Hey guys. I brewed this guy up (extract version with steeped carapils) last Saturday, which was 6 days ago and I decided to use some knox gelatin for fining and thought I would share my results. Anyway, since I'm a scientist I have everything well documented, so here is exactly what I did
(1) Brew day June 1st. OG 1.043 (Us-05 yeast)
(2) Primary fermented @ 68F for 4 days until 1.010 FG
(3) Racked to corny and chilled for 24 hours
(4) After 24 hours of chilling, began fining with 1 packet of knox gelatin
-see first image
(5) After 24 hours of fining (today, June 7th) , pulled off 8 oz at a time
-see images 2-4
The point of this post was to show how effected the gelatin fining was. If you compare the first and last image (excuse poor smartphone quality images) you can easily tell that much of cloudyness went away in just 24 hours. I'm sure as it continues to sit in my kegerator it will get even clearer, but I was very surprised at the effectiveness of the gelatin.
So, basically in 6 days I produced an absolutely fantastic brew that is relative clear. I'm sure it will continue to clear up as I chill it and it will taste better every day. Also, It has only been carbing for ~24 hours, so it will obviously taste better after full carb cycle.
Anyway, love the recipe and will be making again in the near future, as I'm sure this one will be gone by the end of next weekend's barbecue I'll try to remember to post another follow-up image after it has cleared a few more days.
Thanks BM!!