I wouldn't use flavoured. Use plain. You add it after fermentation is complete as it works to knock the yeast out of solution. You need yeast in solution for fermentation to occur.
@vespa -irish moss and PVPP (polyclar) are used to clear different particles to gelatin so not really comparable. I believe pectic enzyme also serves a diffeent function to gelatin and isinglass but I've never used it.
ok thanks i have 3 5 gallon batches fermenting all with different ingredients, one more question, how much would you use, let me get this straight, the jelly that comes in powder and you mix with hot water that kids like actually clears cider???
It is gelatin, essentially unflavored jello. Not jelly.
You can use Knox Gelatin that is found in the grocery store. Never tried it for cider, but for beer, a small amount, maybe a 1/4 teaspoon, is used in 5 gallons.
I used it in a cyser recently. I used 1/3 of 1/2 teaspoon to one gallon, and that might have been too much. You just need a tiny little bit. Knox. It's in the grocery store. It worked. But you will lose some volume, swirling it around daily will help it pick up more stuff and also compact it more, so you don't lose as much beer/wine/mead/cider when you bottle. This was added when I cold crashed it.
I had a open bottle of cider that i have been sipping on so i added 1/4 teaspoon to it last night. I hope it does the trick. it finished just under 1.000 and is still a little too sweet. i was thinking it might be from what is floating in the cider it is still pretty cloudy.
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I had a open bottle of cider that i have been sipping on so i added 1/4 teaspoon to it last night. I hope it does the trick. it finished just under 1.000 and is still a little too sweet. i was thinking it might be from what is floating in the cider it is still pretty cloudy.
fining wont bring down the sweetness, that comes from disolved sugars. Fining will clear it up though making it beautiful
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Question for those who used gelatin in the secondary. I dry hopped 1oz a few days ago and wondered if I could swirl the hops off the top into suspension and then pour the gelatin mixture on top? Would it also help to pull the hop material down to the bottom? I figure I'll use the gelatin in my corny before putting into the kegerator to condition if this won't work.
Question for those who used gelatin in the secondary. I dry hopped 1oz a few days ago and wondered if I could swirl the hops off the top into suspension and then pour the gelatin mixture on top? Would it also help to pull the hop material down to the bottom?
I did exactly that and a few hours later all the floating hops had been pulled to the bottom of the fermenter.
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