Home brewers are always looking to achieve a high degree of clarity in their beers and lagers. In the past, beer was judged by flavour alone, however, with the lighter beers now becoming more popular, clarity is also an important consideration.
Many home brewers have found it necessary to consider some form of clarification for their beers. Filtration is not possible for the home brewer due to the relatively low alcohol content of beers and the associated preservation difficulties. Therefore the choice of an effective fining reagent is a simple means of producing a sparkling clear beer and also producing a sediment that sticks to the bottom of the bottle or barrel.
Many forms of beer fining reagents are available, including gelatine and Irish moss. Isinglass, has, however, long been the preferred fining agent for the commercial and home brewer due to its versatility and high success rate. But there have been problems with the storage and keeping of isinglass and also its temperature sensitivity. These problems are now eliminated by using the new freeze-dried BEER BRITE fining reagent.
Conventional dry finings are difficult to mix and take at least a day to prepare, whereas BEER BRITE is ready for use within 15 minutes.