Unfined Beer or fined Beer
๐ง๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ or ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ that is the question? We are asked a lot what unfined Beer means.
To be โclearโ ๐ There is no right or wrong... this is just our choice.
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Our Story
If you are of a certain age then you were brought up with the sure knowledge that ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ โ = bad beer. This bad beer was from a poorly kept cellar or not selling the beers fast enough and NOT from poorly made beer. These days there is more awareness of how beer is made and how to clear or fine the beer. The most common fining agent is Isinglass, a collagen derived from fish swim bladders.
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Our Decision
After much deliberation and consideration we decided to not add Isinglass finings in ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ for two reasons:
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐น๐ we wanted to be able to sell vegetarian/vegan beer, as we were asked from customers if the beer contained Fish gut. We put them straight in that swim bladders are not part of the fish gut, but we had to admit that it was used to clear the beer.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ just a โOh, letโs try and see what happens thoughโ ๐
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Our Facts
Stopping using Isinglass will take the beer longer to clear, an extra day or two and some will even remain cloudy which depends on the recipe, but will not have an effect on the taste - if yes - the formulation of the beer is poor or just not to your taste.
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Our Conclusion
๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐! N๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ..
๐น๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป