Jye
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Believe it or not there doesnt appear to be an official Isinglass thread So lets get some experiences and opinions together here.
I used some MagiFine 300 in a Bo Pils last week and the results are very good and similar to gelatine. I prepared it by boiling 200 ml of water in the microwave and then placed it in the freezer to chill down to 0 C. Added 1 g of isinglass and gave it a swirl to mix through every 5 min for half an hour, all the while placing it back in the fridge to remain cold. Then chucked it straight into the keg while filling.
Compared to gelatine I found it clear the same and remove chill haze but only about half a pint was need to be blown before nearly bright beer started to pour. That being said the clear beer did contain a few clumps of yeast/isinglass for the first pint, so I image the isinglass did not 'compact' quite as well as gelatine.
Ill post a money shot later today.
Cheers
Jye
I used some MagiFine 300 in a Bo Pils last week and the results are very good and similar to gelatine. I prepared it by boiling 200 ml of water in the microwave and then placed it in the freezer to chill down to 0 C. Added 1 g of isinglass and gave it a swirl to mix through every 5 min for half an hour, all the while placing it back in the fridge to remain cold. Then chucked it straight into the keg while filling.
Compared to gelatine I found it clear the same and remove chill haze but only about half a pint was need to be blown before nearly bright beer started to pour. That being said the clear beer did contain a few clumps of yeast/isinglass for the first pint, so I image the isinglass did not 'compact' quite as well as gelatine.
Ill post a money shot later today.
Cheers
Jye