Fermenting L17 imperial yeast lager help

[franknbeans]

I'm no expert, but this sounds like a cluster f**k

 

[Beerschmack]

I need a beer lol

 

[Beerschmack]

Oh btw any idea if I should use gelatin for the beer to clear the beer?! I have some on hand too lol

 

[Jag75]

Oh btw any idea if I should use gelatin for the beer to clear the beer?! I have some on hand too lol

Some do . Some don't. It's your preference really. I suggest trying it and omitting it and see what you like .

 

[franknbeans]

I've used it before, works pretty well after a few days.

 

[Beerschmack]

Thanks for everything guys

 

[Beerschmack]

Could not wait to lager any longer. Check out how it came out, still letting it lager though couple weeks.

 

[franknbeans]

ooooh, nice color and head! how's she taste?

 

[Beerschmack]

ooooh, nice color and head! how's she taste?

It was nice and dry and very hoppy. the head felt like one of those cappuccino heads it was really good.

 

[Beerschmack]

So here’s the other beer from the same one less carbonation. During second fermentation I just threw some hops in it let it ferment and drained most of it out since it was to hoppy for me. And I just threw it in the keg. But it was great it settles at the bottom if you like it in your beer it’s alright. The hops in this second fermentation helped clear that bad smell I didn’t like, was to hesitant to wait for it to settle another day so these two beers came out. Some of it clogged the line so I had to clean it. But overall great beer

 

[Beerschmack]

I forgot to mention that this is a forced carbonation with a .5 diffusion stone.

 

[Beerschmack]

I need help with what I should do.
Rice hull- 1/2 / .5 lbs
Flaked barley - 1/4/.25lbs
Corn flakes - 1 lbs
Briess pale ale malt -4 lbs
OG came out to 1.02
Threw 3 lbs of brown sugar into the 5gallon wort while temperatures were dropping and mixed it in. Let temperatures drop to 55 and pitched the yeast. (Imperial Yeast L17)
Any idea what I should do about the amount of brown sugar I added it’s almost going to be a week into fermentation and I’ve been taking out the krausen since I think it would taste better.
Also trying to figure out what type of style beer this sounds like.
This recipe sounds like a mess. There’s like almost 50 grams of hops in it. But with taking them out with krausen maybe it will turn out good??
Final OG came out to 1.05

The brown sugar of 3 pounds is separated into 2 different brands. Slightly higher than
1 pound of Florida organic raw cane sugar crystals
And 32 oz of C&H golden brown cane sugar. I think this is the most important part.

This are added after first and second boil at the above description as I needed help.

But this is nice when you really get the head and flavor for the beer after second ferment.

The forced carbonation was constant at around 20psi for the head. I than switch to normal pressure fermentation from above to get the beer constant at that pressure.

 

[Beerschmack]

The brown sugar of 3 pounds is separated into 2 different brands. Slightly higher than
1 pound of Florida organic raw cane sugar crystals
And 32 oz of C&H golden brown cane sugar. I think this is the most important part.

This are added after first and second boil at the above description as I needed help.

But this is nice when you really get the head and flavor for the beer after second ferment.

The forced carbonation was constant at around 20psi for the head. I than switch to normal pressure fermentation from above to get the beer constant at that pressure.

The total amount of hops was around 1.6 ounces with about less than 8 grams of hops in 2nd fermentation under 24 hours. Than I just used a 304 stainless steel wire 120 mesh 0.125mm holes to get rid of the excess hops cuz it smelled perfect to my preference.