1928 Giggle Water by Charles S Warnock

GIGGLE WATER ^9 pared and used wiU precipitate completely; and, after a few days, the wine will be bright. Too much care cannot be taken in the preparation of fining, as even the finest isinglass contains fibrous matter which dissolves with dif ficulty; this is very apt to remain suspended in the wine, and is not visible until developed, after bottling, by the gas with which the wine is afterwards charged. 211 TO PREPARE CHAMPAGNE WINE FOR ^ ' CHARGING Put the wine used to make the champagne into a cask, add the brandy spirit, the aroma or flavoring, and the syrup, and stir for lO minutes. Every day for 4days draw off 15 or 20 gallons of the mixture and pour it in again, let it rest 4 days more, then add the fining, stir for 10 minutes, and bung up the cask. In 3 or 4 days if bright, draw off slowly, so as not to disturb the lees. Filter and it is ready for the fountain of the gassing apparatus. 252. TO CHARGE CHAMPAGNE WITH GAS Matthews' apparatus is the one usually adopted in the United States for generating the gas and charging cham pagne wine. The fountains, tubes, and valves are silver- lined, and the machines are adapted for pint and quart bottles. The following is a proper charge for a No. 2 ap- -000

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