mdf191
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Can any store bought (obviously plain seasoned) gelatin be used to clarify beer. Or is it a special kind purchased at a homebrew supply. Made a trip to the lhbs to recently to make a run just for that if i don't have to.
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I was going from a long primary fermentation directly into my Corny kegs. Am I stupid to be adding Gelatin the day of racking into the kegs. I originally thought it would just clear the beer and settle to the bottom of the keg. But now I am reading in other posts that people add gelatin to a fermenter and let lt sit a few days before racking and a jello sludge is left on the bottom. If I am doing this into a keg, Will I end up with a jello sludge clogging my dip tubes and what not? Or will I be ok with my current plan which is heat the jello, pour it in the keg, rack beer on top, chill, carbonate, drink. Or is it not even worth it at this point?
I searched a ton of gelatin posts for the answer to my question, no avail. I put 1/2 packet of Knox in 1 cup cold water. let it sit for a bit. then heated it up, and it just started to boil so i pulled it off and cooled it. i dumped it into my keg, but the entire bottom of the pot was covered in the gelatin substance it looked like. Did i get ANY gelatin actually into my beer? Should i just go ahead and do another cup of gelatin and maybe trying stirring it more to keep it from all sticking to the bottom of the pot?
I used gelatin on my beer to clear it of chill haze, and it did not work. When my beer came up to room temp in the glass, it was clear, but I still get chill haze.
Not sure why people don't attack the root cause of chill haze? Fast cooling = cold break and no chill haze. Cold crash and a bit of patience.
I bought a packet of Gelatin which is getting dusty as I see no reason to use it.
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