Rosshedley
Active Member
Had a bit of a bottling disaster tonight. Did a NEIPA for first time. Seemed to go well. Starting SG was slightly high but finished bang on. Came out as 7 % instead of 6.8. Had trouble siphoning though. Only time this has happened to this extent in 5 years. I definitely used more hops than I usually do. 100g to 2 gallons (as per recipe) so think this may have clogged pipe. Mix was really thick and cloudy. There definitely seemed to be more dry hop powdery stuff in mix than other brews. Couldn’t get the siphon going. Drank a pint in less than 5 mins. Gulp! Saw no option but to pour half the mix through sieve into bottling bucket. I know this is bad practice and may oxidise. What should I look out for to spot oxidisation? What went wrong?