TIME to FINE?

[Dan]

I have a question thats been bothering me

lets say i was going to fine a beer using gelatine or isinguard, I would get better results if the beer was cooled prior to adding the finings.
please correct me, but comercial breweries often ferment out and then crash cool to drop the yeast out of suspension, then they fine by transfering the beer to another tank, mixing the finings in as it goes.
but cooling a beer to 1-3C will arrest an ale fermention totaly. so you would have to be 100% sure fermentation was finished.

So what does the home brewer do?

ferment out fully and then place the carboy in a fridge for 24 hrs before transfering into another vessle with finings? emulating what the breweries do.
OR
stop the primary a little short, transfer to a secondary in a slightly cooler place and then after secondary is complete. refridgerate and fine?

How do you guys fine a beer?

[Dan]

Isn't isinguard a fictitious place in Lord of the Rings ? Laughing

so thats why my beers wont clear

how do you add finings to the primary. doesnt it churn up the sediment as you mix it in? or are you one of the lucky owners of a conical fermenter?

[David Edge]

How guys fine a beer?

The consensus view of some darned fine brewers at the last Midlands CBA meeting was that you don't need to if other elements of your brewing practice are optimised - unless you want optically polished for Bud drinkers.

[Dan]

i always thought it was in order to rush nature.

how guys fine a beer. edited