Crafts

The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States

Be it remembered, that on the twenty fourth day of November, in the thirty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1808, SAMUEL McHARRY, of the said district, hath deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as autho...

Chapters

7. Part 7

Bottling the foregoing wine in April, will certainly render it more excellent, and I fancy it ought to be drank mixed with water, during warm weather, and between meals, as in i...

3. Part 3

This I have found to be the nicest process belonging to distilling--the small proportion of corn, and the large quantity of scalding water, together with the easy scalding of ry...

2. Part 2

To see the four elements, each combining to produce (with the assistance of man) an article of commerce and luxury, and at the same time, a necessary beverage to man. The earth...

6. Part 6

Hogs that are fed on potale, ought not to lie out at night, as dew, rain and snow injures them--indeed such is their aversion to bad weather, that when it comes on, or only a he...

4. Part 4

This difference of twenty-seven dollars in favor of the distiller, who sends first proof whiskey, is not the only advantage, but he saves in barrels or casks, what will contain...

5. Part 5

As spirits can hardly be burned or singed in a doubling still, if not before done in singling, all the precaution necessary is to set them in the best method for saving fuel, an...

1. Part 1

Be it remembered, that on the twenty fourth day of November, in the thirty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1808, SAMUEL McHARRY, of the sai...

8. Part 8

Thus then the laws of society, morality and religion, requiring the active exercise of our person and faculties--offering the finest and most inducing rewards, the words of our...