Clearing Cider with Agar

This video is all about my struggle to clear stubborn, loose sediment haze from my ciders. The conventional wisdom with cider making is that hazy juice = better cider. While I disagree with this to an extent, the variety of juice that is used in cider making usually comes in either a pre-clarified version, or a cloudy version. The cloudy juices, in my experience, are typically very difficult to clear. I've waited as long as a year to get them to clear. This was a relatively non-problem until I started making brews for competitions. One of the best additions to my cider making arsenal is Morebeer's UK Bittersweet Cider Concentrate. (https://www.morebeer.com/products/british-bittersweet-apple-cider-concentrate.html) This product creates a magnificent depth of flavor that is impossible to replicate without access to hard to find British Bittersweet cider apples. It turns out that this stuff also creates a very annoying stable haze. I tried multiple things to clear it: bentonite, sparkolloid, biofine, and yes, pectic enzyme. I refuse to use gelatin in my ciders or chitosan / keisosol for ethical reasons. But it really seemed like those were the only real silver bullet clarifiers. Then I discovered agar clarification. I did some experiments and adapted the clarification technique for use in my homebrewing. Wow, what a world of difference it has made. This stuff works like a charm to remove loose sediment! Mixology: Clearing with Agar - https://punchdrink.com/articles/how-to-clarified-cocktail-recipe-drink-science-super-lyan/