I never really paid that
much attention to what was written on the bottle of a beer when drinking. I
used to just hit the market and pick up the cheapest of beers I could get my
hands on (I was a student back then and the country I living in had one of the
heaviest taxes on alcohol drinks). It wasn’t until one day when I bought two
Efes beers with the inscription ‘’Fitresiz’’ - which means Unfiltered in
Turkish, did I realize there was a huge difference between the normal Pilsen
and the Unfiltered beers.
An Unfiltered beer
is basically a beer in it’s original
untouched states, just as they were brewed whereas a filtered beer is a beer which
is passed through variousforms of filtration to remove sediments(like hops, malt, barley etc) left over from the brewing process.
Home brewers have long
claimed that unfiltered beer is a healthier choice. Filtering makes beer clear
but removes all the yeast and wonderful
flavors that they provide. Yeast provides B vitamins which some claim, helps
reduce the affects of hangovers.
Flavor and color
compounds are lost in Filtered beer, as
many flavor components and color compounds are in the color pigments, malt solids and
yeast which are lost in filtration.
Personally, I believe it’s
better to make your own conclusions by tasting the beer, but if you want a good
mouthfeel as you enjoy your lager, go
for the unfiltered alternative .
Cheers ;)
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