On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 01:15:10PM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 01:05:03PM +0200, karin og martin larsen wrote: > > jeg vil lave en porter men har ikke noget irish moss.hvad vil der ske > > hvis jeg udelader dette og hvad gør irish moss i det hele taget? > > Irish moss helps to make the beer clear, by getting in touch with some > of the hazy components, and falling to the bottom. In a porter it really > should not matter that much, it will (ought to?) be so black that nobody > can see how clear it is... > > I try to use Irish moss in all my brews, but more often than not I > forget to add it.
I seem to forget quite often too! I've started using whirlfloc instead of Irish Moss and it seems to work a whole lot better, but now I have a LOT of breakmaterial, and it's very hard to strain out of the wort.
