Definitions for "FININGS"
The use of additives which clarify wine or beer by causing suspended particles to clump and precipitate. Also refers to the additive itself. In the history of winemaking, finings have included milk, eggs, ox blood, isinglass (from the stomach of sturgeon), gelatin, clay, and small particles of charged plastic.
Used to speed up the separation of the liquid from the solid after fermentation. Also see Filtering.
Finings is a substance used to aid the clearing of beer, particularly real ale. Finings can include isinglass, bentonite, Irish moss, and others.