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I brewed a clone of All Day IPA from AHS.

I did AG, and everything went perfect except:
I forgot to drop in the Whirifloc tablet during brew (drank too much home brew during brew session).

After 2 weeks in the primary, the Krausen dropped, but the beer was pretty murky.

I keg my beer, so I opted to cold crash w/ no results after 3 days in secondary.
I added gelatin fining to the secondary while it was in the fridge after the 3 day period.

after 24-48 hours of cold crash w/ gelatin, the top 3rd is clear, and the bottom 2/3rds is very murky (ugly), and it is still murky after 48 hours.

My question is this:
Am I ok to add more gelatin finings to the secondary to drop out the bottom 2/3's of trash, or should I just be patient and wait it out. After 2 years of home brewing, I still have a problem w/ patience. If I had added the Whirfloc tablet/Irish Moss to the brew this wouldn't be an issue, but it's too late for that now.

Any good advice is appreciated...thanks.
 
Be patient. More finings can strip out some of the protein and flavor. If it's not clear in another day or so, then add more gelatin (half-ish as much as before).
 
Thanks for the reply....I've opted for patience.

The murky portion has reduced to below 50%, and continues to fall slowly.

I'm mostly disappointed, because I wanted it to be ready for this Memorial Day weekend.

I'm hoping the rest will drop out by next weekend, so I can keg it

Have a great Memorial Day weekend, and thank a soldier when you get an opportunity.
 
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