Question about using gelatin

[BrewsterT]

What the hell is gelatin used for?

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

It's used as a fining agent to clear your beer. It will drop yeast and protein out of suspension. Don't bother using it for hop particles though, I tried it once and it was worthless for that.

 

[Brocster]

What the hell is gelatin used for?

If used correctly, very clear beers

 

[BrewsterT]

I have some laying around, do you use it during the boil?

 

[Bach7210]

As I understand it, it is best to use it while cold crashing. Boil and cool a cup of water, mix in the gelatin, then add it to your fermentor. Let it cold crash for a few days then keg/bottle as you normally would.

 

[robtotten]

It's true, this is a question about using gelatin!

I'm going to use some in a blonde tonight that's getting kegged tomorrow or Friday.

What the hell is gelatin used for?

 

[ghack]

Bach7210 has it right...Bye bye chill haze :rockin:

 

[skiwithg]

It works best if you chill the beer to serving temp, then add the gelatin and allow 3 to 5 days for it to settle out taking the haze-producing particles with it.

Cheers,
Glenn

 

[carnevoodoo]

It's true, this is a question about using gelatin!

I'm going to use some in a blonde tonight that's getting kegged tomorrow or Friday.

I'll take a blonde and a pool of gelatin...

 

[Sedge]

I love that everyone agrees that gelatin works wonders for producing brilliant beer, but no one ever agrees on a method of use.

Mine: boil and cool water, sprinkle gelatin (not much, about 1 tablespoon or a Knox packet), allow to bloom then bring back up to around 130ishºF. pour into freshly sanitized keg and rack beer on top after purging with CO2 like a maniac. Roll it around while carbing to speed up the carbing and to mix the gelatin thoroughly. Wait a few days for stuff to settle and pour off a pint of gunk before enjoying a crystal clear keg.

Works like a charm.

A fun little experiment is to take one of your bottled beers that's not quite clear yet, pour in a teaspoon of this solution, recap and refrigerate it. Overnight you'll have a nice layer of snot on the bottom of the bottle. That was the little test I did that made me decide I'd never not use gelatin.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

I love that everyone agrees that gelatin works wonders for producing brilliant beer, but no one ever agrees on a method of use.

Mine: boil and cool water, sprinkle gelatin (not much, about 1 tablespoon or a Knox packet), allow to bloom then bring back up to around 130ishºF. pour into freshly sanitized keg and rack beer on top after purging with CO2 like a maniac. Roll it around while carbing to speed up the carbing and to mix the gelatin thoroughly. Wait a few days for stuff to settle and pour off a pint of gunk before enjoying a crystal clear keg.

Works like a charm.

A fun little experiment is to take one of your bottled beers that's not quite clear yet, pour in a teaspoon of this solution, recap and refrigerate it. Overnight you'll have a nice layer of snot on the bottom of the bottle. That was the little test I did that made me decide I'd never not use gelatin.

While this probably works fine, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Just cook your gelatin according to the directions on the box, cool it down, and dump it in a keg. Racking in top of it wouldn't work without the shaking. I've always had good results just dumping it in.