Brew_G
Well-Known Member
Bottled up a primarily Centennial IPA this afternoon. FG sample smelled tasted absolutely fantastic! Started off at 1.064 and ended at 1.011, which is right in my personal wheelhouse for IPAs, so it got me really excited to see how this carbs up. That said...
I had a terrible bottling session! I started racking to my bottling bucket before I took my FG sample, so I ended up trying to pull my sample directly from the auto siphon; this means that I pulled the end of the tubing out of the half-filled bottling bucket to take the sample. Fine...but I ended up pulling the siphon from out under the wort, so I had to pump it again. But in that next step, I accidentally pushed the siphon down into the trub, and in so doing I pulled a ton of crap into it. I had to pump again, which pushed more air through the tubing and into the beer. Repeat three times...
So despite my excitement about tasting this beer, I'm also unhappy about the amount of crap that will be in the bottles, plus the very real fear of oxidation. I *should* be drinking/serving most of these beers before oxidation has a chance to really set in, but I'm still pissed about how poorly today went!
I had a terrible bottling session! I started racking to my bottling bucket before I took my FG sample, so I ended up trying to pull my sample directly from the auto siphon; this means that I pulled the end of the tubing out of the half-filled bottling bucket to take the sample. Fine...but I ended up pulling the siphon from out under the wort, so I had to pump it again. But in that next step, I accidentally pushed the siphon down into the trub, and in so doing I pulled a ton of crap into it. I had to pump again, which pushed more air through the tubing and into the beer. Repeat three times...
So despite my excitement about tasting this beer, I'm also unhappy about the amount of crap that will be in the bottles, plus the very real fear of oxidation. I *should* be drinking/serving most of these beers before oxidation has a chance to really set in, but I'm still pissed about how poorly today went!