Silafine: Anyone try it?

[NGD]

Just saw this in an advert for morebeer and got curious if anyone has had the chance to try it? Looks somewhat similar to biofine.

Link at morebeer: CellarScience™ SilaFine - Beer Fining Agent | MoreBeer

 

[Bobby_M]

I think it is identical, not similar.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I've been wondering about this too. Does it work for clarifying beer in the keg?

 

[monksretreat]

I purchased some of this the other day from Morebeer. It does clear the beer, the problem though is I have brewbuckets, force carbonate and need to harvest my yeast.

Seems like this is really made for conical tanks where you can drop the yeast first, then add.

First I tried putting silafine in to keg before carbonation (1 Tablespoon) - it never cleared. Must gave got caught in suspension somehow - and tasted grainy and super sludgy. Won't do that again.

Second try, I racked to a secondary first, crashed it and then added silafine. I also mixed it thoroughly (Ive read it has to be mixed really well) - I ended up using my Quickcarb without any C02, let it sit for about 24 hours. sort of a big pain. It did come out clear though and looked perty.

If I had a way to drop the yeast it would solve most all the issues. Hope this helps someone.

 

[Brettomomyces]

It's pretty much identical, I've used it a few times now and it works really well. Much less expensive. Silicon Dioxide.

I personally love the fact they sell it in the Bettix style bottle, makes it really easy to measure for kegs.