T-bone
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Hey, everybody. I'm on batch number 3, and its gone horribly awry. I wouldn't be too worried, but this batch is for a special occasion, so I thought I'd check.
Anyway, my main concern is a very heavy haze. Its been in bottles for 5 days now, and there is a very thin layer of clear beer at the top with a nasty, opaque haze throughout the rest. Before I get too many "let it settle" responses, let me go on to say that after 4 days in the fermentor, I checked the gravity (which was near final), and noticed the same thing. I racked to a secondary before bottling, and again, noticed the same after 8 days.
Normally, I'd figure this was a normal clarity gradient, but a few things went wrong during fermentation. First, I used a dry yeast just because it came with the extract. Always used liquid yeast before, and those brews were terrific. Also, when I opened the secondary, I had my head directly over the brew. As I pried off the top, I took a breath and very nearly passed out! Is there any chance that this was due to something terrible, or could it have simply been CO2 exposure? Finally, whenever I handled the beer in the primary, secondary, or bottling bucket, if ever I agitated the brew, little white spots appeared on the surface. I examined some with a spoon, and they were droplet shaped (like little tadpoles), as though bubbles had brought something up from the bottom. Was it floating yeast, or do I have creepy crawlies in my beer?
Anyway, my main concern is a very heavy haze. Its been in bottles for 5 days now, and there is a very thin layer of clear beer at the top with a nasty, opaque haze throughout the rest. Before I get too many "let it settle" responses, let me go on to say that after 4 days in the fermentor, I checked the gravity (which was near final), and noticed the same thing. I racked to a secondary before bottling, and again, noticed the same after 8 days.
Normally, I'd figure this was a normal clarity gradient, but a few things went wrong during fermentation. First, I used a dry yeast just because it came with the extract. Always used liquid yeast before, and those brews were terrific. Also, when I opened the secondary, I had my head directly over the brew. As I pried off the top, I took a breath and very nearly passed out! Is there any chance that this was due to something terrible, or could it have simply been CO2 exposure? Finally, whenever I handled the beer in the primary, secondary, or bottling bucket, if ever I agitated the brew, little white spots appeared on the surface. I examined some with a spoon, and they were droplet shaped (like little tadpoles), as though bubbles had brought something up from the bottom. Was it floating yeast, or do I have creepy crawlies in my beer?
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