Isinglass Isinglass Isinglass () is a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish. It is a form of collagen used mainly for the clarification or fining of some beer and wine. It can also be cooked into a paste for specialised gluing purposes. Its origin is from the obsolete Dutch "huizenblaas" – "huizen" is a kind of sturgeon, and "blaas" is a bladder, or German "hausen blas", meaning essentially the same. Although originally made exclusively from sturgeon, especially beluga, in 1795 an invention by William Murdoch facilitated a cheap substitute using cod. This was extensively used in Britain in
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company Hair of the Dog Brewing Company Hair of the Dog Brewing Company is a brewery in Portland, Oregon, USA. Hair of the Dog produces unusual beers using traditional craft-brewing techniques. Several of its beers are bottle conditioned. Alan Sprints is the owner and brewer with a few helpers, which may include his three sons. He graduated from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school with honors. He was president of the home brewers club OBC for a few years and has a reputation of a man who knows flavor. The brewery's arguably biggest claim to fame was its barley wine Dave. Eve