To Refine Beer, Ale, Wine, or Cider

Ingredients

• 2 ounces isinglass shavings
• 1 quart liquor to clear
• ⅓ ounce pearl ashes
• 1 ounce salt of tartar, calcined
• 1 ounce burnt alum, powdered

Directions

1. Soak isinglass shavings in 1 quart of the liquor you want to clear.

2. Beat it with a whisk every day until dissolved.

3. Draw off a third of the cask and mix it with the dissolved isinglass.

4. Add ⅓ ounce of pearl ashes, 1 ounce of salt of tartar, and 1 ounce of burnt alum.

5. Stir well, return the mixture to the cask, and stir with a clean stick.

6. Stop it up, and in a few days it will be fine.