Irish Moss - How Much?

[gruntingfrog]

I'm planning on using Irish Moss in my next batch (a Chocolate Raspberry Stout) and want to know how much I should use. I know that adding fruit to a beer can make it cloudier than not, so I was hoping that the Irish Moss would help clarify it.

Thanks.

 

[user 4295]

About 1 tsp for a 5 gallon batch.

 

[Shambolic]

I use 2 tsp. and have had good results.

 

[david_42]

Unless you add the fruit during the boil, Irish Moss won't help. I'd add the fruit in the secondary and use finings before racking to the bottling bucket.

 

[Beer Snob]

Also depends on the fruit. You can get Oregon Fruit Puree and save yourself a whole mess of possible challenges. Whatever you do, you need to rack it to a primary vessle. You do not want to say rack say a 5 gal batch into a 5 gal carboy. You will more then likely get a second fermentation with the addition of fruit so you want to make sure you have enough space or suffer the conserquences (this happend the first time I added fruit... what a mess....).

 

[homebrewer_99]

Since it's a stout (and can't see through it), you don't need IM.

Same goes with all beer that you drink from a ceramic mug...

 

[gruntingfrog]

I'm not going to be starting this one for another 3 or 4 weeks. I'm going to Ireland on vacation, so I'm just going to finish up the batch I have going now, then brew when I get back. This will give me a lot to think about while downing a few pints in Dublin.

I do have another question, though.

Does Chocolate Malt actually impart a chocolate taste, or do they just call it that because of the color?