First lager clarity issue.

[Jay1079]

I'm brewed my first lager, a bohemian pilsner. The fermentation went great I hit all my numbers, to keep my first time simple I did an extract brew. I'm at week three of lagering at 32 degrees, the problem is the clarity, it is still very cloudy. Will this go away? Wouldn't chill haze have cleared by now? I don't taste any faults in the beer. Can anyone with more lager experience give me some hints?

 

[Nateo]

Try dropping the temp to 29* for a few days. If that doesn't help, I'd add finings like gelatin or isinglass.

Or, if it tastes good, just drink it and don't worry about how it looks.

 

[Bensiff]

Gelatin is a good idea...when all else fails, time will clear it.

 

[strat_thru_marshall]

Yeah lager yeast isn't typically as flocculant as most ale yeast. You're going to need to convince it to settle out with colder temps, finings, or filtering. I have suffered the same issue and have just gone to filtering on beers where clarity is really important like pilsners.