It occurs to me, if you'd be interested, that my 1911 Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas has about eight pages of recipes for mixed drinks, which I could copy out for you at some point.
Actually, speaking of technological stuff (as well as "old, hand-crafting techniques"!), it also has things like "[Artificial Essence of] Gin: Oil juniper, 1 oz.; oil nutmeg, 1 dr,; oil caraway, 6 minims; fusel oil, 10 minims; rectified spirit, 16 oz." And, under brandy, "Barrels, To Give the Appearance of Age to. -- Dissolve in 3 gal. water 3 lb. sulphuric acid and 1 lb. sulphate of iron. Wash the barrels with it on the outside." Also under brandy is a recipe for what appears to be a blackberry cough syrup, as well as a recipe for a caraway-infused brandy-based cordial (4 oz. bruised caraway seeds, 2 lb sugar, 1 gal. British brandy; macerate for a fortnight). It's got pages and pages of this sort of thing....
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Date: 2008-05-30 05:41 pm (UTC)Actually, speaking of technological stuff (as well as "old, hand-crafting techniques"!), it also has things like "[Artificial Essence of] Gin: Oil juniper, 1 oz.; oil nutmeg, 1 dr,; oil caraway, 6 minims; fusel oil, 10 minims; rectified spirit, 16 oz." And, under brandy, "Barrels, To Give the Appearance of Age to. -- Dissolve in 3 gal. water 3 lb. sulphuric acid and 1 lb. sulphate of iron. Wash the barrels with it on the outside." Also under brandy is a recipe for what appears to be a blackberry cough syrup, as well as a recipe for a caraway-infused brandy-based cordial (4 oz. bruised caraway seeds, 2 lb sugar, 1 gal. British brandy; macerate for a fortnight). It's got pages and pages of this sort of thing....