unionrdr said:The flavors will also be cleaner with clear beer. My partial mash beers have gotten a lil hazy of late,so I ordered some super moss to get'em clear again. Needed a new capper to,low carbonation was tough to trace down with so many possibilities.
wjohnsen said:Mine have been clear until chilled. Darn chill haze. No impact on taste that I can tell.
Ha. Whatever the fridge is set at. What is proper serving temp for something like a pale ale?
I 100% understand where you're coming from. After falling into this neipa craze, my boss refuses to drink clear beer. But on the flip side, I've been drinking this style for 5 years, and I have not tasted a clear neipa that was even close in flavor and aroma to a hazy neipa. That's not to say clarity doesn't have a role in IPAs, but it just doesn't work in neipas. You miss the mouthfeel and actual juiciness. Although, many brewers have taken this to the extreme and literally brew hop juice. I had one last night that was almost chalky. Unfortunately, that's what is selling. I prefer my home brew neipa to be slightly hazy, but not thick.Well this is a bit of a necro thread that seems to predate the haze craze.
These days too many care about NOT clarity.
You see it on Untappd or the like in beer reviews.
"Omg tastes and smells amazing but it's too clear! *1 star*".
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I've had some of the classics (Heady Topper and Sip of Sunshine come to mind) that were just old enough to have dropped clear. They were still delightful (and as I've also had both fresh, they were virtually indistinguishable between clear and not clear).I 100% understand where you're coming from. After falling into this neipa craze, my boss refuses to drink clear beer. But on the flip side, I've been drinking this style for 5 years, and I have not tasted a clear neipa that was even close in flavor and aroma to a hazy neipa. That's not to say clarity doesn't have a role in IPAs, but it just doesn't work in neipas. You miss the mouthfeel and actual juiciness. Although, many brewers have taken this to the extreme and literally brew hop juice. I had one last night that was almost chalky. Unfortunately, that's what is selling. I prefer my home brew neipa to be slightly hazy, but not thick. View attachment 608733 View attachment 608734
Yup. I understand the problem. Every brewery I go to understands the problem too, but people drink what they want, and at times are forcing the brewers to brew the haze. I have a local brewer who I visit probably 3-4 times a month, and he doesn't even like hazy ipas, but he says they sell 3 to 1 to his other beer. He loves pilsners and lagers and berliner weisses, but he understands the business aspect of brewing. "Ya gotta pay the bills!"I've had some of the classics (Heady Topper and Sip of Sunshine come to mind) that were just old enough to have dropped clear. They were still delightful (and as I've also had both fresh, they were virtually indistinguishable between clear and not clear).
The problem is that OMGHAZEBRAH fad has gotten so insane that people are serving things so young in such small batches (or artificially inducing haze) that if you don't drink it so young its still laden with hop burn they're not satisfied because it doesn't look like mud.
Simple. Cause everyone is different. Some like it warm, some like it cold, some like it clear, some don't mind it cloudy, some don't like it all.
We now know one of the things that you don't care about. That leaves a whole lot of others that care about what you do not. Not good, not bad; just different.
If you care about separating kettle trub, it seems to help drop trub out in the whirlpool.Ok, so with certainty, Whirfloc is just for looks?
... Hop soup smh...
That's good, because I drank one of the beers I brewed and an hour later I had to take a Benadryl for an allergic reaction and the only new thing I had was a beer where I used Whirfloc.If you care about separating kettle trub, it seems to help drop trub out in the whirlpool.
If you just dump it all then yeah, i guess it's just for looks.
Ok, so with certainty, Whirfloc is just for looks?
That's good, because I drank one of the beers I brewed and an hour later I had to take a Benadryl for an allergic reaction and the only new thing I had was a beer where I used Whirfloc.
Carageenan. I know it was at least originally seaweed-derived. Wouldn't surprise me if it's synthetic these days.I guess it’s akwsys possible to be allergic to the stuff it’s made from. Which I think is basically a couple forms of seaweed?
Thanks. You can thank @Braufessor for his base neipa recipe. I've since tweaked it to make it more personal, but he's the man with the plan. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/northeast-style-ipa.568046/page-146#post-8203827That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen
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