I brewed this up last month:
Centennial Pale
4.64 lbs 2row
.55lb Victory
.275 C60
.2 oz Nugget 60 min
.6 oz Centennial 20 min
.3 oz Cent 10 min
.3 oz 5 min
This is a 3 gal batch.
Strike @ 157, mash @ 152 60 min.
No chill
O.G. 1.047
Not much went wrong with the process, not easy going day, same as usual.
Moved kettle to the basement to cool down over night. O.G at 1.042, which is most likely because I still am re-fining my process and working on efficiency. Next day, temp was 70 and pitched yeast. Instead of S-05 like I usually do, I decided to try the Mangrove Jack West Coast Ale this time. Pitched right ontop (since have gone to re-hydrating). Ferment at 64 for 3 weeks. At the 3 week mark, I popped open the bucket for a gravity reading and was at 1.020 and beer was pretty cloudy like a hefe. I thought that was a little weird. Waited 4 more days and did another, 1.020. So jumped on here and read a few things on stuck fermentation. Next step was swirling the bucket around for a minute or two and then strapped on a heating pad to raise the temp a bit. Ended up at 70-71 and let that sit a week. After that, still at 1.020. So four weeks in and I thought, hell, it ain't moving anymore and bottled. Still, the beer is very cloudy but I couldn't turn back at this point so I went with a little less sugar to carb, just in case. Once capped and looking at the neck I noticed and oily film on the bottle. Fingers crossed, I put them in a plastic tub covered and let it ride out. That was just over a week ago and still the bottles are very cloudy. Going to wait 2 more weeks then throw one in the fridge for 4 or 5 days and see what happens.
I just can't figure out why it came out so cloudy when my other recipes have come out clear and what's up with the oily film associated with this batch.
Centennial Pale
4.64 lbs 2row
.55lb Victory
.275 C60
.2 oz Nugget 60 min
.6 oz Centennial 20 min
.3 oz Cent 10 min
.3 oz 5 min
This is a 3 gal batch.
Strike @ 157, mash @ 152 60 min.
No chill
O.G. 1.047
Not much went wrong with the process, not easy going day, same as usual.
Moved kettle to the basement to cool down over night. O.G at 1.042, which is most likely because I still am re-fining my process and working on efficiency. Next day, temp was 70 and pitched yeast. Instead of S-05 like I usually do, I decided to try the Mangrove Jack West Coast Ale this time. Pitched right ontop (since have gone to re-hydrating). Ferment at 64 for 3 weeks. At the 3 week mark, I popped open the bucket for a gravity reading and was at 1.020 and beer was pretty cloudy like a hefe. I thought that was a little weird. Waited 4 more days and did another, 1.020. So jumped on here and read a few things on stuck fermentation. Next step was swirling the bucket around for a minute or two and then strapped on a heating pad to raise the temp a bit. Ended up at 70-71 and let that sit a week. After that, still at 1.020. So four weeks in and I thought, hell, it ain't moving anymore and bottled. Still, the beer is very cloudy but I couldn't turn back at this point so I went with a little less sugar to carb, just in case. Once capped and looking at the neck I noticed and oily film on the bottle. Fingers crossed, I put them in a plastic tub covered and let it ride out. That was just over a week ago and still the bottles are very cloudy. Going to wait 2 more weeks then throw one in the fridge for 4 or 5 days and see what happens.
I just can't figure out why it came out so cloudy when my other recipes have come out clear and what's up with the oily film associated with this batch.
