Brewmance
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
After reading this site for the last few months, I finally registered. I'll post in the introductions section soon.
I brewed an amber ale from an extract kit on 01/31/09. I was planning to rack it tomorrow (Friday 02/20) However became somewhat startled upon inspection of my homebrew. I found White floating dots and a faint barely white film on top.
I searched and searched this site to find relief and it worked! I was referred to chapter 21 in John Palmers "How to Brew" which told me this most likely was normal, and only to worry if the beer grew fur.
However I noticed that near the top of the beer around the edge, particles(assuming hops) are suspended in a Jelly like substance. John Palmer noted bacteria may cause ropy strands of jelly. But nothing is ropy about this!
Has anyone ever heard or experienced this? My sanitizing was pretty obsessive with Iodophor. But sadly I defiantly followed the directions on the extract kit which after my findings here wish I hadnt.
Previous to this batch I made a warm up batch of festa brew double oatmeal stout to get my feet wet, came out great!
My concerns throughout the brewing process following the directions:
I used tap water(not boiled)
It instructed me not to stir when introducing(dumping) the wort into the water, though I previously had excessively splashed to create bubbles in the festa brew.
Perhaps from not mixing the wort properly, the wort thickened at the top?
Any ideas, suggestions or help is greatly appreciated. I apologize if I missed an answer to this elsewhere.
Cheers
Aaron
After reading this site for the last few months, I finally registered. I'll post in the introductions section soon.
I brewed an amber ale from an extract kit on 01/31/09. I was planning to rack it tomorrow (Friday 02/20) However became somewhat startled upon inspection of my homebrew. I found White floating dots and a faint barely white film on top.
I searched and searched this site to find relief and it worked! I was referred to chapter 21 in John Palmers "How to Brew" which told me this most likely was normal, and only to worry if the beer grew fur.
However I noticed that near the top of the beer around the edge, particles(assuming hops) are suspended in a Jelly like substance. John Palmer noted bacteria may cause ropy strands of jelly. But nothing is ropy about this!
Has anyone ever heard or experienced this? My sanitizing was pretty obsessive with Iodophor. But sadly I defiantly followed the directions on the extract kit which after my findings here wish I hadnt.
Previous to this batch I made a warm up batch of festa brew double oatmeal stout to get my feet wet, came out great!
My concerns throughout the brewing process following the directions:
I used tap water(not boiled)
It instructed me not to stir when introducing(dumping) the wort into the water, though I previously had excessively splashed to create bubbles in the festa brew.
Perhaps from not mixing the wort properly, the wort thickened at the top?
Any ideas, suggestions or help is greatly appreciated. I apologize if I missed an answer to this elsewhere.
Cheers
Aaron