Wicked Chill Haze

[Snotty]

SO I got my kegerator working! Yeah me... And I am learning a couple of things about how to force carb etc. But what I didn't expect was the wicked chill haze that I am getting.

How can I combat this short of filtering? Everything I brew goes through a secondary, and everything I have kegged I have bottled before and have never had a chill haze this bad. And it is also in two different beers, brewed at two different times. So I am really not sure WTF caused this.

[husker267]

Congrats on the kegerator! As for the chill haze, a couple ideas - some of which may have already been done.
- Use irish moss/whirlfloc in the last 10 min of the boil
- Did you force carb by shaking the keg? It could be suspended sediment that will fall back to the bottom with time.
- Since it's already kegged, you could try gelatin to clear it up.
- I try to cold condition all my beers after fermentation is complete. It helps with clairity.

[Jeffro600]

Sheesh! Its beer! Drink it...get drunk, enjoy!! :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

X2 on the irish moss and the gelatin...ive pretty much gotten to the point to where i put the moss in every batch i make regardless of what it is. Doesnt seem to affect taste much if any as far as i can tell but does make a difference in the finished clarity. Ive never used the gelatin myself but hear it works well.

[denverd0n]

The keg, in and of itself, will not cause chill haze. Something else is going on to cause it. Indeed, it may be that whatever is going on has been going on with all your brews, but it is just more apparent when keeping the beer constantly cold in a keg, and serving it that way.

[ColoradoXJ13]

I would guess that most of that haze drops out in bottles. I find that when I cold-condition bottles for a few weeks, then drink them, they are much clearer than when they have only been in the fridge a couple days. You have a couple options depending on your setup.

1. After clearing in the secondary for two weeks, crash cool the secondary (or alternately rack to a tertiaty and crash cool) for a week or two, then rack to the keg.

2. Leave the keg alone for a few weeks, let stuff settle out

3. Don't worry about it (my personal choice)

[Snotty]

I have always used Irish Moss. And had little chill haze in bottles. So this just surpised me a bit.

I am not worried about it, and will most likely just drink it.

If I decide to try gelatin, when do you use it?

[_CJ]

I've only had chill haze on one batch that I can recall, but I think it was from a screwball ingredient. Never used irish moss either. Drink it and enjoy. Nothing beats a pure unfiltered beer.