Everyones favourite, finings.

[batey1963]

Hello.

Brewed a batch of Nog and it is taking forever to clear. So I thought that i would give finings a go. Bought a cheap EDME stout from wilkingsons. Got it out of the FV into a keg and added finings for 2 days. Then primed and bottled. Drinking after 3 weeks and I must say that it is gorgeous. No yeasty taste. Just tried it with a coopers dark. It has been conditioning in the house for a week and it is clear allready. Can't wait! but I will for another 5 weeks. If i want to Keg my next brew, would it hurt to put the finings in at the same time as priming? Or is it advisable to let it clear for 2 days before priming? Always learning something with this wonderful hobby and any advise would be greatly appreciated.

cheers,
Martin.

where there's a will. There's a relative!

[Beer O'Clock]

Never bothered with 'em myself.
Why add an additional cost when patience costs nothing ?

[bungle666]

Must admit, I'm tempted to chuck some in the bottling bucket next time I bottle a 2 can kit! I've conditioned and drunk 3 coopers brews in the time its took for my last 2 can kit to even start to clear!

B..

[Geezah]

Interesting question this.
My mate gave me a big tub of beer finings from where he works (large commercial brewery), and up to yet I have had no need to use them.
I have just kegged a Wherry, and never gave the finings a thought.
How much finings do you add to clear a brew? Just so next time I have some idea?

[batey1963]

I bought some 2 part Youngs finings. It comes in a small box, i am unsure of the size, but there is plenty there. Probably get another 4 or 5 brewsout of it.

[batey1963]

Sorry Geezah.
1 teaspoon of each fining for a 23 litre brew.

[GrowlingDogBeer]

Finings!!!

Beer is for drinking, not looking at

[Geezah]

Finings!!!

Beer is for drinking, not looking at

Thats my opinion too Steve hence why I have never used any of my freebies, but If I have trouble clearing this Wherry and decide to do another, its worth a tester to compare difference (and it cost me nowt)

[Bobba]

I picked up a Ritchie's 35g fining sachet (for 1x 23L batch). It's mainly islinglass from the look of things, plus preservatives. Anyone tried it before? Tempted to give it a shot on my IPA once it's finished fermenting - always good to tuck in to those as soon as pos to get the full dry hop action!

[mickhew]

I've tried "Harris Beer Brite" on a Wherry kit, still didn't clear. I just don't buy Muntons kits any more.

[Ditch]

I'm with Steve and Geezah on this one. Tried " Finings " Once, decades ago. Did naff all for me then. Never since crossed my mind to bother again. Complete waste of time, money and effort.


As for Mickhew? Coopers does it for me. Simply simple and superb results. If my supplier ran out of my Coopers Stout? I'd probably look at (I believe it's) BrewKit? ~ I always confuse the two. I believe it's BrewFerm that specialise in the Belgian stuff? I'm not into that. But, I Think BrewKit are independent of Muntstruck?

Maybe Mick could pop back and clarify who's who for us? I'm sure he can make anything clearer than " Finings " ever will!

[Kev888]

I've always just waited and not bothered much about haze if time doesn't work.

But for the first time I'm considering gelatine or finings - this year I got my first few cornies, which means I can force carbonate and not get priming sediment. So if I can keg really clear beer then 'potentially' i could actually take a keg or three away to new-year without stirring up a half inch of crudd into everything. Haze is one thing, but too much suspended yeast isn't great and to be honest I'd like to show homebrew in its best light to the uninitiated..

Cheers
Kev

[shazza]

some time ago ,on the "other brews forum",a question was posed regarding scrumpy and clarity(or rather,lack of)and the respondant submitted a most cutting reply to the effect that the offended party should grow himself a new pair of testicles and deal with the cloudy cider like a proper person(don't wanna offend the ladeez)and just deal with it!

[shazza]

Sorry Kev888 had posted previous reply before yours was visible to me.Re;Cornies and Finings...just let the cornies settle for two weeks then draw off(at decent pressure) two pints and you'll have a grand clear beer fit to dash into any gathering.P.S.Do not waste the drawn off beer.

[Kev888]

No problem - I'm secure in my existing balls

But the sediment thing hasn't been my experience unfortunately; it definately gets stirred up into the beer during transportation; not just haze but an actual taste of excessive yeast, although S04 brews are a bit better than notts in that respect. I've not got time to wait for it to settle again at the other end, so kegging clear beer for once sounds like a way to potentially minimise it. I don't really want to try racking carbonated beer, but I guess that may be an alternative.

Cheers
Kev