MrBulldogg
Well-Known Member
I'm brewing some Munich Helles and transferred it to secondary the other day. It was a bit slugdy and smelled a little funky and rubbery, but I used a pilsner lager yeast so I was prepared for that. The color was light amber and I figured it'd clear up after a couple weeks in the secondary (I used whirloc BTW).
HOWEVER ... less than 48 hours later I noticed the color turned noticably darker with white specks floating on top. It doesn't have the god-awful stench I hear indicates autolysis, but I find myself wondering if it somehow got infected during the transfer. John Palmer advices against freaking out about weird smells, but the darkening doesn't rhyme with the clearing-up I was expecting. The end result is supposed to be light golden, not brown. It's my first attempt at this kind so I really don't have a frame of reference here -- will this clear up eventually or is a darkening color indeed a sign of trouble?
HOWEVER ... less than 48 hours later I noticed the color turned noticably darker with white specks floating on top. It doesn't have the god-awful stench I hear indicates autolysis, but I find myself wondering if it somehow got infected during the transfer. John Palmer advices against freaking out about weird smells, but the darkening doesn't rhyme with the clearing-up I was expecting. The end result is supposed to be light golden, not brown. It's my first attempt at this kind so I really don't have a frame of reference here -- will this clear up eventually or is a darkening color indeed a sign of trouble?