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Have we ever discussed gelatin here before?
On another forum, we have been discussing gelatin for a little while, so I decided to gel my last 2 kegs. I put 1 packet of regular grocery store baking aisle gelatin into 1/2 cup cold water. Meanwhile I boil 1/2 cup hot water, and let them both sit for 15 minutes. After the gelatin has bloomed, and the hot has cooled some, I combine, stir, and dump into a chilled keg. Do my 2 minute, jumpstart carb drill, then once it is ready to serve in a few days, the first few pints pour super cloudy, then instantly crystal beer.
I did this with a gueze, and the bruguru M&J amber, no cold crashing, no secondary, (except the gueze but that was for blending not clearing)
Results: 
We haven't really discussed it much here.
And no effects on flavor, specifically hop flavors or aromas?
Of course the two styles you did weren't incredibley hoppy.
Sounds cool. I wanted to try this with a cider I have kegged too.
No effects on flavor at all.
However the M&J clone does taste like orange J-ello, does that count?
I used it in a beer once but I couldn't get it to bloom. I ended up with a bunch of little gelatin granules in the bottoms of every bottle that would never firmly settle. That beer placed in a competition a while back and there wasn't any mention of off flavors or question of the extra sediment. I've been meaning to try it again but I just haven't.
Thirsty, looks great! This technique would be great to do in secondary or even better yet in the primary before racking to secondary or the keg. This way there is no super cloudy beer poured from the keg. Any thoughts on this? Cheers!
From what I have read, it works best in cold beer. If doing a secondary for other purposes, (dryhop fruit add) it would prbably be the ideal time. Cold crash the secondary for a couple days, gel it, then rack off the clear beer.
I sort of did this so I can comfortably skip the secondary, and get uber clear beer anyhow. Which is what I got. Dumping a pint or 2 dosnt bother me, (I usually drink the second one cloudy and pulpy anyhow) but the return for clarity comes so much quicker.
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