Infected

[razyrsharpe]

damnit. went to rack my SMaSH to a secondary and bam... infection. lost a bit of sleep over it, but i'll climb right back on that horse tomorrow. going to remake a version of it with the same malt (Munich Light) and now using Glacier hops instead of Willamette and Nottingham yeast instead of US-05. crossing my fingers too.

on the positive side, it is only my second infection ever. so, the odds are with me this time i hope.

 

[Subdivisions]

pics or it didn't happen I believe you though.

 

[ol-hazza]

leave it for 6 months and see what develops

 

[GCPHomebrew]

Why secondary? My last two batches I decided to not secondary. Hop flavor was much better. Same recipes I have brewed a dozen times. Both dry hopped in the primary. I may never secondary again.

 

[catdaddy66]

Why secondary? My last two batches I decided to not secondary. Hop flavor was much better. Same recipes I have brewed a dozen times. Both dry hopped in the primary. I may never secondary again.

I quit using a secondary long ago. My beers come our really well.

 

[pdog44450]

I've never used a secondary and my beers come out great. To me it's an unnecessary step with another chance for infection.

 

[ibrewmyown]

The only time I use a secondary is when I lager. Any time you can eliminate a chance for infection without sacrificing flavor, do it. I keg so the beer will settle and clear in the keg. I never cold crash either. Why? So the first pint or two will be a little cloudy? I'll take those for the team before serving to guests.

I little haze has never bothered me. I'll take a hazed good tasting beer over a crystal clear so-so beer any day.

 

[razyrsharpe]

I have found much better clarity when using a secondary. That being said, the infection occurred BEFORE I transferred it. It never made it to the clearing vessel at all.