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Catawba Champagne

Take 40 Champagne. Take 40 ner:

Tear from 2 to 4 sheets filtering paper brandy; and 4 gallons syrup made of 30 into small pieces and put it into a pail; pour pounds sugar and 2 gallons water according over it a little boiling water, sufficient, by to No. 715; -or, 38 gallons Catawba wine; 2 thorough beating, to form a fine smooth paste; then add sufficient water to fill the filter. Pour this quickly into the filter, and, 5 minutes after the water has drained through, fill up with the wine to be filtered, taking care to keep the filter always full. 715. To Make Syrup for Champagne Wine. To 25 pounds white sugar, add 2 gallons water and the whites of 4 eggs; stir until the sugar is dissolved. Let the whole simmer to the candy degree; then strain it through a bag made of fine flannel. 716. To Prepare Isinglass for Fining Wines. Cut up some isinglass (it must be of the very best quality), and put it in a jar, with just enough wine or water to cover it; add daily as much of the wine or water as has been absorbed by the isinglass. In 6 or 8 gallons Angelica wine, and 4 gallons syrup as above. A very little tincture vanilla added to either of these makes a fine bouquet.