I cant seem to find anything on this. It seems every time I move my kegs, the beer comes out looking
. For lack of a better term
.. dirty. It looks like there is dirt or grit in the beer. Not that you can see dirt or grit, but the beer itself looks like it is shadowy. I can even tell when the beer is coming out of the faucet that it looks different. Now, I have had this problem whether the beer itself was freshly kegged and the residual particles are settling out due to the cold crash, or if I have had the beer on tap for a while (already completely crashed) and beer pulled from the bottom so clean and clear
. but its moved, for say a party or something it gets this dirty look to it.
The latest case just happened. I have the new fast-ferment. The first beer for this vessel was a heavily late hopped IPA, with an additional 3 ounces of dry hops. All hops were contained in hob bags to minimize particle release (during boil and dry hop). After I dropped my sack of dry hops into the fast ferment, I let it sit for 7 days. There is a ball on the bottom of the fast ferment, and the liquid inside had plenty of gunk. (btw, I did already remove the first ball after the beer fermented, I replaced it with the second ball and to no ones surprise, it had the described gunk). I know the fast ferment does not allow all of the beers particles to settle into the ball, in other words, some still sticks on the side of it vessel. But, when I transferred the beer to the keg, all looked good. I hooked it up, forced carbed it, and when I pulled my first beer out of it, it looked .. dirty. Like a grey haze. I held it up to the light, and it does not appear to be a chill haze, it looks dirty. Sure, there is chill haze as the beer is also cloudy, but what I am experiencing . And have experienced is this kinda shadowing dirty haze. It tasted way bitter, too. But I suspect this to be hop particles, which dissolved and fell out of my paint straining bag. Underneath the extra bitterness, I can taste the beer and how its supposed to be this is hard to explain.
Could that be the answer? That this is nothing but roused hop particles and yeast?. Multiple pours of this beer result in the same dirty haze about 5 pints total. I did not gelatin this beer . Yet .. but I may. Even on beers I have gelatined, I get this dirty look whenever the keezer is moved. It usual clears up after a couple of pours, though.
I am looking for people who have experienced this same situation. I am also looking for answers to my thoughts.
Yes, everything was properly cleaned with Straight A and sanitized with StarSan. So I dont believe it to be an infection. My dry hop bag was boiled for 10 minutes, dunked into StarSan and hops added, (like I have done many times before). Do I need to gelatin, do I need to pull a few more pints, what is the haze? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The latest case just happened. I have the new fast-ferment. The first beer for this vessel was a heavily late hopped IPA, with an additional 3 ounces of dry hops. All hops were contained in hob bags to minimize particle release (during boil and dry hop). After I dropped my sack of dry hops into the fast ferment, I let it sit for 7 days. There is a ball on the bottom of the fast ferment, and the liquid inside had plenty of gunk. (btw, I did already remove the first ball after the beer fermented, I replaced it with the second ball and to no ones surprise, it had the described gunk). I know the fast ferment does not allow all of the beers particles to settle into the ball, in other words, some still sticks on the side of it vessel. But, when I transferred the beer to the keg, all looked good. I hooked it up, forced carbed it, and when I pulled my first beer out of it, it looked .. dirty. Like a grey haze. I held it up to the light, and it does not appear to be a chill haze, it looks dirty. Sure, there is chill haze as the beer is also cloudy, but what I am experiencing . And have experienced is this kinda shadowing dirty haze. It tasted way bitter, too. But I suspect this to be hop particles, which dissolved and fell out of my paint straining bag. Underneath the extra bitterness, I can taste the beer and how its supposed to be this is hard to explain.
Could that be the answer? That this is nothing but roused hop particles and yeast?. Multiple pours of this beer result in the same dirty haze about 5 pints total. I did not gelatin this beer . Yet .. but I may. Even on beers I have gelatined, I get this dirty look whenever the keezer is moved. It usual clears up after a couple of pours, though.
I am looking for people who have experienced this same situation. I am also looking for answers to my thoughts.
Yes, everything was properly cleaned with Straight A and sanitized with StarSan. So I dont believe it to be an infection. My dry hop bag was boiled for 10 minutes, dunked into StarSan and hops added, (like I have done many times before). Do I need to gelatin, do I need to pull a few more pints, what is the haze? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
