Madison, WI? Cloudy beer?

[roggae]

so i recently moved to lovely madison, wi. this pace is great! i can ride my bike to work!

anyway i've been brewing alot as i am part time employed and have made some typical hits and misses. anyway no matter how the beer tastes i ave noticed one thing: the beers are always cloudy. now that may be due to my going straight to keg from primary(which is new to me as i am new to kegging). i'm not sure. so the most recent beer (IPA) was dry hopped in a glass carboy to see. i have noticed when i brew and i boil my water the night before and drain into the HLT there is a white tasteless powder surrounding the kettle. is this stuff making my beer cloudy? is the bicarbonate? would this also lead to the 'sharp bitter' aftertaste to some of my IPAs?

thanks much!

[HogieWan]

my water here in Lafayette, LA is high in bicarbonate. I struggled with chill haze for a long time until I looked at the water chem and decided to do something about it. Turns out that adding a touch of gypsum gets me real close to a London water profile, so that's what I normally do.

Since I've started with the addition, my beers have come out beautifully clear.

[barleyburps]

going straight to keg from primary should not be the cause, I've been doing that for years, and the majority of my paler beers clarify very well.

[MrNate]

I have the same issue and I am likewise convinced that my water chemistry is to blame. Haven't done anything about it yet, but I'm pretty sure that's the issue with mine.

[steveh]

Hook up with these guys Roggae:
http://www.mhtg.org/

They've been the big guns in Mad-Town for a long time (started the Great Taste) and should know any water problems/remedies there.

S.