Why does my tripel get cloudy?
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ChshreCat
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Look up "chill haze", cuz it sounds like you got one.
ifishsum
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Yes, chill haze. It does not affect the taste of the beer, and it's never bothered me enough to bother trying to do anything about it.
ColoradoXJ13
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Leave it in the fridge for a month before drinking, it will be clear again...
+1 for chill haze. It doesn't effect the flavor any though. It's cause by proteins that remain in solution after fermentation. Given enough time, they will settle out during prolonged conditioning. This can be accelerated quite a bit by cold-crashing, though. Ployclar is said to reduce chill haze as well.
Bob
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There are a variety of methods to control chill haze.
Irish Moss in a strong, vigorous boil with good formation of hot break, a protein rest in the mash, and rapid bitter wort chilling with resultant good cold break formation are the keys. If you do all that and still end up with haze, try Polyclar in the bright tank.
Bob
Irish Moss in a strong, vigorous boil with good formation of hot break, a protein rest in the mash, and rapid bitter wort chilling with resultant good cold break formation are the keys. If you do all that and still end up with haze, try Polyclar in the bright tank.
Bob
jkarp
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A little haze isn't out of character for a tripel, to be honest. Many excellent Belgian brews pour a little cloudy.
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