what is whirloc?

[frijole]

I put it in my first batch but, to help with clarity apparently. But, what is it?

 

[Yooper]

It's carrageen, from seaweed. It's basically Irish moss compressed into a tablet. It works to help coagulate proteins, so they don't cause haze in your beer.

 

[ChshreCat]

A whirloc...

 

[frijole]

my recipe said to use only half of the tablet, is that normal? why not use the whole thing?

 

[Yooper]

That's strange. I'd just go ahead and use the whole tablet.