Bentonite in brewing?

[Stigmond13]

I always add a ton of hops both in the boil and dry hop which always seems to result in a hazy beer. Not a problem as taste is what it's all about but I just wondered if adding bentonite in primary might help?

Would appreciate any thoughts before I ruin a perfectly good beer?

Cheers

 

[Stigmond13]

Just read another thread about clearing using gelatine. Better option than bentonite?

 

[nobadays]

+1 on gelatin. I use it on almost all of my blonde/pale/IPAs. Here is a good thread discussing the use (there are many threads!) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=383378

Don
Primary #1 - Joe IPA clone
Primary #2 - Black Butte Porter clone
Kegged - APA
Bottled - Oatmeal Stout, APA, Rye IPA

 

[shortyz]

bentonite, so you just take some river clay and chuck it in the secondary? the wine guys use that stuff dont they?

 

[mxstar21]

It works well in wine because wine because of the degassing process I believe. Degassing beer would introduce tons of oxygen I would think.

I get really clear beer using just Whirfloc, but gelatin works wonders as well. Cold crashing works just as well, if not better than gelatin but I don't always have space to cold crash.