Heffe Weiss to Cloudy

[FaanPret]

Hi,

I entered my first competion with my Heffe Weiss this weekend and scored a 32, which translates to Very Good but with some flawes. One of the flawes the judges reported on was the bear was to cloudy/hazy for the style - apparently to much suppended protiens.

How do I reduce amount of protiens in the beer? Will it help if I do protein rest during Mashing?

Thanks
Faan

 

[JDW81]

How long had it been in the bottle? How far did it travel before the comp and did it have a chance to settle before judging? Recipe?

 

[Screwtop]

Got a pic of the beer??

Experienced judges????

Screwy

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Did they judge your IPA as "too hoppy"?

Seriously.

 

[FaanPret]

It did travel 200k's and no - not really time to settle. Will post a picture later today.

 

[NewtownClown]

A hefe is meant to be cloudy - from yeast, "hefe" is german for yeast. Protein haze can result from a number of factors from the mash, the boil, the chill...

 

[NewtownClown]

This may throw some light on the subject for you
Protein Haze in Beer

 

[AndrewQLD]

What was the competition? Sounds like a local show comp without experienced judges.

 

[NewtownClown]

or very experienced judges who could spot the difference between protein haze and suspended yeast

 

[AndrewQLD]

The beer would have protein haze and suspended yeast as part of its specs and shouldn't be marked down for it unless it was so "chunky you could carve it" (with a Scottish accent).

 

[QldKev]

You just don't want that yeast in suspension in your hefe :lol: :lol:

 

[FaanPret]

This may throw some light on the subject for you
Protein Haze in Beer

This is awesome - thanks a million.

I already found one or two things to improve on - I never return my first runnings to the mash tun - will do it next time, and I think my sparge volume is way to high ....

 

[DUANNE]

shouldn't this be in the first world problems thread? my lite lagers are coming out bland and way to clear, what should I do?

 

[Fourstar]

You want a weizen "mit hefe" not yeast with beer. I crash chill this style for 2 days post ferment and then rack to keg. There is more than enough yeast in suspension to give the right appearance and flavour without excessive turbidity from taking over too much yeast.

Maybe thats what the judge was alluding to?