Unfiltered lager question

Does anyone know if the glassware has an impact on this?

 

Needless to say but a thinner glass (e.g., a Stange) will have less space between the sides than a broader glass like a dimpled mug so there will be less hazy material to create an opaque appearance. Having said that if you poured a beer like Tree House Julius in a Stange that beer will still appear hazy/murky/opaque.

Cheers!

 

Unless the glassware has a whole lotta unwashed crud contaminating the inside, it shouldn't -- the cloudiness or clarity is all in the beer.

 

Thanks for the follow-up.

Did you notice much difference in the flavor (or other qualities) of this latest drinking experience or is it just a difference of appearance sort of a thing?

Cheers!

 

Appears to be little to no filtering/fining process during production. Intentionally?

 

You may find your missing cloudiness stuck to bottom of the can. I've seen a lot of craft lagers with a layer of sediment in the bottle, especially if they have been on the shelf for a few months. The Kellerbiers I have had were very good, that may be what they were going for.

 

I'm sure it was.

 

Ya. Cool man . I figured it was something hip like that with the whole haze craze. But ironically weren’t most beers, if not all, back before modern technology could help.

 

This pic is from July 2015, same cloudy appearance.

 

I can't tell if you realize this or not, but Dorothy's was the first beer Toppling Goliath ever released. That was in 2010, several years before the "haze craze" took off in any meaningful way, and early reviews from that time alternatingly describe the beer as "hazy" or "clear." For better or for worse, Toppling Goliath was instrumental in popularizing hazy (but not necessarily "juicy") pale ales and IPAs. It was a major direct influence on Tree House, for instance, which Toppling Goliath predates by two years.

That said, hazy and unfiltered beers in a variety of styles have been a staple of American craft beer since at least the 1990s. That was true nationwide and especially in western states (California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado in particular) that were and remain far ahead of others in terms of craft beer's market presence. As I write this, I'm flipping through Michael Jackson's Great Beer Guide, published in 2000, and looking at a picture of a notably hazy IPA from Big Time Brewery in Seattle called Bhagwan's Best India Pale Ale. The popular obsession with haze is a recent phenomenon, but the presence of it in many American craft beers isn't at all.

 

No I don’t. That beer doesn’t make it out here in California, that I can find.