Q: Will fined beer re-settle if disturbed?

I've successfully fined my last several batches using gelatin, added while the beer is still at room temperature, then promptly refrigerated. I fill two half-barrel (48 l) Sankey kegs at a time, and use a chain hoist to lower them into the kegerator.

Now that it's cold outside (freezing rain here, in fact), I'm wondering if I could get ahead by fining and kegging another couple of batches and chilling them in Nature's own refrigerator. But transferring them to the kegerator would inevitably disturb the sediment, so I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not fined beer re-settles quickly, slowly, or not at all.

Thanks in advance!

Topic finings gelatin homebrew

Category Mac

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In my experience beer fined with gelatin when disturbed does settle out again but seems to take longer than the original fining time. May take weeks if it's already carbonated.

I "think" the reason is that the disturbed particles grab some cO2 and become slightly buoyant.

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