american wheat chill haze

[robsan77]

Is it possible to make an American wheat beer (using an ale yeast) that doesn't have a chill haze?

 

[RobWalker]

wheat is inherintly cloudy, but maybe you could tone down the wheat enough so it won't cloud up? i'm not sure how much that would be...not sure if there's a way to drop the haze out though!

but then, what are you after exactly if you don't want a cloudy wheat beer? isn't that just basically a regular barley beer? :P

 

[WelshPaul]

Some German breweries make a Kristallweissen, a filtered and clear wheat beer. I don't know how it's filtered though, but they are out there.

 

[Stihler]

One can make a pretty much haze free wheat beer without filtration. One can do this by having a prolonged protein rest (113-131°F/45-55°C).

Normally a protein rest of more than 15-20 minutes can be detrimental to a beer's head but with wheat beers that generally is not a problem. Try a protein rest for 30-45 minutes and see how the beer comes out.

- Scott