Cider123
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I am a rookie brewer (but a veteran beer drinker)
Am I the only guy that doesn't want crystal clear beer? Even in non-wheat beers?
I don't understand the great concern with beer that is not completely clear. It seems that a lot of people are on a constant search to make crystal clear beer. If that is important to you then so be it, I'm not going to knock what other people prefer.
But I have a mindset when it comes to the visual aspect of beer. My mind sees a completely clear beer and thinks...less substantial, thin, watery. Now that might be the opposite of what the beer is really like, but that is what that visual presentation hits me with. When I see a hazy/cloudy beer, my mind goes to homemade, body, greater mouthfeel, etc. Maybe because wheats are cloudy and tend to have greater body because of the flaked wheat and such. Maybe it's because most of BMC is crystal clear.
Anyway, I have some blondes, like the Centennial blonde, and I like that it has some cloudiness to it. The same with my bitters, ESB, and future siasons.
Anyone else?
Am I the only guy that doesn't want crystal clear beer? Even in non-wheat beers?
I don't understand the great concern with beer that is not completely clear. It seems that a lot of people are on a constant search to make crystal clear beer. If that is important to you then so be it, I'm not going to knock what other people prefer.
But I have a mindset when it comes to the visual aspect of beer. My mind sees a completely clear beer and thinks...less substantial, thin, watery. Now that might be the opposite of what the beer is really like, but that is what that visual presentation hits me with. When I see a hazy/cloudy beer, my mind goes to homemade, body, greater mouthfeel, etc. Maybe because wheats are cloudy and tend to have greater body because of the flaked wheat and such. Maybe it's because most of BMC is crystal clear.
Anyway, I have some blondes, like the Centennial blonde, and I like that it has some cloudiness to it. The same with my bitters, ESB, and future siasons.
Anyone else?