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[ncbeerbrewer]

Agreed +1 on Zym and Earth comment. Looks like a mighty fine start to fermentation. Let it roll and enjoy it too. Have a few brews as well.

[3rd party JKor]

I haven't had any problems with cloudiness I think b/c I do an extended secondary in my beer fridge. Here is a pic of my AIPA, note how it's pretty easy to see the "boob light" through the glass. Thanks to my friend Todd for helping me kick that keg last night ;)note: this is a 13.5 SRM beer.

Not to be the ass here (), but I would consider that beer to be fairly cloudy, unless the camera is playing tricks. Keep in mind, I'm going for crystal clear on my beers. I'm not quite there yet, still having some chill haze problems. I would consider the beer below cloudy:

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Not to be the ass here (), but I would consider that beer to be fairly cloudy, unless the camera is playing tricks. Keep in mind, I'm going for crystal clear on my beers. I'm not quite there yet, still having some chill haze problems. I would consider the beer below cloudy:

I've seen commercial beers that have more haze than that!Part of that picture is the camera playing tricks yes. Part of it is that it's a pretty dark beer and that alone is enough to make it a little hard to see through. Part of it is that apparently I'm less concerned with some level of haze.For instance, here is an MLPA (the camera is more focused on the background but you can pretty easily see my grill through the beer). This is pretty much the standard amount of clearness I get:

[3rd party JKor]

The little bit of haze doesn't really bother me, it just something that I know I can improve in my process. I just think that a crystal clear beer, in most cases, is much more impressive than one that has even a slight haze.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

The little bit of haze doesn't really bother me, it just something that I know I can improve in my process. I just think that a crystal clear beer, in most cases, is much more impressive than one that has even a slight haze.

I figure if you want it that clear you either need to use something in secondary to drop things out (like Ken does) or filtering is in order.

[3rd party JKor]

I figure if you want it that clear you either need to use something in secondary to drop things out (like Ken does) or filtering is in order.

I don't think so. I think you can get 99% of the way there just by your process. Finings can give you that last little bit or help with consistency, but if you're doing everything right in the brewing process I don't think they're even needed.

[3rd party JKor]

While I was leaf blowing this morning I listened to the Brew Strong episode on haze with guest Dr. Charles Bamforth. Really good information about haze in beer. I'd highly recommend it.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I don't think so. I think you can get 99% of the way there just by your process. Finings can give you that last little bit or help with consistency, but if you're doing everything right in the brewing process I don't think they're even needed.

yeah - if it doesn't result in a taste change I'm probably not going to care at this point.