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[Salsgebom]

Does anyone here use Biofine in their carboys? If so, how do you add it and what are your results?

[djinkc]

Does anyone here use Biofine in their carboys? If so, how do you add it and what are your results?

IIRC it's a isinglass product, which should be inert but I think that will drop yeast too. Maybe that's what you want.

[Salsgebom]

It's pH adjusted isinglass. Commercially it's blended with beer through a pump during a transfer but I'm curious if anyone simply hydrates it and dumps it in a carboy like gelatin.

[Slainte]

People add isinglass directly to the carboy with good results, so I think it would work the same as that. All that biofine is, is isinglass, some acid (malic I think?) and metabi.I think the reason commercial brewers add it inline with a pump is because they're dealing with a much larger volume, and can't really dump it in through the top of the bright tank. In order to mix it in well, it has to be inline.Just throwing it in the top of the carboy should be fine, as gravity drops it out, it'll take shit with it.

[Recklessdeck]

I'm not so sure it is just a different form of Isinglass...a google search turned up a thread on probrewer that indicated that biofine is not derived from animal products. Isinglass is. There was a link to a supplier's website that also claimed it was not an animal product. I'm not an expert just thought I'd share some info I found.

[3rd party JKor]

I've used it, with good results. It's been a long time since I used it, but IIRC it did work better than Isinglass alone.

All that biofine is, is isinglass, some acid (malic I think?) and metabi.

I believe that is correct. I think I have the container of it at home. I'll see if the ingredients are on it.

[Salsgebom]

Ingredients: Isinglass Finings, Malic Acid, Sodium Metabisulphide, NeosylContains: Sulphite / FishI use this stuff already in 16bbl batches and it works great. I will be using 1.6g hydrated in 1.4 cups of water for 22 gallons of beer and see how it goes. Thanks for the input.

[drewseslu]

The Biofine I have used at work only states Salicylic Acid as an ingredient, but I'll look into it further.We have had mixed results on our Kolsch prior the filter run, but our Kolsch yeast is most powdery strain I have ever seen.

[MyaCullen]

The Biofine I have used at work only states Salicylic Acid as an ingredient, but I'll look into it further.We have had mixed results on our Kolsch prior the filter run, but our Kolsch yeast is most powdery strain I have ever seen.

is it wlp036, lol

[3rd party JKor]

The Biofine I have used at work only states Salicylic Acid as an ingredient, but I'll look into it further.We have had mixed results on our Kolsch prior the filter run, but our Kolsch yeast is most powdery strain I have ever seen.

Does the beer have a headache?

[drewseslu]

Nope, but maybe acne.

[MolBasser]

I hear that some breweries use this to fine there casks, but that is just what I hear.......BrewBasser

[Salsgebom]

I hear that some breweries use this to fine there casks, but that is just what I hear.......BrewBasser

fish in the cask, huh?