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&amp;quot;microgirl&amp;quot;:1t4fangl wrote: Purely purely personal opinion, based on gut, emotional feeling and not on anything in the real world; I would say while I'd see nothing wrong whatsoever in the addition of cloves or any other more or less bizarre ingredient - it's all about experimentation and messing, right? <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> - I think for the purposes of a Weiss beer it might be cheating. Again though, that's from a very, very "purist" (read: pedantic wench) kind of viewpoint though. [/quote:1t4fangl]

This is kind of my feeling on it. I could add cloves for the clove flavour, but is it the start of a slippery slope? Next thing you know I could be adding essence of hop.
On the flip side, if it makes good beer...

&amp;quot;noby&amp;quot;:osneasg0 wrote: This is kind of my feeling on it. I could add cloves for the clove flavour, but is it the start of a slippery slope? Next thing you know I could be adding essence of hop.[/quote:osneasg0]
Or just printing out labels to put over Chimay and Goose Island..... <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

&amp;quot;bigears&amp;quot;:3gnkuzvf wrote: Our secret is out - do you reckon they noticed at the ICB tasting?[/quote:3gnkuzvf] I had my suspicions when I scraped the tipp-ex off the bottle cap.

&amp;quot;bigears&amp;quot;:21oawniz wrote: You're absolutely right, if you're conforming to a style and want to stay within that style then adding cloves to a weiss is technically incorrect. Of course you're also right to say it's about experimentation so a 'Bán' (or wheat) will cover you. Or there's a third option, you could just not give a damn whether it conforms. I think all three options have some merit <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->[/quote:21oawniz]
I quite like the third option. Sure what is a style other than a human construct designed to pigeonhole beers? <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

Mungo just pawn in game of life...