MonkeyWrench
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Background
So I'm still trying things out. 2 weeks ago, I brewed another of my Ambers that people just seem to love, had a lot of hot/cold break end up in the primary, everyone said no big deal. Last week I modified my method for a Tripel and after cooling, left my brew in the kettle for an hour to let everything settle, then racked into my bottling bucket, let that sit for 4 hours, then racked into the primary, there was almost nothing suspended in the primary when I pitched.
Brewday
I needed a nice light ale for my BMC family/friends. I decided to do the Cream of Three Crops, but with extract for 5 gallons. So I went with 5lbs Pilsen DME, 2lbs Flaked Corn, .5lb Flaked Rice. I read about 1.25q/lb of grain, and used that to dough in. I ended up with Malt-O-Meal. Had to heat more water and add to mash. Once I got all the lumps out, I let sit for 1hr and ended up at 150*. I spaged at 170* for 20 min. Once that was done, I removed the bag and set it in a colander to drain. I found I needed more water in my kettle and should have had more in my sparge water. So, I turned on my hot water and used my kitchen sprayer and sprayed into my grain bag sitting on the colander. I figured it wouldn't hurt to wash out more of those sugars. I dumped that in my kettle and started bring it up to temp. At about 210* I added my dissolved DME and got it back up to about 210*. I added my immersion chiller (cause if I add it at 15min my stove can't restore the boil for 10 min so I add it before 60 min).
I wanted a nice clean beer, so I boiled for 90 min total. I added my Irish Moss 10 min before end. At 0min, I removed from stove, hooked up my IC and cooled to 90*. My 50' IC chills from 212* to 90* in 6min. I let the kettle sit at an angle for 1 hour and started racking into my bottling bucket.
The issues
I noticed it didn't look very clear on top like usual and I could still see stuff suspended in the wort. While racking, it went slow, like it was thick. I saw hot/cold break, hop pieces, and Irish Moss going up my racking tube. So I thought after 4 or 5 hours it would be clear and settle out. Nope, everything in still in suspension and I've added my top up water, so I'm sitting at about my 5 gallon mark in my bottling bucket. Right now, it looks like I have about an inch of clear beer on top, and murky beer below.
Any advise on what I should do? Let it sit until tomorrow and then rack into primary if it's cleared up? There's so much 'stuff' I think I'm going to have to rack into the primary, let it sit, rack into the bottling bucket, let it sit, then finally rack back to the primary and pitch. It's about 50* here, so putting it in the garage won't do much, but it might help.
Thanks!
Steve
So I'm still trying things out. 2 weeks ago, I brewed another of my Ambers that people just seem to love, had a lot of hot/cold break end up in the primary, everyone said no big deal. Last week I modified my method for a Tripel and after cooling, left my brew in the kettle for an hour to let everything settle, then racked into my bottling bucket, let that sit for 4 hours, then racked into the primary, there was almost nothing suspended in the primary when I pitched.
Brewday
I needed a nice light ale for my BMC family/friends. I decided to do the Cream of Three Crops, but with extract for 5 gallons. So I went with 5lbs Pilsen DME, 2lbs Flaked Corn, .5lb Flaked Rice. I read about 1.25q/lb of grain, and used that to dough in. I ended up with Malt-O-Meal. Had to heat more water and add to mash. Once I got all the lumps out, I let sit for 1hr and ended up at 150*. I spaged at 170* for 20 min. Once that was done, I removed the bag and set it in a colander to drain. I found I needed more water in my kettle and should have had more in my sparge water. So, I turned on my hot water and used my kitchen sprayer and sprayed into my grain bag sitting on the colander. I figured it wouldn't hurt to wash out more of those sugars. I dumped that in my kettle and started bring it up to temp. At about 210* I added my dissolved DME and got it back up to about 210*. I added my immersion chiller (cause if I add it at 15min my stove can't restore the boil for 10 min so I add it before 60 min).
I wanted a nice clean beer, so I boiled for 90 min total. I added my Irish Moss 10 min before end. At 0min, I removed from stove, hooked up my IC and cooled to 90*. My 50' IC chills from 212* to 90* in 6min. I let the kettle sit at an angle for 1 hour and started racking into my bottling bucket.
The issues
I noticed it didn't look very clear on top like usual and I could still see stuff suspended in the wort. While racking, it went slow, like it was thick. I saw hot/cold break, hop pieces, and Irish Moss going up my racking tube. So I thought after 4 or 5 hours it would be clear and settle out. Nope, everything in still in suspension and I've added my top up water, so I'm sitting at about my 5 gallon mark in my bottling bucket. Right now, it looks like I have about an inch of clear beer on top, and murky beer below.
Any advise on what I should do? Let it sit until tomorrow and then rack into primary if it's cleared up? There's so much 'stuff' I think I'm going to have to rack into the primary, let it sit, rack into the bottling bucket, let it sit, then finally rack back to the primary and pitch. It's about 50* here, so putting it in the garage won't do much, but it might help.
Thanks!
Steve