Inconsistent Chill Haze - Bottles

[Will_the-new-brewer]

So, I found a post on here from 2005 with the same question, but didn't seem to get the answer...posting it again.

I put a bottle in the fridge and was hurried to drink it. It got cold, but didn't have any haze to it. The next night, I put another in the fridge, but I waited longer to drink it...hazy!

Warm, in the bottom and prior to refrigeration, the beer looks crystal clear (other than being in an amber bottle).

Is there a time or temp that creates this chill haze? I have left this bottle in the fridge now for 2 days and it still seems cloudy through the bottle.

 

[Vale71]

For chill haze you need both time and temperature for it to form. And then you need more time at low temps for it to eventually settle out, without the help of filtration or fining agents that is.

 

[filthyastronaut]

Your first bottle may have been cold enough to pleasantly drink, but not cold enough to form a haze yet. Without looking at a source, I believe chill haze begins forming bellow 48 degrees F, and I am not sure if time at that temperature has much to do with it. Would make for an interesting experiment. Regardless, your beer will likely clear if you keep them at the fridge temps for a time. That time can be variable between different recipes, processes, and temperatures.

 

[Will_the-new-brewer]

Your first bottle may have been cold enough to pleasantly drink, but not cold enough to form a haze yet. Without looking at a source, I believe chill haze begins forming bellow 48 degrees F, and I am not sure if time at that temperature has much to do with it. Would make for an interesting experiment. Regardless, your beer will likely clear if you keep them at the fridge temps for a time. That time can be variable between different recipes, processes, and temperatures.

Great info...thanks!