A brew ago or so I tried mixing some BeerClear gelatine liquid with beer, boiled it, smelled it and thought 'no bloody way that's going in', so just mixed the finings straight from the bottle with some beer, poured it in, it cleared the beer and didn't seem to have an adverse effect (that I could tell).
Is there a better way to go about making sure you don't introduce nasties when adding finings that doesn't invovle the 'unique' flavour & aroma of boiled-down cow?