Bottling Help - Addition Of Finings

[markp]

Hi there,
It has been a while since I brewed and I may have made a serious error.....I hope someone can clarify:

I am brewing Muntons Gold IPA.
First stage of fermentation has gone well.
In my persuit of a nice clear beer, I have decanted the beer in to a second vessel from where I intend to bottle the brew. To this second vessel I have added one sachet of beer finings.

My intention was to leave this second vessel to settle for 2-3 days and then bottle, adding light spray malt for secondary ferment in the bottle.

My question is..........have I ruined the brew with the addition of finings at this stage??
Will the addition of finings prevent the secondary fermentation??

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[tubby_shaw]

Relax you haven't ruined it :grin:
Even after fining there will still be many (hundreds of) thousands of yeast cells in suspension that will convert your spray malt into the CO2 that you are after :thumb:
It will though take longer to condition than if you hadn't fined, but there will be a lot less sediment in the bottle :party:

 

[markp]

Thanks for your clarification tubby.
I was worried that the addition of the finings would reduce the level of yeast to such a level that the secondary fermentation would fail.

Thanks again