Finings - do you use them and which one

[stevered]

I've tried Irish Moss and superkleer and isinglass. I popped a Protofloc tablet into a batch yesterday.

To date the only really effective agents I found to clear beer are patience and gravity.

 

[MarkMayf]

I have always used protofloc in the boil. I have no idea of the effect it has though, as I have never not used it.

 

[Covrich]

Do you add finings to Stouts?

I cannot fully remember but I am sure I added whirlfloc to my wits, whether or not it was every really needed..

 

[JapanBrew]

I've tried Irish Moss and superkleer and isinglass. I popped a Protofloc tablet into a batch yesterday.

To date the only really effective agents I found to clear beer are patience and gravity.

I've got tons of Irish moss and EVERY single brew I forget to toss it in. But most of my beers are pretty clear.
Been toying around with getting one of those 1 micron beer filter.

 

[stevered]

A question do you use a hole protofloc tablet in a 23 vif

I used a whole protofloc tablet in a 75litre brew. It didn't seem like a lot but was around the dosing suggested on the packet.

 

[stevered]

I've got tons of Irish moss and EVERY single brew I forget to toss it in. But most of my beers are pretty clear.
Been toying around with getting one of those 1 micron beer filter.

Forgetting the Irish Moss was why I tried superkleer as you can put in in the fermentor. It was not worth the trouble!

 

[mike77]

Gelatin has always worked well for me. I tend to add it when I transfer the beer to the bottling bucket and leave it for several hours.

 

[BeerCat]

Do you add finings to Stouts?

I cannot fully remember but I am sure I added whirlfloc to my wits, whether or not it was every really needed..

I add it to everything since about brew 5. I forgot once and my beer took forever to clear.

 

[Covrich]

I add it to everything since about brew 5. I forgot once and my beer took forever to clear.

I can understand but thats why I asked, to a jet black stout would you add one or a wheat where it will be cloudy anyway

 

[DoctorMick]

I can understand but thats why I asked, to a jet black stout would you add one or a wheat where it will be cloudy anyway

Protafloc claims to extend the shelf life of beer, I'm guessing the others do the same, so definitely worth adding regardless of the beer style.

 

[Covrich]

Protafloc claims to extend the shelf life of beer, I'm guessing the others do the same, so definitely worth adding regardless of the beer style.

Thanks because , like you say regardless of beer style.. it is always listed in recipes.

 

[geetee]

Protafloc claims to extend the shelf life of beer, I'm guessing the others do the same, so definitely worth adding regardless of the beer style.

It extends the shelf life by getting rid of the proteins that cause the haze, the beer will still turn hazy with age if these are left in and most people wouldn't want an old hazy bottle of beer. It's really a physical, visible, instability rather than a taste or chemical change.

 

[BeerCat]

Thanks because , like you say regardless of beer style.. it is always listed in recipes.

Thanks, I didn't know that either. I presumed it was just to get the gunk to clump together.