Permanent Haze In My Beer

[SwampWater]

My light ale has a thick haze which will not go away after adding my usual addition of Gelatin. I use 100% RO water with mineral additions. I don't use a PH meter but rely on the predicted PH from the water calculator on this site.

Here are my numbers for my Blonde Ale

CA - 61.7
MG - 10.4
CI - 76.5
S04 - 85.4
PH - 5.6

Was my PH too high? Would that be the reason for my soup like haze in my beer even at room temp? This is the first brew I have had that will not clear.

Thanks,

SwampWater

 

[LarryBrewer]

What type of yeast? Could be something going on there.

Cool it down real good for a week and see if that helps.

 

[SwampWater]

The yeast was WLP060 American Ale Blend. I have used this a few times since last winter. They all cleared very well with basically the same recipe. Even after 2 weeks in kegs it didn't clear. I did notice that for some reason it was very hazy after the 60 min boil. Maybe I had conversion issues or something. I have brewed twice since then and the post boil was clear as usual. I went to get my Iodine and it had dried up.

 

[LarryBrewer]

That is a tough one. Chill haze is normal for home brewers. If you brewed the same exact recipe then it might have been a yeast issue.

 

[Nosybear]

I'm thinking process. I usually do not use finings and get bright beers. Some questions to help diagnose the problem:

- Are you doing extract, partial mash or all-grain?
- What did you do differently this batch over previous (assumed bright) batches?
- Are there any off-flavors in the beer such as astringency, acidic tastes, phenols, etc?
- Did you use any unusual ingredients such as syrups, honey or fruits in the beer?

If you were getting bright batches before, it's important to localize what changed. I rather doubt your water quality changed that rapidly and in general, water chemistry is one of the last places to look - other possible errors or causes of haze or flaws are much more likely, particularly if your beers have been successful in the past.

 

[pazu]

Found this, perhaps you've seen it.

About the address, looks like you have to copy/paste what's between the 's into your browser url field, to ...up.com/FileCabinet/TheNatureBeer_Hazes[1].pdf

 

[LarryBrewer]

+1 on the PDF.

I might start doing longer cold crashes based on:

Long cold conditioning times (-1°C for 3 weeks)

 

[SwampWater]

Thanks for the replies. I do need a bigger wort chiller though.