Ok, M&J clone recipe has 1 oz Cascade Hops in Dry hop 5-7 days in Secondary after 10 day Primary firmentation where I added Hops late also (semi Dry Hopped, as I boiled some wort and added hops (2 cups) to primary as I forgot to add them in the last 15 min of boil).
Primary had a nice compact yeast and hop bed but I still lost about 1/2 gallon trying not to fill my secondary with yeast.
Now my secondary, where I dry hoped 1 oz of Cascades (pelets is all I could get my hands on locally).
I put them in thinking come racking they would have fallen out of suspension and formed a nice cake with the remaining yeast falling out just like the Primary.
Alas NOT, they were floating all through the beer and there was a thick mass at the bottom 1" of fluff that stirred up instantly when secondary was moved creating a "Storm" in the carboy.
So thinking positively, I'll just filter it during transfer to keg. and tied a hop bag to my racking cane to filter it out.
The first 1 1/2 gal was fine and relatively clear.... then it started. the filter clogged and the transfer rats slowed adding in air bubbles to the racking cane. it fully stopped with 2 gal left in 2ndary. I removed it and primed the cane again with fluid (my normal start to siphon) and started again to get the last 2 gal... with still over a gallon left it plugged again and I gave up.
During the siphoning I noticed lots of hops residue flowing through the tube... by the end it was 50/50 Just a mud flow.
I anticipate I'll loose at least another gallon now in the keg waiting for this mess to fall out so I can transfer again to another keg after I figure out how to filter the "NASTY" hop residue out of it.
I'm never using Pellet hops again..... this stuff is crap...not to mention expensive at nearly$5 for 2 oz. And to loose beer on top of that.
Well it will be 3 gal when done as I figure now and at over $50 for ingredients.... well that's just crazy talk. The Pellet hops have ruined this attempt at a M&J clone. I'm just completely disgusted by it.
So How to I salvage what little beer is left? Or is this 'Silt Hops" just destined to ruin my beer?
Primary had a nice compact yeast and hop bed but I still lost about 1/2 gallon trying not to fill my secondary with yeast.
Now my secondary, where I dry hoped 1 oz of Cascades (pelets is all I could get my hands on locally).
I put them in thinking come racking they would have fallen out of suspension and formed a nice cake with the remaining yeast falling out just like the Primary.
Alas NOT, they were floating all through the beer and there was a thick mass at the bottom 1" of fluff that stirred up instantly when secondary was moved creating a "Storm" in the carboy.
So thinking positively, I'll just filter it during transfer to keg. and tied a hop bag to my racking cane to filter it out.
The first 1 1/2 gal was fine and relatively clear.... then it started. the filter clogged and the transfer rats slowed adding in air bubbles to the racking cane. it fully stopped with 2 gal left in 2ndary. I removed it and primed the cane again with fluid (my normal start to siphon) and started again to get the last 2 gal... with still over a gallon left it plugged again and I gave up.
During the siphoning I noticed lots of hops residue flowing through the tube... by the end it was 50/50 Just a mud flow.
I anticipate I'll loose at least another gallon now in the keg waiting for this mess to fall out so I can transfer again to another keg after I figure out how to filter the "NASTY" hop residue out of it.
I'm never using Pellet hops again..... this stuff is crap...not to mention expensive at nearly$5 for 2 oz. And to loose beer on top of that.
Well it will be 3 gal when done as I figure now and at over $50 for ingredients.... well that's just crazy talk. The Pellet hops have ruined this attempt at a M&J clone. I'm just completely disgusted by it.
So How to I salvage what little beer is left? Or is this 'Silt Hops" just destined to ruin my beer?