Can't get this batch clear.

[bennie1986]

I have done nothing different with this batch than previous batches except try more clearing techniques. I use moss in the boil, I added gelatin to the keg after it was chilled, and cold crashed at 35f for almost a week. It's still cloudy as heck, it's just a bitter so it's not the hops. What else can it be?


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[RM-MN]

Extract or all grain? If it is all grain and you didn't get full conversion you could have some starch in there. Starch haze may not ever clear.

 

[bennie1986]

It's AG. I got 80% efficacy out of it and have been mashing a bit warmer these days so I can't imagine that would be an issue.


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[bennie1986]

Could washed yeast have anything to do with it?


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[JonM]

Did you get a good hot break and a quick chill? Those things help too.

Otherwise, just give it time. I bet it'll clear over the course of a couple weeks/one month.

 

[bennie1986]

I don't remember exactly but I didn't do anything different. As far as the chilling I get it down to 70 in about 30 min, like usual.


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[fmr_army]

Filter it through your kidneys and it will come out clear!! Alternatively, you can send it to me and I'll see what I can do...

I have had similar issues on occasion. Right now I have a nut brown that is cloudier than a hurricane and an IPA that you could read through. Same process, same amount of time in cold storage. I put it down to one of life's little mysteries.

Thankfully for me, I don't compete my beers, so I really don't care if it's cloudy - although I have been known to crow about my awesomeness when I get a really clear batch.

If you ever figure out what's causing it, I'd love to hear. Best of luck!

 

[DoWBrewer]

I recently had a similar problem with a reused yeast. I used gelatin and cold crashed and nothing. I dropped my keggerator to near freezing. It finally dropped clear after about a month. I would give it more time. Pull a pint a week until it clears.

 

[bennie1986]

I recently had a similar problem with a reused yeast. I used gelatin and cold crashed and nothing. I dropped my keggerator to near freezing. It finally dropped clear after about a month. I would give it more time. Pull a pint a week until it clears.

See I used reused yeast and wondered if that was it. Pisses me off too cause I have an ipa fermenting with the same yeast and can already tell it's going to be the same issue.


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[DoWBrewer]

See I used reused yeast and wondered if that was it. Pisses me off too cause I have an ipa fermenting with the same yeast and can already tell it's going to be the same issue.


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I knew better than to reuse it. I harvested it from a double IPA. The good news is after a month, the beer is really tasty.

 

[bennie1986]

I brewed a pale just to harvest mine.


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[bennie1986]

here is where i am so far after everything. Way better than a few days ago but still wish it was better.


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[bennie1986]

Here's what I have after another week and a few more pours. I'm satisfied at this point.


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