Adding Finnings?

[Uncle Joshua]

At the moment I add auxillary finnings when I rake off to secondary then add isinglass about four days later. Am I doing the right thing? (I bottle ATM)

[guypettigrew]

This is roughly how I do it, but I keg.

Not sure if you're supposed to use finings if you bottle.

Guy

[scuppeteer]

Auxillary to secondary is fine, but you wouldn't normally add to bottling, only keg. I add 1/2 tsp sugar to bottle, left for a couple of weeks and it usually clears up fine.

[orlando]

I use Kwik Clear, a gelatine and kiesolsol product that is incredibly quick at dropping beer clear, often in less than 24 hours. As I keg and bottle I put this and my priming syrup in my bottling bucket and rack off as usual. I have tried bottling without finings and if you have a yeast that does not flocculate well I find it can easily spoil a bottled beers clarity or leave too much beer behind. I now do it for every brew and have been unable to detect it in the finished beer. It adds a negligible cost to the beer (£4 clears 270 litres, approx 60 gallons) and I know it will always be brilliantly clear.

[Manx Guy]

I use Kwik Clear, a gelatine and kiesolsol product that is incredibly quick at dropping beer clear, often in less than 24 hours. As I keg and bottle I put this and my priming syrup in my bottling bucket and rack off as usual. I have tried bottling without finings and if you have a yeast that does not flocculate well I find it can easily spoil a bottled beers clarity or leave too much beer behind. I now do it for every brew and have been unable to detect it in the finished beer. It adds a negligible cost to the beer (£4 clears 270 litres, approx 60 gallons) and I know it will always be brilliantly clear.

Is that the one that is made by 'harris' for wine & beer?

Now I use corni's I'm wondering about the benefits of fining a keg if I need it in a few weeks not 6-8 it can take for a keg to drop bright ( my main haze forming issues is yeast and I dont think th e tall thin nature of cornis helpsthis process)
Any one fine cornis?
If so what do you use?
Does it have any trade offs - for example effecting shelf life or head retention etc.

Cheers!

Guy

[gregorach]

I use Kwik Clear, a gelatine and kiesolsol product that is incredibly quick at dropping beer clear, often in less than 24 hours.

Yeah, that stuff's amazing. It's what I use if I want to remove the primary yeast and replace it with a bottling strain.

Is that the one that is made by 'harris' for wine & beer?

It's made by Ritchies.

[Manx Guy]

I use Kwik Clear, a gelatine and kiesolsol product that is incredibly quick at dropping beer clear, often in less than 24 hours.

Yeah, that stuff's amazing. It's what I use if I want to remove the primary yeast and replace it with a bottling strain.

Is that the one that is made by 'harris' for wine & beer?

It's made by Ritchies.

Hi
Thanks for the reply - I picked some up from the local 'HBS' (its more wine orientated)

Instructions say 1-2ml per gallon so is 1ml enough or should I use 2ml (10ml in total for a 5 gallon batch)??

TIA

Guy

[gregorach]

I use 2tsp per 22L batch.

[Manx Guy]

I use 2tsp per 22L batch.

Thanks so thats approx 10ml ?
Cheers!

Guy

[Lime Corridor]

I have never used finings. I bottle and everything tends to drop out. Am I missing out on something?

LC

[gregorach]

I use 2tsp per 22L batch.

Thanks so thats approx 10ml ?
Cheers!

Guy

Probably around that...

[winka]

I added finning to my primary after 15 days left for another 3 days then primed in a secondary and bottled. Still not clear so not sure it is worth it for bottling. I was expecting it to totally clear like it did with my wine.
It was just the youngs beer finning though, not the Ritchie's geletin stuff.
Might not bother on my next brew and just try letting it clear itself in the bottle.