indeedproceed
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I've never had to swirl it. But, there are different schools of thought on adding it. I've seen some on here say they only add it while transfering to secondary, like you would when adding the sugar water before bottling, to ensure it is evenly distributed. But, the beer has to be cold when introducing the gelatin. Remember how you make jello...its gotta be cold, or it doesn't work.
Also I would not recommend transferring warm, then adding the jello and cooling, because I think you'd just end up with jello trub on the bottom, and your beer wouldn't be any more clear for the gelatin.
Then I hear about people who just add it, so as the gelatin congeals on the way down, it picks up particulates.
I'm not sure which way is "better", but I can say that transferring to my glass carboy from my bucket, then throwing it into the fridge for 2 days and letting it cool. Then, adding gelatin and giving that another 48 hours clears my beer very well both of particulates and chill haze.
As far as harvesting yeast cake goes, I've never done it anyways, so I honestly don't have any idea.
