Next Brew Haze Radication Help

[Talisman]

An Hour Later

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[BarnsleyBrewer]

Yeh, your right Aleman, not chill...Mmmm!!
Is it a dodgy batch of malt, could it be slack?

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[Talisman]

Could be a chill haze, although unlikely with modern malts

There is a thread here that mentions testing for a protein haze (ie a chill haze) using conc Sodium Hydroxide (bleach or antiformin would do)

i have a bottle of basic tesco bleach. what should i do to test this, add a bit of one of these beers to a glass and add a few drops of the bleach? or is it half and half to test it?

[Aleman]

I would guess that you will need enough beer to see the haze (Not that it looks to be a problem ), try 100ml in a glass on a white tile looking down on it with it light from one side, then start adding the Caustic 5 ml at a time swirling well each time, if it is protein you should see an effect fairly soon.

Please note that this is a test to confirm that it is a haze and NOT a cure for it

Personally I still think its a yeast haze. try making up 250 ml of gelatine and adding 10ml of it to a pint of cloudy beer and then leave it on the side . . . it should clear in short order

[Talisman]

ok didnt see you latest post aleman.

i was in the garage and did 2 tests.

first i used the underside of a white mug. Put a few drops of the beer onto the side of it and then a few drops of iodophor the other side of it.

the two merged and remained the same colour as the iodophor. no other colour apparent.

next.

got a small whiskey glass and half filled with the beer. started to add the bleach solution i had via pipette bit by bit, saw n apparant change. so topped the glass up with bleach (prob wrong lol) and although it did get clearer i assume that was due to a near 50/50 ratio of beer to bleach..

and no, im not now drinking it lol.

although i am drinking the pint of styrian stunner and it is rather delicious.

[Talisman]

if you think it is yeast haze, whats the best solution to over come this, not with this beer, but the next brew? ive used safale s-04 yeast for all my brews so far.