tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post3831236995868157419..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: In Defense of ClarityJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-1764900815722034662017-02-10T17:51:37.269-08:002017-02-10T17:51:37.269-08:00Fully agree with this point, too. An unfiltered la...Fully agree with this point, too. An unfiltered lager at 6 weeks is something else entirely. It'll be mostly clear without being *crystal* clear.Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-25891757753734977282017-02-10T17:34:55.853-08:002017-02-10T17:34:55.853-08:00Wits, too, of course.
Even a wit is less cloudy t...Wits, too, of course.<br /><br />Even a wit is less cloudy than these new england mud beers.Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-41688646499448874942017-02-09T19:02:52.101-08:002017-02-09T19:02:52.101-08:00Oh, you can show me up anytime--Oh, you can show me up anytime--Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-11056352093251529882017-02-09T13:01:39.885-08:002017-02-09T13:01:39.885-08:00^ I'm looking forward to the day when Boneyard...^ I'm looking forward to the day when Boneyard makes a cloudy, orange-juice IPA. That will be the indicator we have come full-circle.<br /><br />I had Block 15's "Willie Nelson" the other day which might be a step in that direction, and it was fantastic.Michaelhttp://lazerbea.msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-9484689453527398922017-02-09T12:28:39.222-08:002017-02-09T12:28:39.222-08:00Appearance sets expectations. "Orange juice&q...Appearance sets expectations. "Orange juice" is the calling card of a generation rebelling against the macho old guard of ruby colored 7.5% 100IBU hop bombs.<br /><br />Right now they seem like warring camps, and some people *have* taken sides. One person I know sincerely swore off the Northwest IPA altogether, and now demands haze in everything up to and including bottled water (in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-89098184269581736142017-02-09T12:14:10.028-08:002017-02-09T12:14:10.028-08:00I understand perfectly. Didn't mean to show yo...I understand perfectly. Didn't mean to show you up, but to point to what happened in the latter half of the 20th century - when weissbier became "stylish" again. Based in part on how it looked.Stan Hieronymushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423863209263153614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-4933584678209263622017-02-09T11:45:18.620-08:002017-02-09T11:45:18.620-08:00It's an important distinction to make that cle...It's an important distinction to make that clear beer does NOT mean filtered beer just as murky/cloudy beer is not solely the result of being unfiltered. I've been making unfiltered beer for nearly a decade and strive for clarity.Zach Beckwithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798980935016591740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-46631123353920305242017-02-09T11:15:20.517-08:002017-02-09T11:15:20.517-08:00All true, but I think the larger point stands--&qu...All true, but I think the larger point stands--"rolled along" is a decent shorthand for a popular modern beer that existed, probably in a fairly recognizable form, 400 years ago. I can't footnote everything nor deviate too much into minutiae when all I'm doing is offering a one-sentence counterpoint acknowledgement.<br /><br />Then again, you *did* write the book on this.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-64632410358188663482017-02-09T11:06:19.879-08:002017-02-09T11:06:19.879-08:00Of course German weissbiers have not rolled along ...Of course German weissbiers have not rolled along for all of those 400 years. They nearly vanished beginning early in the 19th century before Schneider helped spawn one revival. German brewers made a modest half million hectoliters of weissbier in 1960. Sales took off in part because drinkers viewed cloudy at more natural and healthy and they doubled each of the next 3 decades, and by 2008 Stan Hieronymushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423863209263153614noreply@blogger.com