Hi guys,
first of all, I want to introduce me! I´m Matthias, from Munich in Germany. I brew my own beer since 2009. Had some good results, and of course some really bad ones ;-)
Im really active in the german brewing forum: Hobbybrauer.de - Bier brauen, Selbstbrauen, Hausbrauen und Heimbrauen
and now found this reallygreat forum. So much information and new input is truely awesome! Sry, for my english...I don´t speak or write much, so if you don´t get what I mean, just ask!
My new goal is to create beer, that is nearly as clear as filtered ones. So I discoverd Irish Moss and used it. From clarity aspects, really great. crystall clear, but i got no foam. Carbonation is ok and taste is good, only the foamstability sucks. This was the first batch I used Irish Moss. I didn´t use to have this problem without moss.
Here my mashprocess:
148°F (63°C) for 30min
160°F (72°C) for 50min
mash out at 172°F (78°C) for 5min
lautering
(flying brachial sparging?...^^)
boiling for 60min
Magnum (15%) for 50min
Spalter Select (6%) for 10min
Irish Moss for 5min into the boil
Primary for two weeks
secondry for three weeks
kegging (rest in bottles)
As I bottled the beer, it was already clear and got still better. Yesterday I opend one "testbottle" to see how it went. Well, like i said. Tasted good, great colour and clarity but no foam! How comes? It seems like, that most of you use moss or other clarifyers and don´t have thes type of problems! So what did I do wrong?!
Thanks for your answers!
Greets
Matthias
first of all, I want to introduce me! I´m Matthias, from Munich in Germany. I brew my own beer since 2009. Had some good results, and of course some really bad ones ;-)
Im really active in the german brewing forum: Hobbybrauer.de - Bier brauen, Selbstbrauen, Hausbrauen und Heimbrauen
and now found this reallygreat forum. So much information and new input is truely awesome! Sry, for my english...I don´t speak or write much, so if you don´t get what I mean, just ask!
My new goal is to create beer, that is nearly as clear as filtered ones. So I discoverd Irish Moss and used it. From clarity aspects, really great. crystall clear, but i got no foam. Carbonation is ok and taste is good, only the foamstability sucks. This was the first batch I used Irish Moss. I didn´t use to have this problem without moss.
Here my mashprocess:
148°F (63°C) for 30min
160°F (72°C) for 50min
mash out at 172°F (78°C) for 5min
lautering
(flying brachial sparging?...^^)
boiling for 60min
Magnum (15%) for 50min
Spalter Select (6%) for 10min
Irish Moss for 5min into the boil
Primary for two weeks
secondry for three weeks
kegging (rest in bottles)
As I bottled the beer, it was already clear and got still better. Yesterday I opend one "testbottle" to see how it went. Well, like i said. Tasted good, great colour and clarity but no foam! How comes? It seems like, that most of you use moss or other clarifyers and don´t have thes type of problems! So what did I do wrong?!
Thanks for your answers!
Greets
Matthias