Do you stir when fining w/ gelatin

[ViciousFishes]

Do you stir the beer in your fermenter bucket when you add the gelatin? I have been sanitizing a stainless spoon and stirring in the gelatin solution into the cold-crashed beer. I was thinking that I didn't want it to simply settle through the beer and fall into the yeast cake. Is there a best practice?

 

[TheCrackpot]

From your signature, it appears that you keg most of your beers. I generally put the gelatin into the empty keg, purge with CO2, then rack the beer on top of the gelatin. This mixes well and eliminates the need to manually stir it.

 

[TheCrackpot]

That being said, if you want to use the gelatin in the fermenter, a brief and gentle stir should be fine.

 

[KKHolidaze]

If I add any finings, I usually add them on the way down, mid crash, and just give a couple gentle rocks back and forth to the carboy. No ill effects yet.

 

[Patrick87]

No stirring/shaking for me. I just gently pour the gelatin/water solution into the primary fermentor (bucket) in a circular motion then seal it back up. All my beers end up commercial-quality clear. Even after 6-8oz of dry hop pellets. No bags either.

 

[ScrewyBrewer]

After heating the gelatin to 150F in a little water, I stir it some, pour it into the beer, snap the lid on the keg, purge it with Co2 and set the psi. No need to stir it to get clear beer in 3 or 4 days.

 

[Psylocide]

I fine in the keg, so I just add it, re-pressurize and purge.

Clear beer within 24-48 hrs.