Finings - irish moss

[ManchesterBrewCoop]

I have seen bags of unprocessed irish moss, for small sums. Or powdered stuff from brew shops for large sums. Is there a difference? Is the ground-up dried seaweed just as good?

 

[Brewberoza]

Not really sure but I would imagine one would need a lot more of the unprocessed stuff to get the desired degree of coagulation.

 

[clibit]

Only one way to find out!

Where in Manc are you coop? And what do you do? Did I meet you in a cellar with a cauldron once?

 

[ManchesterBrewCoop]

Only one way to find out!

Where in Manc are you coop? And what do you do? Did I meet you in a cellar with a cauldron once?

Indeed. Have a nearly endless supply of old Westons demijohns, so can split some brews and do some side by side comparisons.

Am based in south Manchester, as is the coop: https://www.facebook.com/groups/manchesterbrewingcoop/?ref=ts&fref=ts
We are a home brew group who share equipment and buy ingredients together, and very occassionally put on fundraising beer festivals. We have a 30L apple press, and aim to build a bigger one from scratch and are growing apple trees, and hops. Thinking about a gruit garden too.

 

[cheshirehomebrew]

am in the stockport area (ish) myself, whereabouts are you clibit?