... and then distilling the liquor to what degree of strength they please; which Gmelin says is more agreeable to the taste than spirits made from corn. This may, therefore, prove a good succedaneum for whisky, and prevent the consumption of much barley,... From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor - Page 227by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʹskiĭ - 1879 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert John Thornton - 1812 - 188 pages
...BiUberries, (facetniam uliginosiim) and then distilling the liquor to what de. grée of strength they please, which Gmelin says is more agreeable to the taste than spirits made from corn. This may therefore prove a good succedaneum for whiskey, and prevent the consumption of much barley,... | |
| William Salisbury - 1816 - 476 pages
...bilberry (Facciiuum uliginnsum), and then distilling the liquor to what degree of strength they please ; which Gmelin says is more agreeable to the taste than spirits made from corn. This may, therefore, prove a good succedaneum for whisky, and prevent the consumption of much barley,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pages
...bilberries (vaccmium uliginosum), and then distil the liquor to what degree of strength they please ; which, Gmelin says, is more agreeable to the taste than spirits made from corn. This may therefore prove a good succedaneum for whiskey, and lessen the consumption of barley. Swine... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...Cvaccinium uliginosum),an then distil t.-.e liquor to what degree of strength they piea.v: ; which, (jmelin says, is more agreeable to the taste than spirits made from corn. This may therefore prove a good succedaneum for whiskey, and lessen the consumption of barley. Swine... | |
| Robert Tyas - 1859 - 472 pages
...efflorescence, resembling liquorice in taste, which, being shaken off, is eaten by the Kamschatdales as a great delicacy. From the stalks, thus prepared...spirit, which, Gmelin says, is more agreeable to the palate than the spirits extracted from corn. In Poland and Lithuania, a kind of ale is brewed from... | |
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