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commencing the subject of brewing, it may be proper to say something of the nature of the ingredients used in the manufacture of beer. We shall, therefore, begin with water, the most indispensable ingredient. 



The word Liquor is technically applied in the brewery to water. A great deal more importance is attached to the quality of this indispensable article than perhaps it deserves. Many are of opinion that the difference in the flavour and quality of beer proceeds in some measure from the different substances contained in the water used by the brewer. To this opinion we cannot subscribe, for it is