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CLARIFYING
WINES
AND
LIQUORS.
155
Alum
is
used
in
the
proportions
of
four
to five
ounces
per
hundred
gallons.
Being
finely
pulverized,
alum
is
incompatible
with
the
'"beading
mixture."
Liquors
that
contain
starch,
mucilage,
&c.,
should
not
be
"
fined"
with
alum.
Wheat
flour
is
sometimes
used
in
the
form
of paste
with
water
one
pint
per
one
hundred
gallons.
Filtering
Bags.
Take
a
square
yard
of
Canton
flannel,
and
cut
it
in
two
pieces
(diagonally)
from
one
corner
to
the
other,
and
sew
up
the
two
edges,
thus
forming
a
triangle-shaped
bag
;
then
sew
a
hoop
of
suitable
size
in
the
mouth
of
the
bag,
and
fix
a
suitable
handle
of
rope
or
twine.
If
all
the
coloring
matter,
arid
fluids
used
to
impart
coloring
to
liquors,
was
sufficiently
strained
and
filtered,
finings
would
be
rarely,
if
ever,
used
;
the
hurried
manner
in
which
color
makers
manage
their
business,
using
inferior
materials,
and
taking
advantage
of
all
the
"
tricks
of
trade"
that
may
be
sug-
gested.
Coloring
derived
from
such
a
source
as
this
must
entail
a
vast
deal
of
unnecessary
labor
and
ex-
pense
upon
the
manufacturer.
The
manufacturers
of
coloring
should be
provided with
all
kinds
of
filters,
strainers,
&c.,
-to
cleanse
and
purify
their
color-
ing
of
its
own
and
foreign
matter.
As
good
color
is
one
of
the
principal
essentials
of
all
good
liquors,