Weizen Beer and Kettle Finings

[rupert130]

I did a search and did not find an answer to my question.

Is it wrong to use kettle finings, such as whirfloc, when making a weizen beer?

Whirfloc helps settle out proteins, but wheat protein flavor is part of what makes weizen beer what it is. Will it settle out the proteins I want or just the ones I don't?

 

[LLBeanJ]

Kettle finings do not discriminate between proteins. For this reason, I do not use them when brewing beers that I want to be cloudy.