Gelatin

[jpeets]

I’ve heard a lot about using gelatin to clarify beer, but I’m unfamiliar with the process. Can anybody help to shed some light?

[pkrone]

I used to use it frequently.  You just get the unflavored gelatin packs at the grocery, hydrate one pack in a cup or 2 of boiled/cooled water, and add.  I’d usually add it to my keg at kegging time after I’d cold crashed the beer in the fermenter for a few days.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

This method works pretty flawlessly, every time IMO:

How to Clear Your Beer with Gelatin – Bertus Brewery

[Sirfrito (PharmBrewer)]

I cold crash my carboy in fridge overnight.  For 5 liters, I microwave 1/4 cup water 30 sec.  Stir in 1/4 tsp gelatin.  Pour in carboy and swirl.  Let sit overnight and bottle.  Works  really well.  I rack straight from my carboy to bottles.  The gelatin besides clarifying helps to trap the yeast and trub some.

[Philbrew]

This method works pretty flawlessly, every time IMO:

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/06/how-to-clear-your-beer-with-gelatin.html

Yup, that’s the method that works for me too.

One additional point, It’s best to get your beer chilled to below 38*F before adding gelatin.  That’s where chill haze proteins come out of solution and the gelatin can grab them and settle out.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

@Philbrew

This method works pretty flawlessly, every time IMO:

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/06/how-to-clear-your-beer-with-gelatin.html

Yup, that’s the method that works for me too.

One additional point, It’s best to get your beer chilled to below 38*F before adding gelatin.  That’s where chill haze proteins come out of solution and the gelatin can grab them and settle out.

Yeah, and I think he mentions that in the article. It definitely helps to have chill haze in suspension when you add the gelatin.