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I am running a 16HL finished volume brewpub where we use wy 2565 Kolsch yeast for our flag ship beer and I want to try and get the clarification time down.
Currently I cold crash to 0(32) and let it sit for 2 days, the rack it into the conditioning tank injecting biofine clear inline at a dosing rate of 1.25mL/L. This process usually takes 5 weeks to clarify and because we are starting to sell more beer through our taps and now through a small canning line, this is too slow. I have started to inject a further 1L of biofine in through the sample cock and bubbling co2 through for about 20 seconds a week or two before it needs to go on tap, but this means I am using 3L of finings for each batch of Kolsch.
I have seen some posts about brewers getting low floccing lager yeasts to drop out in what seems like absurdly short times (48-72 hours) by bubbling co2 through the racking arm after adding biofine, but has any one tried this technique with wy 2565?
I don't use uni-tanks, I have flat bottom bright tanks with up stands, so I was thinking of bubbling co2 through the up stand instead to try and get the fining to mix more thoroughly. I will let you know how that experiment works out, but if anyone has any other suggestions to try and get my clarification times down that would be appreciated, other wise i might have to start looking into a filter.
Currently I cold crash to 0(32) and let it sit for 2 days, the rack it into the conditioning tank injecting biofine clear inline at a dosing rate of 1.25mL/L. This process usually takes 5 weeks to clarify and because we are starting to sell more beer through our taps and now through a small canning line, this is too slow. I have started to inject a further 1L of biofine in through the sample cock and bubbling co2 through for about 20 seconds a week or two before it needs to go on tap, but this means I am using 3L of finings for each batch of Kolsch.
I have seen some posts about brewers getting low floccing lager yeasts to drop out in what seems like absurdly short times (48-72 hours) by bubbling co2 through the racking arm after adding biofine, but has any one tried this technique with wy 2565?
I don't use uni-tanks, I have flat bottom bright tanks with up stands, so I was thinking of bubbling co2 through the up stand instead to try and get the fining to mix more thoroughly. I will let you know how that experiment works out, but if anyone has any other suggestions to try and get my clarification times down that would be appreciated, other wise i might have to start looking into a filter.
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