kombat
Well-Known Member
I've been using gelatin to clarify my last couple of batches of beer. It's been very effective, but when I dumped my gelatin solution into my carboy tonight, it occurred to me that this process might be a source of potential oxygenation.
I've been crash-cooling my beer for the past 4 days, and tonight I took off the foil covering, dumped in 1 cup of water with a teaspoon of gelatin dissolved in it, and put the foil back on. But when I poured it in, obviously it splashed a little.
Do you think this is a potential issue? In theory, the only gas in the tank at this point should be CO2, right? So if it splashed, it would only have splashed some CO2 into solution (I'm hoping). Is there another (less splashy) way I should be introducing the gelatin into the carboy? Or am I worrying over nothing?
I've been crash-cooling my beer for the past 4 days, and tonight I took off the foil covering, dumped in 1 cup of water with a teaspoon of gelatin dissolved in it, and put the foil back on. But when I poured it in, obviously it splashed a little.
Do you think this is a potential issue? In theory, the only gas in the tank at this point should be CO2, right? So if it splashed, it would only have splashed some CO2 into solution (I'm hoping). Is there another (less splashy) way I should be introducing the gelatin into the carboy? Or am I worrying over nothing?