Cloudy Beer

[coops]

I am new to this forum so Gday every one.
I have started brewing my own beer & kegging it. I have done three brews now & done it the way the brew shop owner tells me to. But i cant get it to clear up it looks shit but doesnt tast too bad. I used beer finings to try to clear it up but it only lightend it up. I was using an old fermenter so now i have brought a new onecos its the only thing i can think of. I have just kegs the latest brew & it looks clear but we will see when I start drinking it
Any thoughts anyone
Thanks
Coops

[homebrewer79]

Do you force carb or prime the keg with sugar/malt? If priming that could be the problem, the slightest movement of the keg and all the crap at the bottom stirs up.

And welcome

[timmy]

You could try racking and/or cold conditioning the brew before it goes in the keg. This will help a lot of the protein and yeasts fall out of suspension. The choice of yeast also makes a difference.
The foolproof way is to filter the beer before it goes in the keg. You will need to force carb after this because you would have filtered out most of the yeast.

HTH,

Tim

[Biernut]

Coops: the more crap you can leave behind in the fermenter the better. I use gelatine from the supermarket (cheaper than finnings from HBS) mix in with boiling water in a 500ml pyrex jug, let it cool, open fermenter and gradually pour and stir in a few of days before fermentation finishes out. This results in fairly clear beer. As I rack into a corny keg via the tap to the ball lock and dip tube (The Dr will probably pass out when I mention this), I usually pull about a glass off to clear the trub around the tap at the bottom of the fermenter and chuck it down the sink. As HB says if you are priming in the keg then this is only adding to the problem. I have never been a fan of yeast in the finished product so filtering and forced carb works for me.