I just brewed my second batch ever, a Rogue Dead Guy clone, yesterday and it's lack of vigorous hot break had me pondered.
My very first brew used 3.3 lb LME and 3 lb DME and the hot break was quite vigorous requiring removing the pot from heat quite a few times. In this clone, I only used LME and there was barely any foaming, I didn't even need to kill the heat once.
Is this a general phenomenon? I was thinking that with the DME, there are more undissolved solids floating around creating more nucleation sites for the boil. Or this is just asstalk and I'm clueless. Any thoughts?
My very first brew used 3.3 lb LME and 3 lb DME and the hot break was quite vigorous requiring removing the pot from heat quite a few times. In this clone, I only used LME and there was barely any foaming, I didn't even need to kill the heat once.
Is this a general phenomenon? I was thinking that with the DME, there are more undissolved solids floating around creating more nucleation sites for the boil. Or this is just asstalk and I'm clueless. Any thoughts?