kbonnel
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HI All,
Sorry, this is a little long, but wanted to give a breakdown of the brewing process.
I decided, after a little over a year, to brew a couple of batches. I picked up two brewers best kits from my local shop, and everything went well. (brewed a falconer's flight, and a witbier). Everything seemed to go well during the cook and initial racking into the primary. My OG on the falconer's flight was spot on, and my witbier was a little lower than the range identified. I must have added a little too much water to get too the 5 gallons.
The fermentation of the falconer's flight was pretty typical, starting about 12 - 16 hours after pitching the yeast, and didn't seem too aggressive. (I kept the room temperature around 67 - 69. It seemed to finish about 7 days after starting, and the krasen fell pretty quick after that. The Witbier also started around the same time frame, but it was super aggressive, creating nice bubbles out of the 3 piece airlock for a couple of days.
My plan was to let them sit in the primary for 14 days or so, and then keg them, skipping the secondary this time around.
After the witbier's fermentation slowed down, about 7-8 days, I had to add additional star san solution too the airlock since it had gotten low due to the aggressive fermentation. I took it off, sanitized the cap/airlock, filled the airlock, and put it back on. Fermentation continued for another 5 days. At about the same time, 1 day later I believe, I added the final hops to the Falconer's flight, and sanitized-filled the airlock.
Everything seemed to be going fine, even though the krasen in the witbier didn't seem to want to fully fall down.
And then it happened. On day 13, the heater I used t keep he room at 67 - 69 somehow went crazy, and just decided to keep heating the room. It must have happened before I went to sleep (end of day 12), as I checked on everything prior to turning in. (it's just too much fun to watch the process!!!) When I check in the morning (about 8 hours, start o day 13), the rooms was a nice toasty 78 - 80 degrees, and the temp gauge on the carboys was around 75 - 76 degrees. I shut the heater off, opened some windows, and cooled the room down, back to the 67 range. The beer's temps followed suit, and settled around the 65 degree range. The only thing I noticed was the condensation at the top/inside of the carboy was a little more than it was prior to the incident.
Now that the background is done, my plan was to rack the beer into my kegs today (Day 14). I never payed too close attention in the previous days, but I did see the following in both carboys, and I couldn't tell if it was something too worry about, or nothing at all. Here are some pics:
First pic attached, IMG_20170112_065731.jpg, is the falconer's flight, and some strange white thing on the carboy.
The second pic attached, IMG_20170112_070109, is also the falconer's flight, showing a different angle.
The final pic attached, IMG_20170112_070335, is of the witbier. It has a few of these little white dots around, but they almost look more like bubbles.
Based on everybody's vast experience in home brew, are my batches infected with something?
I am pretty crazy with the clean / sanitize process, and probably go overboard, but anything is possible.
My goal was to take a final gravity today, and rack into kegs, but if it is pretty clear I have an infection, then I guess this round is a bust
Again, sorry for the long post.
Kimo
Sorry, this is a little long, but wanted to give a breakdown of the brewing process.
I decided, after a little over a year, to brew a couple of batches. I picked up two brewers best kits from my local shop, and everything went well. (brewed a falconer's flight, and a witbier). Everything seemed to go well during the cook and initial racking into the primary. My OG on the falconer's flight was spot on, and my witbier was a little lower than the range identified. I must have added a little too much water to get too the 5 gallons.
The fermentation of the falconer's flight was pretty typical, starting about 12 - 16 hours after pitching the yeast, and didn't seem too aggressive. (I kept the room temperature around 67 - 69. It seemed to finish about 7 days after starting, and the krasen fell pretty quick after that. The Witbier also started around the same time frame, but it was super aggressive, creating nice bubbles out of the 3 piece airlock for a couple of days.
My plan was to let them sit in the primary for 14 days or so, and then keg them, skipping the secondary this time around.
After the witbier's fermentation slowed down, about 7-8 days, I had to add additional star san solution too the airlock since it had gotten low due to the aggressive fermentation. I took it off, sanitized the cap/airlock, filled the airlock, and put it back on. Fermentation continued for another 5 days. At about the same time, 1 day later I believe, I added the final hops to the Falconer's flight, and sanitized-filled the airlock.
Everything seemed to be going fine, even though the krasen in the witbier didn't seem to want to fully fall down.
And then it happened. On day 13, the heater I used t keep he room at 67 - 69 somehow went crazy, and just decided to keep heating the room. It must have happened before I went to sleep (end of day 12), as I checked on everything prior to turning in. (it's just too much fun to watch the process!!!) When I check in the morning (about 8 hours, start o day 13), the rooms was a nice toasty 78 - 80 degrees, and the temp gauge on the carboys was around 75 - 76 degrees. I shut the heater off, opened some windows, and cooled the room down, back to the 67 range. The beer's temps followed suit, and settled around the 65 degree range. The only thing I noticed was the condensation at the top/inside of the carboy was a little more than it was prior to the incident.
Now that the background is done, my plan was to rack the beer into my kegs today (Day 14). I never payed too close attention in the previous days, but I did see the following in both carboys, and I couldn't tell if it was something too worry about, or nothing at all. Here are some pics:
First pic attached, IMG_20170112_065731.jpg, is the falconer's flight, and some strange white thing on the carboy.
The second pic attached, IMG_20170112_070109, is also the falconer's flight, showing a different angle.
The final pic attached, IMG_20170112_070335, is of the witbier. It has a few of these little white dots around, but they almost look more like bubbles.
Based on everybody's vast experience in home brew, are my batches infected with something?
I am pretty crazy with the clean / sanitize process, and probably go overboard, but anything is possible.
My goal was to take a final gravity today, and rack into kegs, but if it is pretty clear I have an infection, then I guess this round is a bust
Again, sorry for the long post.
Kimo
