weird site when clarifying with gelatin finings?

[beer_me_ASAP]

I made a Kolsch beer for the first time. I let it sit in the primary for two weeks then when I transferred it to the secondary I added some gelatin finings because I heard this helps make the beer clearer. Well after I did this the next day I saw a whitish film on the top of the beer. Did I do something wrong or is this what the gelatin finings do to the beer to clear it up? Please Help if possible? Thanks

 

[malkore]

you mixed up the gelatin per the forum instructions, yes?

i've never used gelatin (never needed to) but I would not expect a white film. the gelatin should make stuff clump up and sink. not stick to the sides at the liquid line.

 

[cdburg]

I would definitely agree that it sounds like you may not have prepared the gelatin properly. If you didn't prepare it correctly, it's not going to be able to clarify the beer.

It's on another forum, but this is the easiest, and most effective method I've seen to prepare gelatin to be used to clarify beer.

The Northern Brewer Homebrew Forum • View topic - Using Gelatin

 

[Fat Guy Brewing]

Try this:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/using-knox-gelatin-1st-time-95053/

Thats the gelatin blooming, but you are supposed to do it in water first, then pour it into the secondary. Probably not going to hurt anything in your beer.