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I recently bottled a hoppy pale ale (about 6 ounces worth). It's not carbonated yet, of course. The taste and aroma was excellent, but it seemed hazier than my precious pale ales. Then I was having some West Coast IPA last night, and I noticed it was also hazy. Could all the hops be responsible for the haze and should I worry about it?

Yes, it's the hops... no, don't worry.

If you brew a hoppy ale and it isn't hazy from the hops, you either did it wrong or you filtered it (also the wrong thing to do). The hop haze is perfectly normal.

Wayne