I like cloudy beer!

[harrymanback92]

To the OP,

I'm with you. I generally prefer cloudy/hazy non filtered beers.

However, ive been making ALOT of Belgian IPA's and there yeast kept covering a lot of the hop flavor. I figured it was cause the yeast was just scrubbing some of the hop flavor away.

Then i went out of the country for two weeks, stuck all the bottles from my last batch in the fridge and when i cracked one open upon return, the beer was brilliantly clear; and the hop flavor was there in force, but with a touch of the Trappist yeast character.


So in my opinion, it just depends on the style.

 

[unionrdr]

Yes,style def matters. but for those that're normally clear,I try to make it so.

 

[mamies]

It depends on the beer a lot. I generally prefer the cloudier beers because I prefer those styles. In saying that I never want to drink a cloudy pilsner but the occasional cloudy pale ale looks fine. I like it when it swirls in the glass.

 

[itsme_timd]

Clear beer for me, too.

BUT... I do like a nice DARK beer. Stouts, porters, BSDA's. Oh yeah... but even in those super-dark beers you can tell when it's a clean, clear beer. When they look and pour like motor oil that's just right for me.

 

[Aaron1983]

I prefer beer that is passionately brewed. Even if it tastes like pure @$$, I will respect the effort put into the brew and the heart put into the craft. Keeping in mind, nobody cares for every style of beer. Cloudy, clear, dark, "light", unfiltered, filtered, ale, lager, high IBU, no IBU, etc... I give my opinion when asked, and when it isn't I keep it to myself. Overall, I have had clear, cloudy, light, dark, thick, thin, clumpy (don't ask), highly carbonated, flat, hot, cold, warm, and even a brew made from oysters (see Dogfish Head, some unfortunate soul tried to clone their efforts).

Sometimes the story is more important than the flavor (from a non-commercial standpoint that is). I cannot say I have a preference, but most of my favorite brews are clear in color. A clear color is almost harder to avoid than it is to attain in my experience. In a blind taste test, however, I will likely be unable to distinguish a "cloudy" beer from a clarified beer.