mizzourah2006
Well-Known Member
I did the Pliny the Elder clone yesterday afternoon and the wort was extremely murky when I was pouring it into the fermenter.
It was a partial mash with 9 lbs of grains and 3.5 lbs of DME. It also included 8 ounces of hops. We did strain the beer as it went into the fermenter and caught a ton of hop resin.
My question is, is it normal for a high gravity very hoppy beer to be murky before the yeast get a hold of it?
Other potentially important info:
it was a 75ish minute boil (probably a few minutes longer) and we added 2 lbs of the DME with 30 minutes left in the boil and the last 1.5 lbs with 15 minutes left in the boil.
Starting gravity was right around 1.082. It was 1.093 with 4.3 gallons and I topped it off to 5 gallons.
cooled it down to pitching temps within 30 minutes.
Airlock is already bubbling like crazy after 9 hours.
It was a partial mash with 9 lbs of grains and 3.5 lbs of DME. It also included 8 ounces of hops. We did strain the beer as it went into the fermenter and caught a ton of hop resin.
My question is, is it normal for a high gravity very hoppy beer to be murky before the yeast get a hold of it?
Other potentially important info:
it was a 75ish minute boil (probably a few minutes longer) and we added 2 lbs of the DME with 30 minutes left in the boil and the last 1.5 lbs with 15 minutes left in the boil.
Starting gravity was right around 1.082. It was 1.093 with 4.3 gallons and I topped it off to 5 gallons.
cooled it down to pitching temps within 30 minutes.
Airlock is already bubbling like crazy after 9 hours.