Cloudy Beer

[adixon3]

I made a Citrus pale ale in June and it finished in July. I racked it to a keg and chilled it down to 36 degrees pitched my gelatin finings and waited
3 days before I took a sample. The sample was very cloudy as I expected because of the gelatin but here's the problem I've drawn off several pints and it's been almost 2 months and it's still super cloudy, I even left a
full glass sitting out to warm up and no change at all?

 

[ColoHox]

Was this an all-grain batch? If so, this sounds like it could be starch haze from an incomplete mash conversion. There is also a chance that it could be contamination. This type of haze is called permanent haze, and it is hard (if not impossible) to get rid of without damaging the beer.

It could also be that you haven't quite dumped all the gelatin from the bottom of the keg. Maybe pull a few more pints?

 

[cooper]

How does it taste?

 

[adixon3]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you but Yes, this was an all grain batch and I mashed for over an hour at 152 and mashed out at 168 for 10 minutes the beer taste great but it still looks like grapefruit juice. I've never had this problem before it's really puzzling.

 

[chri5]

I had this exact same problem recently as well. I think it was from not getting complete conversion as well. We have a recirculating mash setup and the temp in the hlt reached 160 when it was not being watched. I think that made a difference in conversion and is the cause of my poor clarity on that batch.

 

[StMarcos]

Not a solution, but perhaps try a small bit of polymer clarifying agent in a pint sample to see if that helps the sample. It might help you learn something as to the cause. The most important thing is to learn why it happened and to prevent it in the future. Who knows, you might even clear up the current batch.

 

[casualbrewer]

I have a beer doing the same thing. Mashed at 148 and got about 83% efficiency. Cold crashed for a day and kegged. It was pretty cloudy so I used gelatin and nothing ever changed.. not so sure about the gelatin now. It tastes fine, just a bit cloudy.