Cloudy / Hazy beers

[Dirty Horse]

Hi

I have been home brewing for just under a year now and still very much in the experimentation stage.

I have used the same method and equipment throughout, but recently my last few brews have become really hazy when poured.

The last batch was a hoppy american style IPA (Magnum, chinhook, Columbus, Centennial). After the boil I put the stock pan I use out in the garden into a foot of snow to chill rather than the usual ice bath - thinking surely this is the best way to chill the wort down.

I then used a packet of finings bought from my local homebrew shop which I used once fermentation has finished.

3 weeks later I poured my first bottle (a tad on the bitter side but tasty) and it was hazy. This wasn't attributed
to sediment as i was careful to keep the vast majority in the bottle.

Any ideas what could have caused this?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

hoppy beers are not clear for most home brewers so your not alone but a couple of ways to get a clear beer is Irish moss in the boil, cold crashing at 34ish for a week or gelatin while cold crashing, this is all done before carbonation if you bottle and is easier if you keg, I can explain further if needed

 

[jeffpn]

You can also do some research on chill haze.