old, what is meant by it, 144
quantity of spirit contained in different kinds, 160
strong, adulteration of with small beer, 140
act prohibiting it, 140
how defined by law, 128
strength of different kinds, 125

Bilberries, employed for colouring port wine, 74

Bittern, for adulterating beer, 18

Black Extract, for adulterating beer, 150

Bland, Mr. tragical catastrophe of, 81

Bouquet of high-flavoured wines, how produced, 75

Brandy, adulteration of, 187
and method of detecting it, 195
complexion of, what is meant by it, 195

Brandy flavour of, how imitated, 193
imitative, manufacture of, 194
method of compounding for retail trade, 195
quantity contained in different sorts of wine, 94
of alcohol contained in different kinds of, 205
legal strength, 190
how discovered by the Excise, 188
false strength, 195
flavour, imitative, how produced, 193

Brazil wood, application of for colouring wine, 74

Bread, adulteration of with alum, 98
methods of detecting it, 108
with potatoes, 105
goodness of, how estimated in this metropolis, 98
how rendered white and firm, 99
corn, method of judging its goodness, 110
flour, different sorts of from the same kind of grain, 99
adulteration of with bean flour, 99
process of making five bushels into bread, 102
made from new corn, improvement of, 107
method of judging of goodness, 110

Brewers, list of, prosecuted for using illegal substances in their
brewings, 151
convicted of adulterating their strong beer with table beer, 143
Druggists, 119
prosecuted for supplying illegal ingredients to brewers for
adulterating beer, 119

Breweries, illegal substances seized at various, 136

Brown Stout, quantity of spirit contained in it, 126

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Calcavella, quantity of brandy which it contains, 95

Carbonate of ammonia, used by fraudulent bakers, 105

Catsup, adulteration of, 227

Claret, quantity of brandy which it contains, 95

Clary, used for flavouring wine, 75

Cheese, poisonous, and method of detecting it, 206

Chemists, are not permitted to sell illegal ingredients to brewers for
adulterating beer, 118
list of, convicted of this fraud, 119

Cherry-laurel water, dangerous application of for flavouring creams,
&c., 231
used in the manufacture of spurious wines, 75
in the manufacture of brandy, 195

Citric Acid, adulteration of,