Black Krausen ring in Stainless Fermenter??

[Jlaitila140]

So your strike temp was at 175 initially? If so, then yeah that's without a doubt the reason as you denatured a good amount of the enzymes during that period. Surprised it didn't come out a higher FG actually for a 20-30 minute 175 rest period! Gonna be a sweet tasting beer, but still drinkable I'd imagine.


Rev.

well been drinking the beer, has great flavor, bitter but is a little bit sweet, not what i expected due to the F up in the mash but still very good (well its my first beer i made so i guess i'm bias LOL) the full leaf dry hop with simcoe saved the day i think... very very cloudy though i'm guessing due to the same issue with the mash? I just did the same batch a few days ago and the fermenter "boiled" over into my glass jug (hose down to a jug blow off style) so i'm hoping for a better result on the ABV this time round we'll see in a couple weeks. Heres a pic of the brew i calculated with the refract. about 4.8% weaker than i wanted but still drinkable like you said.

 

[muledogus]

Digging up this old thread because I just racked my first batch from my new SS fermenter. I had the black ring and after cleaning was left with this dark staining. Will the steps followed in this thread remove these stains? Also, does anyone think this reaction from oils could have caused a medicinal aspect to the beer?

 

[DarkNoonBrewer]

Digging up this old thread because I just racked my first batch from my new SS fermenter. I had the black ring and after cleaning was left with this dark staining. Will the steps followed in this thread remove these stains? Also, does anyone think this reaction from oils could have caused a medicinal aspect to the beer?

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What do you mean medicinal? Metalic? Have you tried a scrubbing a good dose of bar keeper's friend in there?

 

[muledogus]

What do you mean medicinal? Metalic? Have you tried a scrubbing a good dose of bar keeper's friend in there?

Hard to describe besides medicinal but definitely not metallic. It brought me back to being a kid taking cough medicine, both flavor and aroma. That has since faded though and its tasting pretty good now.

I ended up giving my bucket another long soak with oxy clean and that did the trick as far as the staining went. I do plan on picking up some barkeepers friends though.

Thanks for the reply.