ssashton
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What makes a beer hazy?
I brewed an IPA recently:
Lager base malt
Caramalt
60g Fuggles (boil)
60g Challenger (boil)
40g each dry hop
Even though I use beer finings and cold crash, it's not particularly clear until I let it condition for 4+ weeks.
On the other hand, I also have a lager recipe on the go:
Lager base malt
Wheat malt
100g Saaz (boil)
15g Cascade (boil)
No dry hop
After less than 2 weeks conditioning the lager is almost clear as a commercial brew!
So what gives? Similar method, same base malt, similar total quantity of hops in the boil. Do some hop varieties create more haze? Does dry hopping create haze?
I brewed an IPA recently:
Lager base malt
Caramalt
60g Fuggles (boil)
60g Challenger (boil)
40g each dry hop
Even though I use beer finings and cold crash, it's not particularly clear until I let it condition for 4+ weeks.
On the other hand, I also have a lager recipe on the go:
Lager base malt
Wheat malt
100g Saaz (boil)
15g Cascade (boil)
No dry hop
After less than 2 weeks conditioning the lager is almost clear as a commercial brew!
So what gives? Similar method, same base malt, similar total quantity of hops in the boil. Do some hop varieties create more haze? Does dry hopping create haze?