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I did a lazy ginger beer over Christmas, but I wanted it vegan and it didn’t clear in time through an extended cold crash. I put it in a plastic keg with CO2 shortly after Christmas, but I was worried about the haziness so I didn’t share it for New Years either.

I used quite a lot of sugar and it fermented dry, but I didn’t bother checking the OG, so I have no idea how strong it is (though I’d guess it’s 6% or so).

End result: while most people I know are attempting Dry January, I’m drinking a lot of ginger beer.

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verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Sounds cool, but isn’t all beer vegan?

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- tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’d argue that with all that killing of single cell life forms, no beer could ever be vegan.
  
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  - nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    veganism opposes exploitation of animals.
    
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- SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Guinness isn’t (or didn’t use to be - not sure now tbf). They used isinglass - fish bladder - to clarify the brew.
  
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  - verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ah! Today, I learned! Thanks!
    
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plactagonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It is the taste that counts!

There is one simple solution for hazy brews - don’t use glass mugs. But to be fair I completely get it. I usually don’t aim at clear brews because I know that it is finicky, enzymes, cold crash, long aging… it needs some technique and I usually don’t worry about that.

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- verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah, I can’t get hung up on haze, got too much life to live.
  
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