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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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In Albany, experienced distiller Mr. Sheldon perfects local gin to match Dutch imports and experiments with maple tree juice to produce arrack-like liquor superior in flavor, potentially reducing U.S. imports of sugar and rum from the West Indies.
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Mr. Sheldon, an experienced distiller in this city, has brought the distilling of GIN to such perfection, that the first judges (Europeans and Americans) pronounce it equal to the best imported from Holland.
Mr. Sheldon having made some experiments on the juice of the Maple Tree, declares, that when distilled, it yields a liquor not unlike ARRACK, and superior in flavor—and that, from the best computation he has been able to make, a tree will produce as many pints of this liquor, as it does pounds of sugar. Admitting this fact, a conclusion highly favorable to the interest of the United States must be drawn, viz. that our import trade from the West-Indies must soon decline, as the two principal articles of it are sugar and rum—the first of which we can produce superior and in sufficient quantities, and a substitute for the latter not inferior to the best Jamaica spirits.
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Albany
Event Date
Dec. 30.
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perfected gin distillation equal to dutch imports; maple juice yields arrack-like liquor superior in flavor, with one tree producing pints equal to pounds of sugar; potential decline in west indies imports of sugar and rum.
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Mr. Sheldon, an experienced distiller in Albany, has perfected the distilling of gin, pronounced equal to the best from Holland by European and American judges. He experimented with maple tree juice, declaring it yields a liquor like arrack but superior in flavor, with production comparable to sugar yield per tree. This suggests a favorable impact on U.S. interests by reducing imports from the West Indies.