, experience proves that the former give a product from 5 to 10 per cent, greater than the latter, and this is equally true for distilleries or breweries. The cause is due to an active principle which favors fermentation in distilleries, gives a better taste and flavor

Champagne

to beer,

and renders

it

more easy

to keep.

INDEX.
PAGE
Acetic Fermentation

Adulterating Brandy Advantages of Continuous


lation

202 188
Distil-

Cherry Brandy, Process


ing Cider Spirits Cinnamon Cordial

for

Mak146 135 151 158 15C 75 143

Alcoholic Fermentation

Alembic
Alterative Cordial

American "Apparatus
Aniseed Cordial

36 202 46 195 44
157
17, 40

Cinnamon Water
Citron Cordial Coals Coloring Spirits Common Process of Malt Distilling

Apparatus Apparatus

for
in

Distillation

American and Eng44


of.

Compound Lavender Water


Compounds,
Distillation
of.

91 160
187 17

lish Distilleries

Apparatus, Selection

Appendix Apple Brandy Areometer Aromatic Bitters Arrack Aubergier on Spirit of Lees

165 199 135 184 196 124 179


46,

Condensers Condenser, Wine-warming

Conduct of Fermentation Continuous Distillation


Cooler
Cordial, Aniseed Cordial, Caraway Cordial, Cinnamon Cordial, Citron Cordial, Lovage Cordial, Peppermint Cordial, Tonic and Alterative

Balneum Marise
Barley, Advantage
of.

Beet Rasp Beet-Root Molasses


Beet-Root, Spirits
Bitters,
of.

Aromatic Blackamoor's Head Bra n dies, To prevent Deterioration of.

174 76 128 170 127 196 47 95

Corne d'Aboudance Corn for Distilling Cucurbit

30 203 26 31, 47 152 153 151 150 150 152 195 2? 64 47 158 9
95 30
187 199 11

Damask-Rose Water
Description of a Distillery Deterioration of Brandies, Prevention of
Difficulties in Distilling

188 Brandy, Adulteration of. 146 Brandy, Cherry etc 93 Brandy, Distilling, 147 Brandy, Raspberry Process for MakBrandy Shrub,
ing

Brewer's Yeast

Brewing Hollands Gin


Buildings for Distilling
Capital

145 210 101 207 47 153


,

Directions for Cordials, etc Directions for Distilling Directions to a Distiller


Distillation
17, 204,

Caraway Cordial
Cellars...

Chaff.

9 77

Distillation, Continuous Distillation of Common Gin Distillation of Molasses Distillation of Distillation of Simple Waters

209 26 106 140


137 155 165 11

Rum

Charge of a

still
of.

Cherries, Spirits

12 183

Distillations, Special Distiller, Directions to

Disti'lery, Description of.

215

216
Distillery, Fire in Distilling Brandy Distilling Column Distilling, Directions for Distilling, Malt

INDEX.
PAGE
13 93
27

PAGB 184 Instrument for Testing Wines Instrument to Prevent Inequal58 Heat in Distillation of ity
Irish

Diuretic

Compound

Double Distilled Drying


Dulcifying

Rum
.-.

Dutch Geneva

199 91 196 139 74 15 98 162


147 18 145

Usquebaugh

148

Jamaica Rum Jessamine Water


Juice,

how Obtained

139 162 209 133


190 159 160 172 178
191 11 150 13
200, 208

Kirsch-Wasser
Lapis Tnfernalis

Eau de Beaute Eau de Luce


Egg-plate Elder Juice

Lavender Water Lavender Water, Compound


Lees Lees Ashes

Empyreumatic

Oil

English Apparatus English Method English Vinegar Ether, Sulphuric Explanation of Egg-plate
Fecula, Separation Feints
of.

