Hi all,
New brewer here with next to no knowledge or experience so please go easy
My 1st brew was a bog standard Coopers Wheat Beer kit, made per instructions but substituting 500g of brewing sugar with wheat spray malt.
Temp during PF around 20 deg C.
Bottled after 10 days in the fermenter, using Coopers 500ml Ox bottles and one and a half Coopers carb drops per bottle. I did experiment with 10 bottles carbed with a sugar cube in each.
After 3 weeks in the bottles at temps between 20 & 28 deg, the beer tastes OK. Much better after the 2nd week. When cooled I get some hazing which I presume is what is known as chill haze.
During the 1st fermentation the bucket practically erupted. The airlock couldn't cope and spewed out a load of gunk. After a few days it calmed down.
Now I have started a 2nd brew. Another wheat beer. Black Rock Whispering Wheat. Because attempt one lacked flavour, I have started this one with 1Kg of Spray Malt and 300g of brewing sugar.
Also 25 grams of dried Curacao orange peel and 12.5 grams of crushed coriander seed, steeped in off the boil water for 1/2 hour and then the whole lot tipped into the bucket.
I used a sachet of Safbrew WB-06 poured on top of the liquor made up to 23 litres. Temp at that point was around 26 deg.
Unlike the 1st brew, this one hasn't erupted, but did bubble away nicely for the first few days. 5 days in and it has all but stopped bubbling and the HG is just in the black band for bottling.
BUT, it is very, very cloudy. Much more cloudy than the 1st attempt was 5 days in. It tastes OK though.
Would using more spray malt/less sugar, the addition of the peel/coriander and the WB-06 yeast slow down the fermentation.
After the volcanic like eruption during PF on attempt 1, I am worried something is amiss with this 2nd attempt. And also about the cloudiness. (Yes, I know it's a Wheat beer so it should be cloudy, but this is like soup).
Is it likely to clear up a little if I give it another 5 days in the bucket before bottling?
I thought I was being smart adding the peel & seeds to give more flavour and using more spray malt, but now I am having serious doubts
Have I screwed up or do I just need to chill out and give it time?
Cheers
New brewer here with next to no knowledge or experience so please go easy
My 1st brew was a bog standard Coopers Wheat Beer kit, made per instructions but substituting 500g of brewing sugar with wheat spray malt.
Temp during PF around 20 deg C.
Bottled after 10 days in the fermenter, using Coopers 500ml Ox bottles and one and a half Coopers carb drops per bottle. I did experiment with 10 bottles carbed with a sugar cube in each.
After 3 weeks in the bottles at temps between 20 & 28 deg, the beer tastes OK. Much better after the 2nd week. When cooled I get some hazing which I presume is what is known as chill haze.
During the 1st fermentation the bucket practically erupted. The airlock couldn't cope and spewed out a load of gunk. After a few days it calmed down.
Now I have started a 2nd brew. Another wheat beer. Black Rock Whispering Wheat. Because attempt one lacked flavour, I have started this one with 1Kg of Spray Malt and 300g of brewing sugar.
Also 25 grams of dried Curacao orange peel and 12.5 grams of crushed coriander seed, steeped in off the boil water for 1/2 hour and then the whole lot tipped into the bucket.
I used a sachet of Safbrew WB-06 poured on top of the liquor made up to 23 litres. Temp at that point was around 26 deg.
Unlike the 1st brew, this one hasn't erupted, but did bubble away nicely for the first few days. 5 days in and it has all but stopped bubbling and the HG is just in the black band for bottling.
BUT, it is very, very cloudy. Much more cloudy than the 1st attempt was 5 days in. It tastes OK though.
Would using more spray malt/less sugar, the addition of the peel/coriander and the WB-06 yeast slow down the fermentation.
After the volcanic like eruption during PF on attempt 1, I am worried something is amiss with this 2nd attempt. And also about the cloudiness. (Yes, I know it's a Wheat beer so it should be cloudy, but this is like soup).
Is it likely to clear up a little if I give it another 5 days in the bucket before bottling?
I thought I was being smart adding the peel & seeds to give more flavour and using more spray malt, but now I am having serious doubts
Have I screwed up or do I just need to chill out and give it time?
Cheers