If you’ve ever poured one of your homebrews and thought… “Man, I wish this beer was a little clearer…” You’re not alone. One of the biggest things new homebrewers notice when they compare their beer to commercial beer is clarity. The beer tastes great, smells great, but it still has a bit of haze floating … Read more
Does your homebrew taste fine but look hazy or cloudy?You’re not alone — this is one of the most common frustrations new homebrewers run into. The good news is that you usually don’t need extra ingredients, finings, or complicated processes to fix it. In most cases, you’re just missing one simple step: cold crashing beer. … Read more
Cold crashing beer is a technique implemented by many brewers to produce crystal clear beer and improve the level of clarity by removing unsightly sediment and yeast. What is Cold Crashing Beer? It is the last step in the brewing process right before you bottle or keg your beer. It improves the clarity of the … Read more
Although not always the case, most brewers typically prefer making a clear beer over a cloudy beer and nobody likes finding yeast or trub floaties in their glass. For years using gelatin to clear beer has been a homebrewing strategy implemented by many to accomplish this. For myself, I find that a clear beer not … Read more
One of the best investments I ever made at my brew pub was ordering the Bouncer Beer Filter. It is a highly effective and very simple to use inline beer filter that had an instant effect on cleaning up and clearing my beer. They come in two sizes: the standard Bouncer and the Bouncer MD … Read more