Quote Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick View Post
What is used for finings? Egg whites? Fish bladder? Presumably the whole point is that they don't make it into the finished product anyway?

Given the pride that the Germans have in their beer purity laws - is there anything they do in Germany when makign lager that isn't standard practice elsewhere anyway?

I've not had a pint of lager since 2019. Don't miss it at all and when I smell it I do wonder - did I really used to enjoy drinking that?!
The big brewers use fish bladders which is why they can’t call their beers vegan.

The Reinheitsgebot stated just the four ingredients water, barley, hops and yeast... I don’t know if finings were used as part of the process and that they weren’t considered an ingredient... their purpose (as I’m sure you know but maybe others don’t) is to bring clarity to the finished liquid