What are you drinking ?

[jt]

Ok, so What Are You Brewing was a hotty, as topics go.

Now I'm 15 pints into a keg I only filled on Tuesday and wondering if anyone else has a favourite at the moment ?

It's my second brown with US-Oh05 and it's better than the forst, maybe Ikept the temps down a bit during the scorcher we had in januray

[JoKing]

You forgot about +ion Kappa Carageenan derivatives from the addition of pubes James.... cant forget those!

Otherwise there's no point getting naked in the 1st place!

[Stu McKinlay]

Do you have to play a particular tune on the immersion chiller? Please don't say Kenny G!

[JoKing]

"Clear up sleepy Jean.... Oh what can it mean... To a...... Murky beer brewer... and a..... pisshead to boot???"

To the tune of Day Dream Believer by the Beatles.

[MrC]

How long did you say your immersion chiller is? You seem to have to blow it pretty hard to get decent tune out of it?

I can't help but wonder where the other end is!

[Stu McKinlay]

Daydream Believer was The Monkees. Although Atomic Kitten covered it a few years... maybe you're thinking of them when you're blowing that horn.

[MrC]

Ohhhh! Beef skin! So that's what I was missing.

I've been thinking of doing a test and fining with gelatine so I'd be keen to see those steps. Do you reckon it would still carbonate in the bottle?

[JoKing]

Without doubt... I'll forward the message to you once I find it.

[JoKing]

I cant find it mate - James can you help?

Maybe I'll blog these steps - but I dont forsee doing any clear beers for the next month or 2.

[James P]

Joe, sent you a PM. Mr C added you as a friend, as I couldn't send you a PM!!

[JoKing]

Just so it doesn't seem like there is any cloak and dagger going on here - and in the name of good sportsmanship... Here is a bit of the good word... Minus the pubes...

So, I guess that you want the beer clear, so this is what I'd do. In order (of course).

1, Don't bother with racking to secondary.
2, Chill the beer to 0 - 2 degrees if possible.
3, Leave chilled for 2 days to ensure thorough chilling.
4, Prepare your gelatine with 250mls WARM water and 1/2 teaspoon of oradnary gelatine mixed to a liquid.
5, Pour into beer, and stir in very well to ensure gelatine is well dispersed to beer.
6, leave for 2 more days for yeast to settle out and keg as usual.

And thanks for fishing this out of the Archives, James!

[MrC]

WIll that leave enough yeast to carbonate with priming sugar (bottled)?

[JoKing]

Definately.