Wheat spray-malt

[batarang]

This is probably going to look like a pretty dumb question but if you add wheat spray malt to a brew, will there always be a residual cloudyness that will not ferment out?

I ask this as I recently brewed a Hoegaarden clone using lots of wheat spray-malt plus a wheat beer kit from a recipe I found on this site. I also brewed a Schiehallion clone again using a forum recipe and this too required wheat spray-malt though only a half kilo. Now, The Hoegaarden as you would expect is cloudy but so too is the Schiehallion.

At the moment the Hoegaarden is in a cornelius keg sitting in a fridge - tried the first glass earlier WOW!!! The Schiehallion has been racked into a plastic demijohn for clearing prior to 'cornification' but this looks just like the Hoegaarden, a lovely golden-orange colour but slightly 'foggy' if a torch is shone through it.

Is it going to clear or should I put it into the corni?

Cheers.

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Just started brewing again so:
Conditioning : Sherwood Forest Bitter
Conditioning : Woodfordes Wherry
Cornelius #1 : Hoegaarden clone
Fermenting : Schiehallion clone
Fermenting : Woodforde's Great Eastern
Fermenting : Muntons Smugglers
Conditioning : Milestone Crusader
Fermenting : Woodforde's Admirals Reserve

[oblivious]

I have made wheat beers that are star bright, generally the cloudiness is from the yeast. some people add flour to wits to keep the cloudiness.

A good hot/cold break, copper finning and you should have little problem

[batarang]

Thanks DaaB and Oblivious.

I kind of doubt that the Hoegaarden will be in the keg long enough to notice it clearing!!

Very interesting though. Roughly how much flour would you need to add to keep the beer 'cloudy'?

[oblivious]

tis graham sanders method na i thinjk it around a table spoon

or you could try a trubid mash that is classic for wits, lamibic or low strenght Belgians


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