imperialipa
Well-Known Member
Brewed my first lager. I noticed a couple of wierd things.
1. The yeast clumped up into big cottage cheese looking things. Some were on the top and some were on the bottom. I left in primary for 3 weeks at 52 degrees and the big stuff at the top never dropped out. But I checked gravity over 3 days and its definately done fermenting.
Used WLP800 Pilsner lager yeast.
Tasted it and it tastes fine so I dont think it was an infection.
Problem was when I tried to rack to keg I had to put a cheesecloth over the racking cane and I got a TON of cavitation. The beer in the keg was pretty foamy when it was done. Capped it and purged O2 layer with CO2. But I'm afraid I oxygenated the wort.
Any way to bleed out the o2 in the keg or am I screwed?
I did not like the way this yeast performed at all. It was a huge pain to rack and never dropped out.
Anyone else have any experience with this yeast?
1. The yeast clumped up into big cottage cheese looking things. Some were on the top and some were on the bottom. I left in primary for 3 weeks at 52 degrees and the big stuff at the top never dropped out. But I checked gravity over 3 days and its definately done fermenting.
Used WLP800 Pilsner lager yeast.
Tasted it and it tastes fine so I dont think it was an infection.
Problem was when I tried to rack to keg I had to put a cheesecloth over the racking cane and I got a TON of cavitation. The beer in the keg was pretty foamy when it was done. Capped it and purged O2 layer with CO2. But I'm afraid I oxygenated the wort.
Any way to bleed out the o2 in the keg or am I screwed?
I did not like the way this yeast performed at all. It was a huge pain to rack and never dropped out.
Anyone else have any experience with this yeast?
