WABOBO
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So I have a few brews under my belt. Last week I had something new happen. I transferred the wort to the fermenter, and pitched the yeast. 12 hours later, I checked on it, and instead of the normal snow globe effect with a cloudy wort and particles flying everywhere, I had these blobs and an overly clear wort:
After 24 hrs, it cleaned up a little bit, but was very much still "blobby":
After 5 days:
Now, I'm not overly concerned - there is tons of activity in the airlock, and you can see bubbles coming up through the beer/wort. But, I'm really confused. All of my beers to date have been hazy and cloudy, not clear like this. The only thing I did differently, is I tried a new technique. I have a Brewzilla, after the boil I reduced heat to 65C, steeped some hops for 30 minutes in a big nylon hop bag, then pumped/recirculated everything into the centre of the bag (filtering out some of the solids). The wort didn't look any different from my normal beers, but I'm guessing because I filtered hot/cold break and everything else through the nylon bag, maybe that is the cause the clear beer? I always thought the yeast caused a hazy effect, and I'm wondering if something may be wrong with the yeast.
My question: Is it bad that the beer is fermenting while the solution is clear? This seems out of the ordinary - I'm used to a hazy fermentor.
Here is the grain bill:
4 lb (1.8 kg) Pilsner malt
4 lb (1.8 kg) Maris Otter malt
1 lb (454 g) Vienna malt
8 oz (227 g) Victory malt
After 24 hrs, it cleaned up a little bit, but was very much still "blobby":
After 5 days:
Now, I'm not overly concerned - there is tons of activity in the airlock, and you can see bubbles coming up through the beer/wort. But, I'm really confused. All of my beers to date have been hazy and cloudy, not clear like this. The only thing I did differently, is I tried a new technique. I have a Brewzilla, after the boil I reduced heat to 65C, steeped some hops for 30 minutes in a big nylon hop bag, then pumped/recirculated everything into the centre of the bag (filtering out some of the solids). The wort didn't look any different from my normal beers, but I'm guessing because I filtered hot/cold break and everything else through the nylon bag, maybe that is the cause the clear beer? I always thought the yeast caused a hazy effect, and I'm wondering if something may be wrong with the yeast.
My question: Is it bad that the beer is fermenting while the solution is clear? This seems out of the ordinary - I'm used to a hazy fermentor.
Here is the grain bill:
4 lb (1.8 kg) Pilsner malt
4 lb (1.8 kg) Maris Otter malt
1 lb (454 g) Vienna malt
8 oz (227 g) Victory malt
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