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Filter-Bags for Cordials

Fining with Eggs.

Take the white of four eggs, beat them to a stiff froth, add a little alcohol, amd mix it gradually with 20 gallons of cordial, stirring all the while, and it will soon clarify the liquor.

Fining with Potash.

Two ounces of carbonate of potash (salts of tartar) dissolved in a quart of water, is sufficient to settle 20 gallons of cordial; add and stir as directed above.

Fining with Alum.

Six drachms of powdered calcinated alum, dissolved in alcohol, is sufficient to clarify 20 gallons of cordial, add as directed above.

Filter Bags for Cordials. (See Filters and Filtration, page 24.) The filter bags used for rendering cordials transparent are made of flannel, felt, Canton flannel, and other materials according to the thickness or density of the liquor, and are generally of a conical shape. In order to perform the operation of filtering cordials thoroughly, it is necessary that there should be placed inside of each bag one or two sheets of filtering paper prepared as follows: Rub each sheet of paper until it becomes soft and flimsy like a piece of cloth, then tear it in small pieces and place it in a pail, pour over it a little boiling water, and rub and beat it up until it becomes a soft pulp, afterwards add more water, and continue the same as if you were beating up eggs. When the pulp assumes the appearance of a fine paste, fill up the pail with water and throw the contents into the filter; as soon as the water has run