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Foxedinco

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I have a bit of a situation this is the first time I’ve used flavoring I made an extract Amber. Had a good hot and cold break, used whirlfloc, strong primary, racked to secondary. After secondary the beer was very clear. I then transferred to serving keg and added blood orange flavoring. Now that it is at serving temps it looks more like unfiltered cider rather than beer. Any help where I went wrong would be greatly Appreciated
 
I have a bit of a situation this is the first time I’ve used flavoring I made an extract Amber. Had a good hot and cold break, used whirlfloc, strong primary, racked to secondary. After secondary the beer was very clear. I then transferred to serving keg and added blood orange flavoring. Now that it is at serving temps it looks more like unfiltered cider rather than beer. Any help where I went wrong would be greatly Appreciated

You didn't need to go to secondary although that has nothing to do with the haze you are seeing. If you had good clarity when it went to the keg but is now hazy you are probably seeing "chill haze" which is caused by the proteins in the beer. Keep the keg stationary and chilled and those should settle out in a couple days. Colder is better for this so if you can get the keg to near freezing the proteins will settle and never come back if you raise the temperature to the proper serving temp. Make sure you don't freeze the keg doing this.
 

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