Irish Moss / Whirlfloc @ Bottling?

[BrewmanBeing]

I have a distant memory of solving this problem in the past, and I thought I did it with Irish Moss boiled along with my priming solution, causing the bottle conditioning sediment to stick to the bottom of the bottle and resulting in a sediment free complete pour from the bottle while still allowing a relatively easy cleaning with agitation. I will experiment and report back my findings. If I ruin my beer it's my own fault but if this works, I want credit dammit.:rockin:

 

[homebrewer_99]

Why not? Is there some kind of taste impact or stability. I just used isinglass for the first time, seem like it did the job, secondary cleaned pretty nicely.

No problem with taste or stability.

I found that it floats about an inch from the bottom of the bottle...that's wasteful...

 

[homebrewer_99]

...So is there anything that isn't either from an animal or synthetic that I can add to my beer prior to bottling to assist in clarification in the bottle?...I seem to remember having success with Irish Moss in this regard but don't want to risk it since I am not sure. Perhaps some experimentation is in order.

As long as it's not a Weizen, I use Irish Moss...it's algae. What's more natural than seaweed? Just use it in the boil.

 

[boo boo]

Yeah, you could filter your brew.

 

[Evan!]

Brewman:

Here's an idea that might save you alot of ruined beer---

Rack into your bottling bucket. Then, rack a small amount of that (4-8 bottles worth) into a sterilized container. Then, measure out your priming sugar, and separate it into two batches: one big batch that you'll use for the main portion of the beer, and one small batch that you'll use for the 4-8 experimental bottles.

When you boil your priming solution, do two boils, and add moss to the small batch, just a little bit. Then, mix the solutions in accordingly, and you have yourself a control batch and a test batch. If those few test bottles end up with good floc properties and no apparent taste or smell problems from the moss, then consider your experiment a success.

 

[david_42]

Bentonite (mud)

Bison Brewing claims to use a vegan fining (koppaklear) , but I cannot find any reference to the product except on their website. I was never impressed with their beers anyway.

Or get a filtering setup!

 

[BrewmanBeing]

Brewman:

Here's an idea that might save you alot of ruined beer---

Rack into your bottling bucket. Then, rack a small amount of that (4-8 bottles worth) into a sterilized container. Then, measure out your priming sugar, and separate it into two batches: one big batch that you'll use for the main portion of the beer, and one small batch that you'll use for the 4-8 experimental bottles.

When you boil your priming solution, do two boils, and add moss to the small batch, just a little bit. Then, mix the solutions in accordingly, and you have yourself a control batch and a test batch. If those few test bottles end up with good floc properties and no apparent taste or smell problems from the moss, then consider your experiment a success.

Thanks for the advice Evan! I won't have anything to bottle for another week or so, but in a month I will post back with the results. I plan to try bentonite on some bottles as well.