Creatures Quiz No 12 C/d 31St January

[catswhiskas]

21, What ingredient is added to beer which means it's not strictly vegetarian. (8), I thought isinglass, but that is too many letters.

[donny48]

Some beer brewers add finings to clarify the beer when racking into a barrel
Finings

[donny48]

inings[note 1] are substances that are usually added at or near the completion of the processing of brewing wine, beer, and various nonalcoholic juice beverages. Their purpose is for removal of organic compounds; either to improve clarity or adjust flavor/aroma. Specifically, the removed compounds may be sulfides, proteins, polyphenols, benzenoids, or copper ions. Unless they form a stable bottom sediment in the final container, the spent finings are usually discarded from the beverage along with the target compounds that they capture.

Historically, various substances such as egg whites, blood, milk, isinglass, and Irish moss have been used as finings. These are still used by some producers, but more modern substances have also been introduced and are more widely used, including bentonite, gelatin, casein, carrageenan, alginate, diatomaceous earth, pectinase, pectolyase, PVPP (Polyclar), kieselsol (colloidal silica), copper sulfate, dried albumen, hydrated yeast, and activated carbon.[citation needed]

[catswhiskas]

Thank you donny, you obviously know your beer, lol a great answer.

[donny48]

No problem.

[wiggers99]

I'm pretty sure that the letter count was amended by the quiz setter to 9. Isinglass is the correct answer. Finings is only 7 letters and are made from Isinglass by breaking down the dried Isinglass into liquid form by the addition of mild acids. To give the proper name of the final product it is Isinglass Finings.

[catswhiskas]

Thanks wiggers, have sent it off now, never mind :(