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An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. quotations examples
Another substance, composed of extract of quassia and liquorice juice, used by fraudulent brewers to economise both malt and hops, is technically called multum.
1820, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on Adulterations of Food […]