Thorpe429
Well-Known Member
I kegged my first batch on Sunday with 2 ounces each of Citra and Amarillo. I put these in a sanitized hop bag with some sanitized marbles to hold the bag down. The keg was sanitized with Starsan and I transferred a little over 4 gallons from my carbon via an auto siphon. I purged the keg with CO2 beforehand and then purged the headspace 3 times before finally filling it with CO2 and leaving it there. I set the pressure at 10psi under the set and wait method.
For reference, this is a beer with an OG of 1.046 and a FG of 1.010. It received 2oz of Columbus (14.4 AA) at 60min. (Super bitter, I know, but that's what I wanted.) Pulling from the carboy before transferring, the beer was quite bitter, though more so in the finish than in the taste, which had quite a bit of hop flavor as well.
Back to the kegging. I discovered that the CO2 tank ran out sometime between Sunday evening and Monday evening. No big deal--I swapped out the tank and set it back to 10psi. I figure this just delays my carbonation by half a day to a day.
Now, I pull a sample from the tap to see what it's like. The beer is super cloudy, which I expect given that it's from the bottom and probably has yeast that have dropped out. The nose smells stronger than ever, so the dry hops are working. However, I get to the taste and it's still bitter, but also quite a bit chalky.
Now, I'm wondering (1) where did this come from and (2) will it go away?
For reference, I don't know if it was all yeast, as I put a sample in the fridge for a few hours and it was still just as cloudy without anything dropping out.
What are the possible sources of this? If it's common that this occur after ~24 hours of dry hopping and carbonating, that's all I need to know! Otherwise, could it come from:
- Extra Starsan left in the keg (I wouldn't think so, as there wasn't too much foam and I filled the carboy with a bit of foam still in it for primary)
- Yeast (wouldn't think so as they didn't drop out)
- Sanitized marbles (I wouldn't think so as there was nothing in the water after the boil that would suggest this, though some were white rather than clear glass)
- Hops dissolving (not really sure on this, but they're in a grain/hop bag)
- Initial carbonation (I maybe remember reading something about small carbonation bubbles early on and a bad taste associated with this?)
- Some residue of something else in the keg (I cleaned it thoroughly with hot water and Starsan)
- Something else I'm not thinking of?
Thanks for any advice.
For reference, this is a beer with an OG of 1.046 and a FG of 1.010. It received 2oz of Columbus (14.4 AA) at 60min. (Super bitter, I know, but that's what I wanted.) Pulling from the carboy before transferring, the beer was quite bitter, though more so in the finish than in the taste, which had quite a bit of hop flavor as well.
Back to the kegging. I discovered that the CO2 tank ran out sometime between Sunday evening and Monday evening. No big deal--I swapped out the tank and set it back to 10psi. I figure this just delays my carbonation by half a day to a day.
Now, I pull a sample from the tap to see what it's like. The beer is super cloudy, which I expect given that it's from the bottom and probably has yeast that have dropped out. The nose smells stronger than ever, so the dry hops are working. However, I get to the taste and it's still bitter, but also quite a bit chalky.
Now, I'm wondering (1) where did this come from and (2) will it go away?
For reference, I don't know if it was all yeast, as I put a sample in the fridge for a few hours and it was still just as cloudy without anything dropping out.
What are the possible sources of this? If it's common that this occur after ~24 hours of dry hopping and carbonating, that's all I need to know! Otherwise, could it come from:
- Extra Starsan left in the keg (I wouldn't think so, as there wasn't too much foam and I filled the carboy with a bit of foam still in it for primary)
- Yeast (wouldn't think so as they didn't drop out)
- Sanitized marbles (I wouldn't think so as there was nothing in the water after the boil that would suggest this, though some were white rather than clear glass)
- Hops dissolving (not really sure on this, but they're in a grain/hop bag)
- Initial carbonation (I maybe remember reading something about small carbonation bubbles early on and a bad taste associated with this?)
- Some residue of something else in the keg (I cleaned it thoroughly with hot water and Starsan)
- Something else I'm not thinking of?
Thanks for any advice.