BrookdaleBrew
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From my understanding it should only take a few days in the firdge.
Well, I used it for the first time about 2 weeks ago because I wanted my Kolsch to be crystal clear. After 5 days in the firdge, it was definitely clearer than it had been, but not exactly what I was expecting. I went ahead and bottled thinking it may clear up a little more during the bottle conditioning phase.
Anyway, I checked one of my green bottles (as in color, obviously the beer is still young) this morning and it is still really cloudy. I'm just curious if this is normal or if it should have been crystal clear when I racked to my bottling bucket. I'm starting the think I did something wrong and the clearing I saw in the firdge was just from the cold crash.
I mixed a half a package of knox gelatin into 1 cup of 180 degree water, stirred like crazy, let it sit for a bit to "bloom" then poured it into my cold beer per the instructions I had read.
Did I screw this up or will my beer clear in the bottle? I know it'll be drinkable either way and given enough time it will eventually clear on it's own, but I just want to figure out what I did wrong with the gelatin so I don't repeat the same mistake twice.
Well, I used it for the first time about 2 weeks ago because I wanted my Kolsch to be crystal clear. After 5 days in the firdge, it was definitely clearer than it had been, but not exactly what I was expecting. I went ahead and bottled thinking it may clear up a little more during the bottle conditioning phase.
Anyway, I checked one of my green bottles (as in color, obviously the beer is still young) this morning and it is still really cloudy. I'm just curious if this is normal or if it should have been crystal clear when I racked to my bottling bucket. I'm starting the think I did something wrong and the clearing I saw in the firdge was just from the cold crash.
I mixed a half a package of knox gelatin into 1 cup of 180 degree water, stirred like crazy, let it sit for a bit to "bloom" then poured it into my cold beer per the instructions I had read.
Did I screw this up or will my beer clear in the bottle? I know it'll be drinkable either way and given enough time it will eventually clear on it's own, but I just want to figure out what I did wrong with the gelatin so I don't repeat the same mistake twice.