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Just to confirm what has already been said, gelatine (like issinglass) is a positively charged fining and is attracted to the negatively charged yeast and pulls it out of suspension. To clear a chill haze you need a negatively charged fining or axillary fining to attach itself to the positively...

agreed B)

Hey DS, if you've done a d-rest and you're simply conditioning/maturing the lager when you say lagering then I wouldn't bother with more yeast. Also fwiw, lagering for 1 Week at -2C is approximately equivalent to 6Weeks at 2-3C. I've never tried this as I don't make lagers but if it's clear you...

their use was continued long after the introduction of mains water and besides, there were pumps available before the introduction of mains water (obviously) so a gravity water cooling system would have been perfectly achievable but coolships worked so why would they fix what aint broke. I'm...

I expect law was passed saying that people had to switch to using their elbows as too many people round here like to sit around with their thumbs up their arses :D

Hi Vlad, thought i'd pop out and stretch my legs a bit :D

Sorry, I wasn't clear, I mentioned the Hook Norton coolships as an aside, they aren't referenced in BYORA (not that i'm aware of anyway). The coolships were shown on the Hook Norton website up until fairly recently, it's a shame they have gone but it goes to show that airborne contamination...

fwiw, here's the voice of considerable experience (and the author of several highly regarded books on homebrewing, including this one... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brew-Your-British-...e/dp/1852491388 ). (iirc the Hook Norton Brewery still use coolships to coole their wort to pitching...

Hi all, I thought you might be interested to see a 16th Century Wort chiller (no water required) Not sure how clear the writing will come out but the cooler is described as a... large lead lined vessel resting on joists to give maximum air-cooling. The liquor remained here until it dropped...

I missed the game too I was just hopping to generate some of the abusive humour you guys are so good at, we love it over here :P Regarding hoppy beers, I suppose on balance I am brewing beers that have a similar GU:BU ratio as some of the hoppiest commercial brews, I just happen to be...

Well I have been here since May last year, I thought I should try and make some friends :D

when you were knocked out of the World Cup... (at least it wasn't the final chaps :lol: ) (tell Ross DaaB says Hi :D )