Beer Filter

[Chris Craig]

Kyle: Are you sure that all wheat beers are supposed to be hazy? It seems to me that the wheat beer that I had modeled my cherry wheat off of was clear as glass .

Wait until you put it in the fridge.

[HappyHax0r]

Kyle: Are you sure that all wheat beers are supposed to be hazy? It seems to me that the wheat beer that I had modeled my cherry wheat off of was clear as glass .

Wait until you put it in the fridge.

I've put my clarified beers in the fridge before and they tend to stay clear... I'm not saying that'll happen with the wheat beer but it certainly happened with my ambers and IPAs.

[Kyle]

wheat beer yeast is usually much less flocculant (meaning it stays in solution instead of settling out) compared to general ale strains, so assuming you use a wheat beer yeast it will almost definately be hazy. Also, the proteins in wheat (I think, but I'm not sure) tend to cause haze too.

Also, the only absolute is to take everything with a grain of salt: I would not claim all wheat beers are supposed to be cloudly stylistically, but it is the norm.

Edit: made my post clearer. heh

[HappyHax0r]

wheat beer yeast is usually much less flocculant (meaning it stays in solution instead of settling out) compared to general ale strains, so assuming you use a wheat beer yeast it will almost definately be hazy. Also, the proteins in wheat (I think, but I'm not sure) tend to cause haze too.

I used the ol' standby (US-05)... as I don't really have a stir plate, stir bar, or flask yet...

Anyway, I'm not saying it won't be hazy... I'm saying my others haven't been hazy... But it doesn't matter to me hazy or non-hazy it's still beer