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Vinegar From Alcohol, or Proof Spirit,
Strength Required. —
It is recently claimed that to make vinegar with alcohol, or proof spirit, which is the cheapest—either should contain 80 per cent, of alcohol. It is necessary to use from 17 to 25 per cent, of it, 17 gals, of proof spirit with water to make 100 gals, makes good vinegar—this is about 1 to 6, while 25 per cent., or 1 to 4, makes extra strong. This can be made in the sun, or a warm place, by-
working with yeast, as other vinegars are made, or by putting it through what is called the German process of filtering it through beech shavings, described in the U. S Dispensatory. But the plan of using any of the mineral acids in making vinegar is deleterious to health, and ought not to be done.
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