Beer Making
A variety of finings suitable for clearing Beer and Cider.
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Auxiliary Finings
£1.95More information
This fining agent, which is based on an inorganic silicate, assists the action of Isinglass giving an added polish to beer.
It is used at the rate of 40 to 60ml per 25 litres and needs to be dispersed thoroughly in the beer at the end of fermentation.
It is important that auxiliary finings are not mixed with isinglass before being added as this will nullify the fining ability of both products. Once the first fining agent has been fully dispersed into the beer the second can be added immediately and mixed in.
Bottle size 250ml -
Brupaks Dried Isinglass Beer Finings - 20g
£3.50More information
Dried Isinglass is effective at removing yeast cells from suspension in beer. It needs to be prepared at least 24 hours before use by blending 1 teaspoon of dried isinglass with 500ml of water until a smooth homogenous blend is achieved. Used at the rate of 250ml of this mixture per 25 litres of beer, any unused prepared finings can be kept in a refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
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Brupaks Isinglass Paste
£6.75More information
Isinglass Paste has the great advantage in that it is much easier to prepare than Dried Isinglass. It is commonly used in commercial breweries but so far has been largely ignored by craft brewers, possibly because they are unaware if it's existence.
To prepare this fining put 1 litre of water into a large mixing bowl or jug. Using a hand-held kitchen blender slowly mix in 70g of isinglass paste until fully dispersed. Add 7 g of citric acid and blend for a few minutes. Add a further 1 litre of water and blend for a further 10 -15 minutes. Store unused paste in a tightly sealed container. Ready mixed isinglass should be refrigerated and used within 4 weeks.
This may sound hard but it is much easier than using dried isinglass!
The prepared isinglass should be used at the rate of 200 - 500ml per 25 litres. Disperse thoroughly in either the conditioning tank or cask.
Pack Size 200g Isinglass Paste and 20g of Citric Acid -
Harris Beerbrite Sachet
89pMore information
This sachet of finings comes in a dried form sufficient to fine 40 pints. It needs to be thoroughly mixed into half a cupful of water for 1 minute and stood for 15 minutes before adding to the beer. Its active ingredients are Silica Hydrogel and Natural Collagen.
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Irish Moss - 25g
£1.40More information
This is not actually a Moss, and may well not be Irish either! It is in fact extracted from Carragheen, a dried seaweed, and is commonly used as a 'copper fining'. Historically it was added to the coal or wood fired open copper boiling vessel during the last 20 minutes of the boil.
The Irish Moss supplies negatively charged colloids which attract the positively charged proteins, which coagulate and fall out of solution. There is also a residual auxiliary finings effect. -
Irish Moss - 50g
£2.70More information
This is not actually a Moss, and may well not be Irish either! It is in fact extracted from Carragheen, a dried seaweed, and is commonly used as a 'copper fining'. Historically it was added to the coal or wood fired open copper boiling vessel during the last 20 minutes of the boil.
The Irish Moss supplies negatively charged colloids which attract the positively charged proteins, which coagulate and fall out of solution. There is also a residual auxiliary finings effect. -
Protofloc Copper Finings
£3.95More information
This is a blend of seaweed extracts. It should be used at a rate of 1 level teaspoon per 25 litres of wort and added 15 minutes prior to the end of the boil. It helps to achieve a good coagulation of unstable proteins enabling rapid settling of both hot and cold breaks.
Pack size 50g -
Ritchie Isinglass Beer and Wine Finings
from £1.75More information
These Isinglass finings are used at the rate of 10ml (2 teaspoons) to clear 4.5l of beer or wine.
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Young's Beer Fining Sachet - Liquid
95pMore information
