Craft beer has evolved from clear and filtered styles to include a significant presence of hazy IPAs and pale ales, which dominate beer bar tap handles today. Despite the popularity of dark beers and other unfiltered styles like kellerbiers and saisons, clear beers remain a minority. The rise of clear beers correlates with the Industrial Revolution when technological advances made glassware affordable and efficient filtering methods enhanced beer clarity. Hefeweizens, unfiltered wheat beers, showcase a unique cloudy appearance due to the visible yeast, providing a distinct mouthfeel, and can be traced back to changes in Bavarian brewing laws that originally restricted ingredient use.
Modern craft beer, particularly hazy IPAs and pale ales, has shifted from the traditional clear appearance to hazy, opaque styles dominating tap handles today.
Historically, clear, filtered beers became popular when advances in brewing technology and affordable glassware during the Industrial Revolution allowed easier production of crystal clear pilsners.
The Hefeweizen, an unfiltered beer originating in Germany, retains visible yeast, contributing to its cloudy appearance and silky-smooth mouthfeel.
The Reinheitsgebot, a Bavarian law from 1516, limited ingredients used in brewing to preserve wheat for bread, leading to the eventual inclusion of wheat in brews.
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