gelatine for me from now on

[ColinKeb]

Ive just used isinglass for the first time in my latest brew, used to use gelatine but thought Id have a play . I have to say Ive had much better results with the gelatine, i followed the instructions etc but it was still not as clear as usual. is there any benefit in perservering with the isinglss if Im happy with the gelatine ?

[Frisp]

How do you use Gelatine. I have seen it in my HBS and its liquid but there are no flippin instructions.

[ColinKeb]

How do you use Gelatine. I have seen it in my HBS and its liquid but there are no flippin instructions.

buy a pack of 5 or 10 sachets from your local supermarket, it should be in the cake baking section. when you transfer to the barrel heat half a pint of the beer on the hob and add your priming sugar and the gelatine, stir it in and add to the rest of the brew. leave for a couple for weeks at least and bingo.

Im sure you can get it clearer using isinglass but gelatine is so simple and cheap I just prefer it. especially with a good yeast like safale 04 .

[ColinKeb]

Most hombrewers IG is very poor but properly stored and used it is very good but gelatine will do just as well as the poor stuff if not better and it's cheaper.

There's no other benefit to using IG though, if you find gelatine better then stick with it IMO

cheers Daab, I was also put off by the appearance of the isinglass it reminded me of something that I wouldnt want to drink at all I did use hop and grape stuff and stored it in the fridge but it just didnt seem to do the job, maybe it had got hot during transit or something.

[Frisp]

You should smell the dried stuff, it reeks of rotten fish

I thought that that is what it was --- fish bits

[Jim]

How do you use Gelatine. I have seen it in my HBS and its liquid but there are no flippin instructions.

What CK said, and here it is if you like pictures (half way down the page).

[Talisman]

heat half a pint of the beer on the hob and add your priming sugar and the gelatine, stir it in and add to the rest of the brew. leave for a couple for weeks at least and bingo.
Im sure you can get it clearer using isinglass but gelatine is so simple and cheap I just prefer it. especially with a good yeast like safale 04 .

no way!! i just legged it into my garage quick, grabbed the gelatine packet and read it.

add 2 - 3 teaspoons into 100ml of hot (not boiling ) water and stir well!

How the f**k did i miss this bit " into 100ml of hot (not boiling ) water and stir well!
"

on the last two brews i added it into god no wonder my beer wont clear.... i just lobbed 2-3 teaspoons direct into the beer, lidded and added CO2...

Always read the label carefully, ALWAYS READ THE LABE CAREFULLY!!!!

Bugger

[Talisman]

Ok if i added 2-3 teaspoons of gelatine direct to my brew on sunday and then added CO2 and stuck the cornie in the temp controlled freezer.

would i be best off leaving it as it is now,

or would it be an idea to make up a gelatine mix in 100ml of warm water and open the cornie lid and add this mix in?

[ColinKeb]

aw, your beer will clear naturaly given time anyway so i would just leave it and remember for next time if i were you

[Frenchie Laurence]

Hey ColinKeg, how much of the stuff do you add per gallon?
presumably not 5 to 10 sachets

[ECR]

[ColinKeb]

Hey ColinKeg, how much of the stuff do you add per gallon?
presumably not 5 to 10 sachets

one ordinary sachet of about 10gm shoudl do up to 5 gallons , if you get the stuff from the supermarket you get 6 sachets in a little box and it costs abotu a quid