Gelatin for Fining

[duncana]

Hi
My first ever batch of cider and it was looking and even tasting great, until I added some gelatin. This seems to have had exactly the opposite effect I was hoping for and it has turned horrible and milky. Did I add too much, or how long should it take for the muck to settle out?

 

[GigaFemto]

In order for gelatin to work you need to drop the beer temperature as low as you can get it (within a couple of degrees of freezing) so the gelatin can settle to the bottom and pull all the other things down with it. I only tried gelatin once and was not impressed enough with the results to do it again.

--GF

 

[duncana]

Thanks GF. I'm going to battle to get it that chilled living where I do.