BrewToHeugh
Active Member
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2012
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 2
Currently fermenting Brewers Best IPA
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kS5VHFRZXuYJ:http://www.ldcarlson.com/public%2520catalog/Brewers%2520Best%2520Recipes/1037.pdf%2Bbrewers+best+india+pale+ale&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&gs_l=heirloom-serp.3..0l2j0i30l4.69886.76342.0.76542.16.7.1.8.8.0.125.588.4j3.7.0...0.0...1c.1.81seGFwbpJc&hl=en&ct=clnk
Kit mentioned to move to 2nd fermenter after a week but after reading alot on here about just a longer primary stage I decided to try it on this batch.
its just about two weeks and its still cloudy as hell! After skimming through some threads on here it looks like its normal for IPA's because of the amount of dry hops but Ive also come across some interesting points like;
adding agents to help clear
cold crashing
moving to secondary (with good results)
just leaving it in primary until it beings to clear (might lose flavor?)
Was hopping:cross: someone with alot of IPA experience could tell me what the best thing to do to help clear. I understand the cloudiness most likely wont affect the quality but doing something about it might...
so.... are there any techniques that can improve the quality of my IPA while assisting in clarity?
thanks my fellow brewers
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kS5VHFRZXuYJ:http://www.ldcarlson.com/public%2520catalog/Brewers%2520Best%2520Recipes/1037.pdf%2Bbrewers+best+india+pale+ale&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&gs_l=heirloom-serp.3..0l2j0i30l4.69886.76342.0.76542.16.7.1.8.8.0.125.588.4j3.7.0...0.0...1c.1.81seGFwbpJc&hl=en&ct=clnk
Kit mentioned to move to 2nd fermenter after a week but after reading alot on here about just a longer primary stage I decided to try it on this batch.
its just about two weeks and its still cloudy as hell! After skimming through some threads on here it looks like its normal for IPA's because of the amount of dry hops but Ive also come across some interesting points like;
adding agents to help clear
cold crashing
moving to secondary (with good results)
just leaving it in primary until it beings to clear (might lose flavor?)
Was hopping:cross: someone with alot of IPA experience could tell me what the best thing to do to help clear. I understand the cloudiness most likely wont affect the quality but doing something about it might...
so.... are there any techniques that can improve the quality of my IPA while assisting in clarity?
thanks my fellow brewers