Beer won't clear...

[jwbeard]

Brewed some batches on June 8 for a wedding that's in two weeks... Yeah, i know that ~8 weeks is still rather "young" for a beer, and cloudiness is an inevitable possibility at this stage.

I began cold crashing the batches at ~4 weeks to 1-2º C, and gelatined them when they got down to temperature. After a week, they were still cloudy, so I re-gelatined them. They've since been kegged and put under CO2 pressure, but today I drew a sample and the Irish Red looks like muddy water - worse than pretty much any beer I've brewed at 6 weeks, without even using gelatin.

Any brilliant suggestions for clearing them up in the next week or so? Gelatin didn't work the first two times, so that seems a fruitless endeavor. Would letting the beers come back up to a warmer temperature (50-60º) and then back down to carbonation temperature allow the haze to precipitate? I basically have only one more day to do anything substantial to the beers (this coming Sunday) due to work, and was thinking I'd transfer them to new kegs if I could clear them at all...

 

[ColoHox]

You weren't analyzing your first draw of the keg right? That first pull will contain quite a bit of sediment. Eventually the haze will precipitate and settle out, but it may take longer than you have.

Considering a double gelatin treatment didn't do much, I think you are left with trying another fining agent (I use sparkolloid) or just letting it sit at a cool temp as long as you can, then pulling off the settled haze before you move your kegs. Just my $0.02.

 

[hunter_le five]

You may be pulling up all the sediment that dropped to the bottom after cold conditioning/gelatinizing. Sometimes it can take a few wasted pints to clear all the stuff that settled around the dip tube.

Also, have you been moving the keg?

 

[jwbeard]

Yeah, I had to move the kegs yesterday from the fermentation chamber to the keezer... I realize this disturbs any yeast and particulates that have settled, but the kegs are going to have to be moved further than that before being served (hence the hope to transfer them to clean kegs if I can get them to clear out at all).

May try dosing with sparkeloid tomorrow night and hoping it's all clear by Sunday - thanks!