Who does this? My question is if I go straight from primary to keg do I transfer, purge with CO2, chill, release pressure, add gelatine, re-purge, and cold condition/force carb, then pull first pint of gelatine junk, then have clear beer?
Are you cold-crashing the primary before going straight to the keg? That seems to me to have more of an effect than the gelatin.
The times that I've used gelatin, I add the warm water/gelatin mix over top of the cold (from crashing) beer right after I've racked it from the primary to the keg. Afterwards, I'll seal, purge and let it sit and gas up a couple of weeks on service pressure (12psi). Pull off a few cloudy glasses and you're good to go.
I have heard many times that it is best to add the gelatin to cold beer, so you can still add to the keg once chilled.
I stopped using gelatin a while ago, I still find the beer nice and clear, just takes a week longer.
FYI I do use whirlfloc cause it's easy cheap and effective.
I use Irish moss then typically cold crashed in a carboy with gelatin before bottling. Just now that I keg would like to try an skip the carboy.
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