Cloudy coopers

[Jonnymac]

Ok, i have finished about 10 kits now. I would say half of them are coopers kits using muntons brewing extract as a top up. Water is always filtered with a brita, and the first 4 litres boiled. They are fermented between 18 and 24 degrees, with a brewing belt when cold. I always brew at 20 litres. A corny, plus a couple of bottles.
Every single coopers brew has been cloudy. The first, i kegged at a week. It took weeks to clear. The last was in the primary for 4 weeks. I have started using gelatin. I used it at the end of the primary and again when kegging. It has been 3 weeks in the keg and still cloudy. The stuff in the bottles clears quickly.
Now the other 5 kits have been twin can or pouch kits. All clear within a couple of weeks in primary and 2 weeks in the keg.
All of them, both coopers and other kits, taste ok
so my question is, is it the coopers, or the muntons brewing extract? I am about to ditch coopers, as very cloudy beer at 6 weeks is unacceptable to me. I don’t expect it to be great. It usually gets better over time (I usually have 2 or 3 kegs on the go at once).
Please share your experiences or knowledge

 

[terrym]

All the coopers kits I ever did, and I did quite a lot over all of their range, using the kit yeasts some of which are different according to the the kit type, all cleared within a week or two of carbing up, whether they went into a PB or bottles. And I never used gelatin. Never needed to.
If your beer is clearing in the bottles you should be looking why the same batch doesn't clear in the cornies.