HUMULIN

The name given to a beautiful extract or e ence of hops, made as follows:— A concentrated tincture of hops is prepared by percolation with rectified spirit; the same hops are then exhausted with water; the spirit is removed from the tincture by careful distillation, and the upper aqueous portion is skimmed off, and added to the infusion, which latter is then evaporated to the consistence of a soft extract; the oleo-resinous residuum of the tincture is next added, and well mixed in; after which the whole is put into pots and carefully tied over for sale. The product po e es all the fragrant, tonic, and bitter qualities of the hop in a highly condensed form. See Hops , Lupulin , .