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  Nov 17 2009, 10:14 PM
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BrewBoard jr member  Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Cypress, TX Member No.: 3,409  |
I brewed a pumpkin ale 2 weeks ago which is in secondary now. I plan on bottling this batch.
I added knox to help clarify the beer but have only done this before when I kegged. I am a little concerned about the beer carbonating. Is the addition of gelatin going to leave enough yeast to carbonate in the bottles or did I screw up? This is also my first batch in about 18 months. So I kinda feel like I'm starting all over. (IMG:style_emoticons/brewboard/eh.gif) |
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Nov 18 2009, 02:59 AM
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BrewBoard active member Group: Members Posts: 494 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Northern Arizona University Member No.: 11,628 |
I don't think it will be a horrible issue but I don't know from experience. It seems that if you give it some time you will be fine. do you have any slurry left?
welcome back! |
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Nov 18 2009, 10:01 AM
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BrewBoard jr member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Cypress, TX Member No.: 3,409 |
QUOTE(Thorhale @ Nov 18 2009, 01:59 AM)  I don't think it will be a horrible issue but I don't know from experience. It seems that if you give it some time you will be fine. do you have any slurry left? welcome back! Yes, a lot settled out in secondary. Does it matter if slurry comes from primary or secondary? We are talking about the same thing right? LOL! And it looks like I'm gonna have to leave it in secondary about 1.5 weeks. Any problem with that? To be honest, I did not pay close enough attention when I first started brewing to see if the same amount settled out without gelatin or not. I only bottled the first two batches I ever made and then started kegging. I'm bottling this batch because I'm giving it as gifts. Plus my keg cooler crapped the bed. (IMG:style_emoticons/brewboard/mad.gif) |
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Nov 18 2009, 10:24 AM
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BrewBoard star member Group: Members Posts: 1,802 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Allen Texas Member No.: 1,744 |
You will have enough yeast left after clarifying to carbonate your beer. It may take a little longer for it to happen but it will carbonate.
You could always force carbonate in a keg and then bottle from the keg. |
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Nov 18 2009, 12:39 PM
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BrewBoard jr member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Cypress, TX Member No.: 3,409 |
Thanks guys!
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Nov 18 2009, 01:15 PM
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BrewBoard active member Group: Members Posts: 342 Joined: 11-November 06 From: Belmont, NC Member No.: 7,012 |
Overall, I wouldn't think that gelatin fining would reduce your counts so low that you couldn't bottle condition. Perhaps you should store the bottles at a relatively warm temp for a week or so to get the yeast going again after bottling. I've never personally used finings for beer...usually if you secondary for a week or two, and rack carefully and/or cold crash your beer, you don't have to worry too much about cloudy beer.
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