mancavebrew
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Something happened with our last batch. Every batch has came out great except we changed one thing, we tried to filter from primary to bottling bucket. We aren't using a secondary yet as its just a hobby and narrowing down recipes. We're getting better at transferring only clear liquid but decided to try and make things easier.
I used a typical nylon grain bag and tied it around the end of the exit flow of the tubing. We dumped in the sugar like always and began transfer. Everything worked great. We filtered out a lot of trub/krausen (not sure which one pertains) so we were happy that we could bottle right down to the bottom. Problem is, only a couple of the beers were over carbonated and the rest have zero carbonation. I am assuming that not enough yeast made it through the grain bag in order for the carbonation to happen?
Like I said, we're going to start secondary fermentation but did that nylon bag really filter out that much yeast? I don't know exactly what happened. The beer tastes great (even though its flat).
I used a typical nylon grain bag and tied it around the end of the exit flow of the tubing. We dumped in the sugar like always and began transfer. Everything worked great. We filtered out a lot of trub/krausen (not sure which one pertains) so we were happy that we could bottle right down to the bottom. Problem is, only a couple of the beers were over carbonated and the rest have zero carbonation. I am assuming that not enough yeast made it through the grain bag in order for the carbonation to happen?
Like I said, we're going to start secondary fermentation but did that nylon bag really filter out that much yeast? I don't know exactly what happened. The beer tastes great (even though its flat).