Gin Anyone?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:41 pmHere is a copy for an early 19th century recipe for making gin and cherry bounce from the Beall-Booth Family Papers at the Filson:
“Cordials - To one gallon of finished whiskey add two quarts of clear water.
Then add about 30 Drops of the oil of cloves and five or six drops of the oil
of Aniss Seed in a sufficient quantity of Sirup to sweeten it - Gin may be made
by adding about 25 drops of the oil of juniper to each gallon.
Receipt to make Cherry Bounce of finished whiskey. Take the bark of the root of
the wild cherry tree and steep it in hot water till it becomes strong then add such
proportions of it as is sufficient to give it the cherry taste. Take care to have it
high colored and sweetened with sirup."
“Cordials - To one gallon of finished whiskey add two quarts of clear water.
Then add about 30 Drops of the oil of cloves and five or six drops of the oil
of Aniss Seed in a sufficient quantity of Sirup to sweeten it - Gin may be made
by adding about 25 drops of the oil of juniper to each gallon.
Receipt to make Cherry Bounce of finished whiskey. Take the bark of the root of
the wild cherry tree and steep it in hot water till it becomes strong then add such
proportions of it as is sufficient to give it the cherry taste. Take care to have it
high colored and sweetened with sirup."