Albert Einstein wrote:Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein wrote:Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Brewzee wrote:Please don't call my beer an inferior product because I don't put micro plastic or fish guts in it. I don't filter, whirlpool or stick it in a fridge for weeks either. It's fine really, just has a little haze in my blonde beers...and cross my heart after all these years... I prefer it that way.
looks artificial like something that came out of a factory. Like white sliced bread.
Albert Einstein wrote:Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Aleman wrote:Very few beers should be hazy, white beers and wheat beers (unless Krystal) for example. Generally most beers, brewed with good brewing technique, should/will be bright. Hop haze is unavoidable in beers brewed with massive amounts of late hops, unless you resort to filtering, although the use of a 'chill haze preventer' will reduce that level without adversely affecting the beer flavour.
Beware brewers that say "Yes it's hazy, it's supposed to be that way, it's craft!!" for they are snake oil salesmen, pedalling an inferior product brewed with a lack of care and knowledge!!
Brewzee wrote:I hop my light beers at around 5g per liter so I don't think it's a hop haze Tim, it's bona fide chill haze, the beer is as bright as a well made beer until it goes in the fridge, then over 24 hrs it gets a haze. Its only happens to the light beers, I use phosphoric acid and gypsum to treat the water,m sometimes Irish Moss, I don't have a fridge to do a prolonged cold crash and anyways I like drinking my beers fresh as prefer the flavour. I've made the same kind of beer maybe 75 times on current rig and can't get it any clearer and I am deeply suspicious that people who do get theirs clear resort to the dark arts of fish guts and microplastics. It's such a quick ànd cheap fix to get around Ale man's comment about well made beer.
CraftyTim wrote:Brewzee wrote:I hop my light beers at around 5g per liter so I don't think it's a hop haze Tim, it's bona fide chill haze, the beer is as bright as a well made beer until it goes in the fridge, then over 24 hrs it gets a haze. Its only happens to the light beers, I use phosphoric acid and gypsum to treat the water,m sometimes Irish Moss, I don't have a fridge to do a prolonged cold crash and anyways I like drinking my beers fresh as prefer the flavour. I've made the same kind of beer maybe 75 times on current rig and can't get it any clearer and I am deeply suspicious that people who do get theirs clear resort to the dark arts of fish guts and microplastics. It's such a quick ànd cheap fix to get around Ale man's comment about well made beer.
Chill haze is a difficult item to identify the cause of and would probably need several brews to work through changing things one by one.
I stopped using conditioning finnings a long time ago, I use kettle finnings though (whirlfloc protofloc) and chill the wort and I started using clarity ferm during fermentation to reduce gluten (I was on a Paleo diet trip at the time), I don’t highly/late hop either and I crash cool (around 0-4C) and store/condition cool (around 8C) and it’s very difficult for my beer to get any haze. In fact it’s so bad [good?] that my Hefe’s turn themselves into krystalweizen after a few weeks, which is really annoying (got to try some unmalted wheat for that).
I should add that I also treat my water in an attempt to meet different profiles.
Rolfster wrote:CraftyTim wrote:Brewzee wrote:I hop my light beers at around 5g per liter so I don't think it's a hop haze Tim, it's bona fide chill haze, the beer is as bright as a well made beer until it goes in the fridge, then over 24 hrs it gets a haze. Its only happens to the light beers, I use phosphoric acid and gypsum to treat the water,m sometimes Irish Moss, I don't have a fridge to do a prolonged cold crash and anyways I like drinking my beers fresh as prefer the flavour. I've made the same kind of beer maybe 75 times on current rig and can't get it any clearer and I am deeply suspicious that people who do get theirs clear resort to the dark arts of fish guts and microplastics. It's such a quick ànd cheap fix to get around Ale man's comment about well made beer.
Chill haze is a difficult item to identify the cause of and would probably need several brews to work through changing things one by one.
I stopped using conditioning finnings a long time ago, I use kettle finnings though (whirlfloc protofloc) and chill the wort and I started using clarity ferm during fermentation to reduce gluten (I was on a Paleo diet trip at the time), I don’t highly/late hop either and I crash cool (around 0-4C) and store/condition cool (around 8C) and it’s very difficult for my beer to get any haze. In fact it’s so bad [good?] that my Hefe’s turn themselves into krystalweizen after a few weeks, which is really annoying (got to try some unmalted wheat for that).
I should add that I also treat my water in an attempt to meet different profiles.
Your hefe going clear could have been due to it boiling for lon enough.... I know it sounds backwards but it happens. Just a thought.
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