http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Tag: finnings - Recent Posts en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:18 +0000 http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-2067 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:31 +0000 Tony 2067@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Yes, mine is the same. I had another one last night and its tasting good ... but still a little cloudy. Still only been in the bottle for a week though.</p> <p>I always feel that 1 teaspoon of Irish Moss just can&#39;t do the job in a gallon brew but I&#39;ve never exceeded that. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-2062 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:26:19 +0000 Greg 2062@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I&#39;m not sure she would have the desired effect in the boiler!</p> <p>I did use Irish Moss. Both the beers that haven&#39;t cleared were higher ABV so I guess this probably has something to do with it. One&#39;s the forum brew, Rocker, which is getting there but still a little murky. Its very alcoholic though, over 6%. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-2060 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:11:24 +0000 Tony 2060@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Did you use Irish Moss in the brews you used gelantine in?</p> <p>I wonder if Kate Moss would rent herself out? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-2058 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:04:07 +0000 Greg 2058@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I think I&#39;m going to give gelantine a miss from now on. Not only is it made from parts of animals that I would rather not consume, I also find that my beers seems to be crystal clear without.</p> <p>2 out of the 4 recent brews had gelatine added and 2 are cystal clear and 2 are not but one had gelatine, one didn&#39;t. So basically the gelatine hasn&#39;t really made any difference. </p> <p>I&#39;m sticking to Irish Moss only from now on. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1988 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:25 +0000 Nath 1988@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice read, thanks greg. Looks like a wort chiller of sorts for my birthday then! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1987 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:32:09 +0000 Greg 1987@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Afternoon all, saw a link to this on another forum and thought it would be useful as we were talking about the very thing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.byo.com/stories/techniques/article/indices/23-clarity/490-conquer-chill-haze">Link</a></p> <p>Has a good explanation of what causes chill haze and how to combat it. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1935 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:04:11 +0000 Greg 1935@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>There is a product called polyclar that I have read on other forums removes Chill haze really well. Its a brupaks product so I&#39;ll get some in if any wants to try it.</p> <p>People seem to use in conjunction with Gelantine, added a couple of days after in the secondary. I know there is split views on finnings but I&#39;ve started using gelantine since the great success on my Xmas beer.</p> <p>Tony - I agree with regard to the bramlings. Nice flavour but a little overpowering in volume. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1934 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:16:47 +0000 Tony 1934@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hey Nath<br /> I&#39;m drinking an IPA at the moment which has the same trouble and I do have a wort chiller!</p> <p>No idea what causes this (as Varnish has said) but when I take a bottle from storage (its cold in the shed), rather than the kitchen cabinet), its cloudy. Not a problem though - taste-wise it&#39;s probably the best AG I&#39;ve ever done - except, I used just Bramling Cross and while it has wonderful fruit overtones, it is a little &#39;sweet&#39;. Greg mentioned this about an earlier brew he did. If I use these hops again (if...? Who am I kidding.., when!), I&#39;ll use a storming high alpha hop up front!</p> <p>Sorry - drifting off the point again!</p> <p>Edit: It may have something to do with an afternoon of drinking a few &#39;off the shelf&#39; but an observation: If the beer is &#39;hazy&#39; when poured, it makes little difference if you pick up a little sediment from the bottom .. therefore getting more out of the bottle :o) </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1912 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:59:42 +0000 Nath 1912@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Cheers Varnish, im with you - dont mind drinking my hazyish beer but it would be nice to be crystal for those summer bbq moments with mates. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1911 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:34:25 +0000 Varnish 1911@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I&#39;m not really sure what causes chill haze.<br /> I know it&#39;s proteins that are not soluble at lower temperatures, but I don&#39;t know what causes them to be present.</p> <p>I have an intercooler I use on all my brews to chill to about 20*ish before pitching.<br /> At the moment I have two AG&#39;s I&#39;m drinking.<br /> A lager and bitter. The lager is perfect at cold temperatures and is star bright.<br /> The bitter is cloudy at colder temps. but clears at room temperature.</p> <p>Both beers followed the same brewing procedure (i.e boil time).<br /> The only difference is the lager had 8 weeks of cold storage before I tapped it.</p> <p>SO....I don&#39;t know. The lager may have had chill haze, which setted out over the lagering period.</p> <p>It&#39;s a mystery to me too. Although I don&#39;t really find it a problem, I would like all my bears to be star bright. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/cloudy-beer-hotcold-breaks#post-1909 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:49:19 +0000 Nath 1909@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Well Im ok with my ag process now and I dont get heart fluctuations anymore but there is one thing I get with my beer:-</p> <p>I have no wort chiller and I chill naturally before pitching yeast. By the time its ready to drink it seems to make my beer crystal clear at room temp (or when a beer has been chilled a little, 15-20mins in a fridge) but if its cooled to fridge temp its cloudy. Is this due to the fact I dont have a wort chiller of sorts?</p> <p>I hear about cold and warm breaks and protiens but I am yet to understand it fully.</p> <p>On the plus side my other ag which is barreled and have had for 5 weeks now is crystal clear so maybe its a problem which does die down but takes longer due to my non existant chilling process. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-1163 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:39:08 +0000 Tony 1163@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I only ever use Irish Moss. I bought some finings a while back just to have in reserve, but I&#39;ve never used them.</p> <p>I&#39;m sold on bottle conditioning so quite used to cloudy beer - or at least on a good day, some bits in the bottom of the glass, so it never bothers me. I&#39;d rather have cloudy beer than tip too much of it down the sink. Read quite a lot on the effect on taste of using finings, but never having used them, I really can&#39;t comment - the flip side of that coin is that I&#39;ve never had a pint taste worse because it has a few bits in the bottom. T.E.A (of the dew bottle-conditioned beers available off the shelf) tastes absolutely wonderful - bits and all!</p> <p>I think that a clear beer is just a matter of taste .. or rather it isn&#39;t :o) </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/to-fine-or-not-to-fine#post-1162 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:39:14 +0000 Greg 1162@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Other than Irish Moss in the boil, Up to now I have always avoided finning my beer as I usually find it drops crystal clear within a few weeks.</p> <p>The Tawny Owl ale I made a few weeks ago is tasting really nice but still a bit cloudy and as I wanted to drink it over the festive period I decided to help it along with some gelatine which I added yesterday.</p> <p>What is the general opinion with regard to finnings and if you do which do you all use? </p>