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I've done 2 brews now which both have chill haze. My 3rd brew (festival new zealand pilsner) it due to be bottled tomorrow. It is in my brew fridge at 21 degrees. Is there anything I can do to help prevent chill haze in this brew or advice for my next brew if its too late for this one. All the advice I can find is for AG or BIAB brewing. I'm worried about adding finings or cold crashing as people say it knocks everything to the bottom, including the yeast which I will need for carbinating in the bottle. My beer tastes great but I would just like it to be clear.
Cheers in advance
 
I have had this many times and after time it will clear I have never ended up with the problem after time!
OK thanks
So should I try 2 weeks carbination then straight into the fridge for conditioning or condition at room temperature for 2 weeks then in the fridge for haze to drop out.
 
From an AG perspective, if this kit had dry hops added this may be a possible cause of haze. If it’s chill haze you will have hazy beer at cold temperatures that clears up at room temperature, if it’s hazy all the time it’s something else, possibly yeast.

Time will clear it, I’ve had kegs of beer that stayed hazy for month but the bottles of the same beer were crystal clear, bottles can clear faster than you think.

I don’t add finings but if you do it shouldn’t affect secondary fermentation in the bottle, enough yeast will remain to consume the priming sugar. Only severe (<0.5 micron) filtering stands a chance of removing ~100% yeast.
 
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From an AG perspective, if this kit had dry hops added this may be a possible cause of haze. If it’s chill haze you will have hazy beer at cold temperatures that clears up at room temperature, if it’s hazy all the time it’s something else, possibly yeast.

Time will clear it, I’ve had kegs of beer that stayed hazy for month but the bottles of the same beer were crystal clear, bottles can clear faster than you think.

I don’t add finings but if you do it shouldn’t affect secondary fermentation in the bottle, enough yeast will remain to consume the priming sugar. Only severe (<0.5 micron) filtering stands a chance of removing ~100% yeast.
Definitely chill haze as my bottles are clear before going into the fridge
 
I always put my bottles in a cold cupboard (Not Fridge) in the garage for two weeks and then place in the fridge as and when I want them
 
Clear wort into the fermenter = clear beer out. It is important to pay attention to every step of your process. Principles of Brewing Science George Fix.
Also Charlie Bamforth has this to say on haze.
 
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