Clear Beer!

[the red devil]

Hi All,
Been having a spot of bother in clearing some of my bottle beers so i purchased some Isinglas but there are no instructions on the bottle
Problem for me is, when to add, how much, and does it kill the yeast

[yashicamat]

I may be wrong here (as I don't use isinglass), but I believe isinglass makes the yeast sediment more fluffy and unstable; not a good characteristic in a bottled beer as it's going to be harder to pour.

If your beers aren't clearing in the bottle after several weeks, I'd almost put money on it not being the yeast causing the haze. Have you tried kieselsol? This is an auxillary fining which I find doesn't affect the sedimentation of the yeast but does help drop out any proteins.

[the red devil]

Thanks for the info.
Can i buy this kieselsol at any supplier?

[the red devil]

Thanks Chris,
I think it may be the water as i was using a lot of bottle water with a low calcuim content. I've changed it now and am using more filltered water. Our water here in Norwich is quite hard.

[6470zzy]

I thought that I would share a particularly interesting article on beer haze with you all, it is definitely worth the the to read it ,
quite insightful really.

http://www.brewerssupplygroup.com/FileC ... 5B1%5D.pdf

Cheers