Chill haze

[kevron]

Hi all,

I chill my cornies in a kegerator but I am getting the chill haze lately for some reason, I use a protafloc tablet the last 15 mins of boiling and get a good cold break, I always let the beer come bright with finings before I keg it, I have the temp set at 7-9c for lager, what I cant understand is Ive had lager at this temp loads of times before without chill haze but the last few brews I have done I get the chill haze, I have raised the temp to 14c which makes it clear but it dont taste the same as when its at 7c

can any one HELP!!!!!!!!

[delboy]

Have you changed the malt you use for the lager lately??

[subsub]

You can just serve it in a pewter tankard if you wish

[kevron]

hi delboy,

I havent changed a thing in the way of ingredients, I buy my malt from a very reliable source who always keep their malt in good condition.
the yeast I use is white labs WLP830 lager yeast which I have used many times.
I ferment at 10-12c in a fridge fitted with an ATC800 which keeps the temp great, I just cant see were i'm going wrong, could it be something in the water? we had some pipe work done a while ago, maybe has something to do with that

I have a lot of friends come round for a drink so I couldnt serve them all with tankards, it would cost me a fortune

[DarloDave]

Just bullshit your friends and tell them its some obscure Germen lager you've brewed thats meant to be a bit hazy

[ADDLED]

we had some pipe work done a while ago, maybe has something to do with that

How long? If youre in a hard water area it can take 6-8 weeks for your pipes to fur up again after plumbing work. I only know this because were currently having water quality tests as we have lead pipes, to prove our waters not lead contaminated, and they wont test the water if theres been plumbing work in the last 6 weeks as it removes the calcium carboante limescale lining from the pipes and gives a falsely high lead reading. So maybe theres been a change?
That said, I dont know what difference if any it would make to the mineral composition of your tap water for brewing, probably not a lot, but I not a chemist so stand to be corrected.
Are your gums blue?