itsdave
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So I'm still pretty new to this, this was my 4th batch, and I had bought myself a brand new wort chiller since I have found the ice bath method really annoying. We had read the instructions and it said to clean it thoroughly with a mild detergent. We did this, twice in fact, but after adding the chiller to the boil with 20 minutes to go (per instructions) the small amounts of foam started to take on a strange color and texture. Small grey-green lumps, thick and sticky, and slightly viscous. Without much of a choice and a pack of yeast swollen and ready to go, I finished up the brew.
So did I just brew a 5 gallons of copper gunk poison? It was a new recipe, and had a 60 min boil of cascade hops, was it just oils being released from the hops after 40/45 minutes of boil? Any advice is really appreciated.
So did I just brew a 5 gallons of copper gunk poison? It was a new recipe, and had a 60 min boil of cascade hops, was it just oils being released from the hops after 40/45 minutes of boil? Any advice is really appreciated.