About a month ago I brewed an IPA and a Brown ale and pretty much from the start of fermentation to finish both were extremely cloudy/hazy. In the past I have always chilled my wort down to room temp before pinching the yeast as quick as I could and everything worked out fine. I thought I would try something a little different on both of these batches and let it cool to room temp over night then pinch the yeast. Probably a horrible idea and now I'm paying the price with cloudy/hazy beer. I would imagine everyone is going to say it is chill haze, but it was cloudy even in the secondary before I cold crashed in the kegs. After 10 days in the primary and another 10 days in the secondary I transferred them into the kegs and started carbing them. This was three days ago and they both still are extremely hazy. I plan to let them go for another couple weeks. They both taste fine (nothing great, but fine). Will this haze ever go away? On a side note I noticed that my FG readings were lower than normal as well. Is this a sigh of wild yeast activity and also what might be causing the haze?
Very cloudy/hazy beer
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ABVIBUSRM
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what yeast?
ABVIBUSRM
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That stuff takes its time clearing out..its a low floccer..no worries if you can cold crash if not let it sit and it will eventually flocc out
ABVIBUSRM
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check the gravity when its stable cold crash if you can
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ABVIBUSRM
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Its needs longer..you should try some gelatin..1 tsp unflavored to 1/3 cup of water..let it bloom for 30 mins..then put it in the mircowave for 15 scond bursts until it gets clear..dont boil and just dump it in the cold keg and report back in 5 days
ABVIBUSRM
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And remember chill haze is very common and takes longer to drop then yeast but if you do the gelatin it will clear both in 1 week bright
I was thinking about trying gelatin, but this is in a sanke keg carbing. I guess I could depressurize it and try to force it through the stem. If I don't use gelatin do you think that it will clear out with time just cold conditioning?
ABVIBUSRM
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oh yeah it will clear with time..Some yeast strains like 1388 take weeks to fully clear at below freezing temps..I would lager that brew for a couple weeks and while you are waiting for it brew more to build a pipeline..your patience will be rewarded
ABVIBUSRM
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oh and if you can get the beer temp to like 32*F and just forget it for a few weeks
ABVIBUSRM
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post a pic of a pint in a few weeks..i wanna see how it turns out..cheers
ABVIBUSRM
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yeah its probably starch haze..how does it taste?
Starch haze will come from incomplete conversion, and will not clear up.
Starch haze isn't from lack of a cold (or hot) break, though.
I know some no-chill brewers do get clear beer, but if I haven't had a good cold break, my beer doesn't clear very well at all.
Whirlfloc in the kettle helps, especially if you get a good cold break, for that kind of haze.
ABVIBUSRM
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If it tastes fine the only thing to do is chug it down and gear up for the next brew..starch haze will not go away but as long as its drinkable its not a failed batch..I know have a bright clear beer is very nice but cloudy beer that tastes fine is A ok..cheers Noty dont stress it
