I couldn't find the answer I was looking for so I'm hoping you guys can help me out, this question has been bugging me.
Today I was brewing a brown ale and as the temperature almost reached boiling, a smooth coagulated film created itself on top of my wort. To my understanding, that is just proteins coming together so that they can gain mass and fall to the bottom of the kettle.
As my wort hit boiling, it started to foam up, rise and almost boil over. As it began to subside it left a dry gunky looking mess on the side of the kettle. I am first wort hopping so here is my question.
That gunky stuff on the side, does it have hops in it? And if so, is that a bad thing because those hops are not being utilized and affecting the overall bitterness and flavor profile of my beer? Thanks in advance
Today I was brewing a brown ale and as the temperature almost reached boiling, a smooth coagulated film created itself on top of my wort. To my understanding, that is just proteins coming together so that they can gain mass and fall to the bottom of the kettle.
As my wort hit boiling, it started to foam up, rise and almost boil over. As it began to subside it left a dry gunky looking mess on the side of the kettle. I am first wort hopping so here is my question.
That gunky stuff on the side, does it have hops in it? And if so, is that a bad thing because those hops are not being utilized and affecting the overall bitterness and flavor profile of my beer? Thanks in advance