chill haze

[reco]

why do i keep getting chill haze and how can i prevent it ?

 

[todd_k]

when you are done boiling the wort, cool it down as fast as possible. I fill up the bathtub with cold water and put the brewpot in and far as I can.

 

[reco]

i dont do a boil i make it for extract

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

A couple more things:
1) If you have unconverted starch in your recipes you will have a permanent chill haze no matter what you do. If you're doing extract brews this probably isn't an issue, but if you're using grains or doing all-grain you need to make sure you either mash grains that must be mashed or avoid them all together.
2) I have found cold conditioning to be the most effective beer clarifier. Once the bottle are carbonated place them in the fridge and let them sit. The cold will precipitate the compounds giving you chill haze and they will settle out. If the beer is warm they will not precipitate and hence not settle.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

i dont do a boil i make it for extract

Well, forget what I said before...this is your problem. By not boiling you are leaving a ton of coagulable protein in your beer which will be difficult to get rid of and is what causes your chill haze.

 

[reco]

o ok thanks but can i do a boil with extract even thow the instructions say not to and get rid of the chill haze?

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I really don't have any experience with those no-boil kits so can't say with any certainty.

 

[reco]

o ok thanks anyway thats all i can get from my home brew store here she more in to wine kits then anything else so i guess i get what i can

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Well, the good news is that chill haze (so long as it's not starch, and it isn't in your case) is purely an aesthetic issue. It doesn't affect your beer at all. I don't worry too much about it; if my beer sits long enough in the fridge it's not an issue anymore, and if it doesn't at least I enjoyed drinking it.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

I don't see why canned liquid extract would be any different than the bulk liquid extract you can buy at lhbs or online and they tap from a barrel into a milk jugg-ish type thing... ? I've seen an opened can of liquid extract and it looked the same as the bulk liquids (not canned) I sometimes use in a midwestsupplies.com kit or something. And you are required to boil the midwest lme for an hour...

I'm sure you can boil this extract. Not sure if it will do anymore good to kill the chill haze, but couldn't hurt.

I try to stick to DME whenever possible.

Anyway, I wouldn't know because I've never used it, but I think irish moss added at the end of the boil may help with chill haze. Otherwise, I just cold condition in fridge for a minimum 2 weeks before drinking and usually I have pretty clear beers.

 

[fezzman]

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I'm sure you can boil this extract. Not sure if it will do anymore good to kill the chill haze, but couldn't hurt.

If it is a pre-hopped extract, couldn't boiling it kill some of the hop flavor/aroma?

 

[RoaringBrewer]

I don't know much about pre-hopped extract (other than its best to use regular extract and fresh hops), but I'm guessing the hops within would behave similar to fresh hops. If you boil 45-60 mins, you'll obtain bitterness from them. If you boil 10-15, flavors. If you boil 1-3 or don't boil at all, aroma.

Boiling hops (depending on length) will definitely extract some different qualities than not boiling (basically dry-hopped), but that might not be a bad thing? I've never heard good things about pre-hopped and its probably b/c there is very little bittering quality in the hops due to not boiling...

 

[homebrewer_99]

If you're worried your brew looks "nasty" in front of your friends you can serve your beer out of ceramic mugs...you can't see it...

 

[billc68]

If you're worried your brew looks "nasty" in front of your friends you can serve your beer out of ceramic mugs...you can't see it...

And even though I rarely drink from ceramic, I do believe it tastes a little better out of ceramic when I do drink it that way.

 

[Malticulous]

There are some finings that go into the fermenter.
http://www.annapolishomebrew.com/shopclarifiers.asp
I haven't used them. I cold crash beers that I want to be bright. Apparently they can be very effective. I bought some gelatin over a year ago. I think I will use some of it soon.

 

[homebrewer_99]

o ok thanks anyway thats all i can get from my home brew store here she more in to wine kits then anything else so i guess i get what i can

She? You're not talking about Camp McClellen in Davenport, IA are you?

 

[azscoob]

She? You're not talking about Camp McClellen in Davenport, IA are you?

I wouldnt hold your breath waiting for a response, they havent posted here since 2006
this thread is back from the grave!

 

[Pommy]

*long thorough response deleted*

Didnt realise the thread was so old

 

[homebrewer_99]

I wouldnt hold your breath waiting for a response, they havent posted here since 2006
this thread is back from the grave!

Not that I was, but thanks...