The beer that wouldn't clear

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ever had a beer that just wouldn't clear? i have a belgian pale ale on tap now that is ugly as hell, but tastes fine. typically, a little haze is fine...but this is just murky. it's been in the keg (cold) for 3 weeks and has been hit with gelatin.

the weird part is, it was a 10 gallon split batch...the other half is super clear. the difference between the two: murky beer got a 2 oz DH and fermented with 3522. clear beer got no DH and fermented with 3711.

At this point the keg is half gone and i'm not that concerned, i just find it odd that it doesn't want to clear.

 

[m1k3]

Dry hopped beers are high in polyphenols, which tend to bond to proteins and unfermented starch in the finished beer.

I've had this happen when I forgot to use Irish moss or whirlfloc and then dry hopped. The haze just didn't want to clear. But as you say it's just a cosmetic issue.

 

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Belgian pale left, saison right

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[unionrdr]

I saw the thread title & instantly thought Metallica. ...drain you of your beer...face the beer that would not clear-dun dun dun dun dah dah dun dah, dun dah...:rockin: