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I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?

KEVIN

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It's been a long time since I did it, but if I recall, it worked pretty
good...

I think what I did was right after I siphoned the beer from the
fermenting bin to the "settling" bin, I made up about 1 or 2 cups of
warm water and clear gelatin (like clear Jello) and poured it in and
vigorously stirred it around. Seems the yeast would stick to the
gelatin and then gelatin would sink to the bottom. Then I think I let
it all sit in the settling bin for a few days before bottling. I'm sure
there is a reference to it in one of my brewing books, so I'll take a
look and see if I can find it.

Scott


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> I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
> crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
> very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> KEVIN
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> wrote :
> I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
> crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
> very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?


I'm assuming you mean its cloudy when its settled, not that the
its the initial carbonation.

Did you add Irish Moss to the last 15 minutes of the boil? Always
worked well for me. Secondly, I always do a secondary fermentation
of pulling the wort off the yeast cake and let it clear in the secondary
vessel at least 2 days (usually a week) before bottling it (I don't
keg). Finally, I siphon that into a seperate bottling bucket before.

Hope this helps


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> wrote:
>I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
>crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
>very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?


1) Pose the question in the rec.crafts.brewing newsgroup.
2) Clarify whether you're asking for advice on what to do
with your current batch, or what to do for future batches.
(If the former, I wouldn't sweat it. If the latter, your
yeast choice may be key.)

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Joel Plutchak

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Joel wrote:
> > wrote:
> >I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
> >crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
> >very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?

>
> 1) Pose the question in the rec.crafts.brewing newsgroup.
> 2) Clarify whether you're asking for advice on what to do
> with your current batch, or what to do for future batches.
> (If the former, I wouldn't sweat it. If the latter, your
> yeast choice may be key.)


2 things spring to mind -

- cold sedimentation (speeds up 'dropping bright', but the beer may
then also show a temp chill haze!)

- insinglass finings; don't ask where it comes from, (& don't tell any
veggie friends!) but this stuff has amazed, impressed & converted at
least one German pro-brewer I know.
good luck,
cheers
MikeMcG (UK)



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: I'm brewing a pale ale using light malt extract, hops (fuggles) and
: crystal malt. I keg it. It tastes great and retains the head but it's
: very slow to clear. Does anyone have any suggestions?

: KEVIN


You really didn't provide enough information!

Use a two-stage fermentation: after the primary fermemtation is complete,
rack to a secondary fermenter. Allow the beer to clear in the secondary
before kegging. This will take a week or two.
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