I just made my 3rd batch of full boil beer last night. The size is 5 gallons and I am using an aluminum 7 gallon pot which is really a turkey fryer. I have only used the pot for beer making and I did oxidize it in the oven each time I used it. I am using DME for all the brews and only hop additions in the pot.
I have been cooling the wort in my utility sink since I dont have a work chiller yet, so that time takes over 2 hours with cold water from the sink. I fill and drain the hot water 3 times usually.
When I transfer to the car boy I use a funnel with a screen. As I pour the top of the pot in it flows great, but when I get to the bottom inch of water it comes out looking like pea soup. The first time I thought it was because I used Muslim bags instead of re-usable hop bags. There was tons of hop residues in the bottom. But the past two times I have used the hop bags and still the bottom is dark in color. It does not seem like it is burnt DME, but maybe it is? Do you all shut off the flame when you put DME in? Then return the pot to a boil, or do you sustain boil?
If anyone has tips on what to do with this please let me know. The last 2 times I had to keep scraping the screen on the funnel to get it through the screen. This time I poured the little bit down the drain and scraped he rest.
Any tips? Anyone had this issue before? Is it normal?
I have been cooling the wort in my utility sink since I dont have a work chiller yet, so that time takes over 2 hours with cold water from the sink. I fill and drain the hot water 3 times usually.
When I transfer to the car boy I use a funnel with a screen. As I pour the top of the pot in it flows great, but when I get to the bottom inch of water it comes out looking like pea soup. The first time I thought it was because I used Muslim bags instead of re-usable hop bags. There was tons of hop residues in the bottom. But the past two times I have used the hop bags and still the bottom is dark in color. It does not seem like it is burnt DME, but maybe it is? Do you all shut off the flame when you put DME in? Then return the pot to a boil, or do you sustain boil?
If anyone has tips on what to do with this please let me know. The last 2 times I had to keep scraping the screen on the funnel to get it through the screen. This time I poured the little bit down the drain and scraped he rest.
Any tips? Anyone had this issue before? Is it normal?