1928 Giggle Water by Charles S Warnock

130 GIGGLE WATER 265. TO FINE MADEIRA OR ANY KIND OF WINE WITH ISINGLASS To fine 40 gallons wine, steep i ounce isinglass in i pint of pure cold water over night, and then melt it over a gentle charcoal fire, until a uniform gelatinous mass is formed. When cool, mix with it 3 pints wine, and let it repose 12 hours in a moderately warm room. Then add I gallon wine and mix the whole in a wooden vessel; whisk it with a clean hroom until it foams up. Pour this mixture gradually in the wine you desire to fine, being careful to stir the whole continually during the process. Bung up the cask, and in the course of 48 hours the wine will ap pear perfectly clear and bright. Isinglass prepared in this way will precipitate perfectly, and leave no particles sus pended in the wine. 266. TO FINE WHITE WINE WITH EGGS To fine 60 gallons white wine, take the whites of 5 o'" 6 eggs, I egg-shell nearly reduced to powder, and a small handful of common salt. Beat the whole together in a little of the wine, with a small clean broom, until it foams, then pour it into the wine gradually, constantly stirring it all the while. •oo<-

267. TO FINE RED WINE This is clarified in the same way. When you have Rous- sillon, or the dark wines called vin du midi, which are usually of a deep color, and wish to make it of a lighter