Take 10 galls. of good whiskey, put into it from 4 to 6 quarts of
wild black cherries with the stones broken, common almonds shelled
1 lb., white sugar 1-1/2 lb., cinnamon 1/2 oz., nutmeg 1/2 oz., all
bruised. Let stand 12 or 13 days and draw off; this, with the
addition of 2 galls. of brandy, make very nice cherry brandy.


95. MONONGAHALE

Take of good common whiskey 36 gall., dried peaches 2 quarts,
rye, burned and ground as coffee, 1 quart, cinnamon, cloves, and
allspice, bruised, of each 1 oz., loaf sugar 5 lbs., sweet spirits
of nitre 2 oz., put all these articles into 4 galls. of pure
spirits, and shake every day for a week, then draw off through a
woollen cloth, and add the whole to the 36 galls. of whiskey.


96. RYE WHISKEY

Take of dried peaches 1/2 a peck, put them into a pan in a stove,
scorch a little, not to burn however, then bruise, and place in
a woollen (pointed) bag, and leach good common whiskey over them
twice, having the barrel up so as to hang the bag under the faucet
and draw slowly over them; this is for a barrel. Add 10 or 12 drops
of aqua ammonia to each barrel, after leaching through the peaches;
with age this is nearly, if not quite, equal to whiskey made from
rye.


97. STOMACH BITTERS