6 pints of sludge and counting

[JONNYROTTEN]

Six pints seems excessive and Its not getting any clearer..Really not even looking for clear,just "normal" enough to drink.I have a party tomorrow I wanted to serve some beer.Ive pulled six pints in 2 days and they all look the same.Plus I'm wasting beer.Nasty yeast bite as they are.

My process: Rush job batch
used hop bag for boil and dry hop
Kinda cold crashed for a 1/2 day.Cleared a little but not really
Transferred to keg at 35 deg
Used gelatin 1 teasppon
30 psi for 36 hours at time of picture
Us05 slurry that I always used and never takes this many pints to clear

 

[CamG]

How long did it ferment in the primary ?

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

2 whole days LOL. But I got to 1.006 and didn't think it would go much further.Krausen dropped and had no airlock activity.I wasn't planning on rushing it.But when it got that low that fast I thought I might have a chance using it for a party.It was dropped to 45 deg at day 2 dryhopped,crashed a bit and kegged at day 4...Completely wrong way about it but its the way this one turned out...think the quick turn around has something to do with it??I was thinking active yeast but had a real low FG and at 5 days I had the same FG as at 2 days

 

[TX_Brewing]

US05 is notorious for being slow to flocculate, from what I have read, even more so when kept and re-pitched. Drop the temp as cold as you can without freezing the beer and it might help.

 

[Jim311]

That looks like some serious farts waiting to happen. I just don't think you cold crashed long enough, or gave the yeast time to fully floc after they fermented. It took mine a couple of days to clear out after it finished fermenting.

 

[andrewmaixner]

options, in order of recommendation:
- patience
- Super-Kleer
- cut your keg liquid tube higher, an inch from the bottom
- get a plate filter
- http://www.clearbeerdraughtsystem.com/ pulls from the top of the keg instead of the bottom

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

unfortunately none of those options work for my party tomorrow except cutting the tube that I'm not going to do for one batch.If it doesn't clear by tomorrow evening Il just wait it out..Which kinda sucks cause I would have just fermented it the right way from the start if I knew I wasn't going to be drinking it
Dropped the temp to 31 deg with a 3 deg swing..maybe that will help over the next 24 hours

 

[Whatsgoodmiley]

Another option: tell your friends that you're offering them a probiotic, protein shake, and beer all in one.

Another word that makes beer seem all the more appealing is the descriptive adjective "free."

 

[CamG]

I just read this in another post from M1K3. This would explain why some of my Dry hopped beers take longer to clear.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7617339#post7617339


"Dry hopped beers are high in polyphenols, which tend to bond to proteins and unfermented starch in the finished beer."

 

[CGVT]

Red Solo cups

 

[day_trippr]

Red Solo cups

...with the lights turned off...

 

[MaryB]

serve it! Tell them it is a new beer style that is cloudy!

 

[Pkrd]

serve it! Tell them it is a new beer style that is cloudy!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=568046

 

[gezzanet]

Us05 before and after. 1.5 days at 39 deg fView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1467456345.977360.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1467456384.206952.jpg. In primary.

 

[gezzanet]

Drink it anyway. Turn the lights out and set the bonfire.