Hello,
I'm brewing my first ever batch from a kit. The kit came with a sachet of beer finings. The instructions on the sachet simply state:
The instructions in the kit say:
The finings are Copper Tun (a.k.a. Brewcraft) Beer Finings, 5g sachet, ingredients: hydrolysed collagen (a.k.a. gelatin)
2 things have me confused about how to use them:
1. I've searched online for how to use gelatin finings and all instructions I came across said to mix with water before adding to fermentor. But the instructions do not say to mix in water. They seem to imply dumping them straight in dry.
2. The instructions say to add 'just before bottling' or 'immediately before bottling' but most what I read online says to add a day or 2 prior to bottling. I'm wondering if the intention in this case is to do the clarification in the bottles rather than the fermenter...
Should I follow the kit instructions and add the finings dry immediately before bottling and give them a bit of a stir?
Cheers,
Aidan
I'm brewing my first ever batch from a kit. The kit came with a sachet of beer finings. The instructions on the sachet simply state:
Add sachet directly to your beer, immediately before bottling, for a crystal clear beer with firmer bottle sediment.
The instructions in the kit say:
For best results, clear your beer with Copper Tun Beer Finings. Add to beer just before bottling. Stir well.
The finings are Copper Tun (a.k.a. Brewcraft) Beer Finings, 5g sachet, ingredients: hydrolysed collagen (a.k.a. gelatin)
2 things have me confused about how to use them:
1. I've searched online for how to use gelatin finings and all instructions I came across said to mix with water before adding to fermentor. But the instructions do not say to mix in water. They seem to imply dumping them straight in dry.
2. The instructions say to add 'just before bottling' or 'immediately before bottling' but most what I read online says to add a day or 2 prior to bottling. I'm wondering if the intention in this case is to do the clarification in the bottles rather than the fermenter...
Should I follow the kit instructions and add the finings dry immediately before bottling and give them a bit of a stir?
Cheers,
Aidan