RobbyBeers
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I want my beers to look reasonably professional, so I've been adding steps to my process to clarify the finished product. I've had good success with adding Irish moss to the boil and just being generally careful when siphoning and bottling (e.g., putting a filter over my autosiphon). My latest batch is presenting a new challenge.
Once my beer went into primary, the Irish moss began doing its job almost immediately; all the clumps fell to the bottom and I had a pretty clear beer by the end of day one. Then I decided to do a late brown sugar addition. I stirred in the sugar and my beer promptly went ape****. The krausen was pumping like a heartbeat and blowing off, and all the sediment kicked back up and was swirling around the carboy like the gulf stream. The beer bubbled loudly next to my bed and I had nightmares about exploding carboys.
Things are settling down, but now I have a pretty cloudy beer. I plan to move to secondary and siphon carefully, but I have a feeling that this batch will need some other type of hardcore fining. Is there anything else I can do? Can I add another fining agent at this stage? Some people have mentioned cold crashing, but I'm not exactly sure how to do that.
Once my beer went into primary, the Irish moss began doing its job almost immediately; all the clumps fell to the bottom and I had a pretty clear beer by the end of day one. Then I decided to do a late brown sugar addition. I stirred in the sugar and my beer promptly went ape****. The krausen was pumping like a heartbeat and blowing off, and all the sediment kicked back up and was swirling around the carboy like the gulf stream. The beer bubbled loudly next to my bed and I had nightmares about exploding carboys.
Things are settling down, but now I have a pretty cloudy beer. I plan to move to secondary and siphon carefully, but I have a feeling that this batch will need some other type of hardcore fining. Is there anything else I can do? Can I add another fining agent at this stage? Some people have mentioned cold crashing, but I'm not exactly sure how to do that.