Forgot the Protofloc

[adodman]

I was making a JW Lees bitter clone from Mr Wheelers BYOBRA.

Working in the dark in the back garden were I do all my boiling I made the schoolboy error of forgetting to add the protofloc tablet when I added the 10 min hops.

What effect will this have on the resulting beer? I am assuming I'll be drinking cloudy beer.

Would there be any benefit to reboiling this morning bearing in mind I've already pitched the yeast and its started to ferment like a good 'un.

Cheers all and Merry Christmas

Andrew

[Stonechat]

Just leave it. Myself and others on JBK have done this at least once.

When I did it I still got good drinkable beer that wasn't cloudy, but I did barrel it and made sure it was drunk earlier than other "protofloc treated beers".

[wetdog]

If clarity is your concern you could always rack it after fermentation and add finings

[lancsSteve]

What's protofloc? Hmm - shall google it guess it's essentially same as irish moss.

Did the same in my most recent beer - forgetting to put irish moss in at 15 minutes - beer is clearer than ones i've made WITH irish moss! So def nowt to worry about - racking it off and leaving it to drop brite in keg will be fine (no bad pun intended), gelatine if you really need it...

[vacant]

What's protofloc? Hmm - shall google it guess it's essentially same as irish moss.

Try protafloc.

[lancsSteve]

Try protafloc.

that's what google said!

[Mountain]

I've forgot both protafloc and Irish moss on numerous occasions and to be honest I've not really noticed any difference. Apart from one batch that was a bit cloudy the rest have dropped clear enough.
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As stated earlier, just add some finings in secondary!

[thankyousam]

I've just realised (sat at work in my lunch break) that I forgot to add the Protafloc to the boil last night. I have been leaving my earlier brews in primary for a week, then transferring to secondary for another week before bottling as I don't have a keg. Will I be OK to add finings into the secondary? Any recommendations on what to go for?

[Billy Hunt]

I forgot to add Irish Moss in my recent Styrian Stunner brew and though the brew was a tad more cloudier than my other brews when it was bottled it was clearer than a bright thing on a summers day 3 weeks later. The secret of brewing is to use plenty of positive waves when your brewing and everything will be okay.

[Mitchamitri]

I have forgotten the protafloc before, and ironically remembered it for a wheat beer when I was supposed to forget it. To be honest (and I think I may be alone here) I couldn ‘t give much of a toss if my beer turns out cloudy and I think if you forget the protafloc in the first place just leave it – don’t try to remedy it, for everything you do to attempt to “fix” it adds risk to the hygiene of the whole process.

[harry_mac]

To be honest (and I think I may be alone here) I couldn ‘t give much of a toss if my beer turns out cloudy

Well I'm with you on that one. I'll aim for a clear beer, but if it's cloudy it isn't the end of the world. I certainly wouldn't avoid drinking it just because it wasn't crystal clear.