173 44
81

Lime Water Lob


Lovage Cordial Luting
Maceration Male Malt Distilling Malt Whisky Malting

154 191 18

116 12, 24 163 Feints, their Uses, etc Fermentation 70, 84, 202, 209 Ferments 84 14 Fining 13 Fire in a Distillery 143 Flavoring Spirits Fluid Matter, Distillation of 166 202 Foaming Fermentation French Method 79 French Noyau 151 French Process of Distilling and 93 Prepai'ing Brandy French Vinegar 153 Fuel for Drying 75
181 Gay-Lussac on Spirit of Lees General Directions for Cordials,etc. 187
Gin, Common Gin, Hollands

Mashing Mashing of Potatoes


Materials,

Raw

Method, English Method, French Mode of Operating


-Root Beet-1 ola Molasses, Distillation
,

of.

Musk, Tincture
Noyau, French

of.

211 91 96 63 67 114 214 81 79 32, 39 170 140 197

Nectar, Process for

Making

149 151
64
165 173 32 158 159

Oats for Distilling Observations on Special Distillations


Oil,

106 101
63

Empyreumatic

Grain used in Distilling Grapes Gravity of Worts

93 11
47

Operating, Mode of. Orange-flower Water

Orange Wine Peach Brandy Peppermint Cordial Peppermint Water


Piquette
Potatoes, Mashing of Potatoes, Reduction of. Potatoes, Spirit of. Preparation of Cordials, etc

Head
Hippocrates'

Bag

Hollands Hollands Gin Holland Yeast

Hungary Water
Imperial Ratafia

16 98 101 210 160


149
37 58

Improved Apparatus Inequality of Heat Prevented


Infusions Instructions
sions, etc

Preparing Brandy

136 152 158 172 114 112 106 187 93

194
for

Making

Infu-

194

Preservation of Spirituous Li213 quors Prevention of Deterioration of 95 Brandies

INDEX.
PAGE
Prevention of Inequality of Heat. Process of Malting
58 63 202

217
PAGE
Rules Value
for

Spirits,

Strength and
164 213 161 65 12
17, 27, 51, 52

Putrid Fermentation
Raisin Spirits Rasp, Beet Raspberry Brandy Rasping Potatoes Ratafia, Imperial

Spirituous Liquors, Preservation


of.

143 128 147 116 149 Raw Materials 214 Receiver 45, 47 14 Recovering Rectification 29, 89, 205, 209 Rectification into Hollands Gin ... 103 Rectifier 28 Reduction of Potatoes 112 31 Refrigerator 47 Refrigeratory 32 Regulator 24 Repasses Reservoir 32 Retorts/ 45 124 Rice, Spirits of 157 Rosemary Water Rules for Determining the Relative Value and Strength of 164 Spirits Rum 137 Rum Shrub, Process for Making... 144 64 Rye for Distilling
Saccharification

Spirituous Waters

Steeping
Still,

Charge

of.

Stills Stills for

Simple Waters Stomachic Compound Strength of Spirits, Rules Sulphuric Ether

for

156 191 164 191


18 23 184 194 197 195

Tampot
Tantern
Testing Wines Tinctures Tincture of Musk Tonic and Alterative Cordial

Uses of Feints

Usquebaugh, Irish
Utensils for Distilling

163 148 208


164 154 153 202

Value of

Spirits,

Rules for

Vinegar, English Vinegar, French

Vinous Fermentation
Water, Water, Water, Water, Water, Water, Water,

Cinnamon

Compound Lavender
Damask-Rose

Sand Bath
Season for Malting
Selection of Apparatus Separation of Fecula

Shrub, Brandy Shrub, Rum Simple Lavender Water Simple Waters, Distillation
Special Distillations Spirit of Potatoes Spirits

of.

Spirits, Flavoring and Coloring of, Spirits of Beet-Root Spirits of Cherries Spirits of Corn Spirits of Raisins Spirits of Rice

68 48 74 165 116 145 144 159 155 165 106 12 143 127 133 63 143 124

Hungary
Jessamine Lavender

158 160 158 160 162 159


"191

Lime
of Cherries

Water

Water, Orange-flower Water, Peppermint Water, Rosemary Waters, Simple Waters, Spirituous

Wheat

for Distilling

Whisky, Malt Wine, Orange

Wine-warming Condenser Wines for Distillation


Wines, Testing of. Worts, Gravity of. Yeast

133 158 158 157 155 161 64 96 159 30 93 184


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