I have had heaps of questions and i have generally found the answers searching on here or somewhere else on the internet but i have a few answers that i cant seem to find the full answer to.
In one of my fermenters i recently put down a Stout/Dark Ale toucan with 500g BE2 and 200g Medium Crystal, because i have been brewing at work i made a few rookie errors. Firstly i miscalculated the amount of hot/cold water and ended up pitching the yeast at 30C as boss was closing up, the second was that my brews are fermenting in a insulated room that usually sits and 18-22 degrees, however on this day the door was left open and my brew got to as high as 26-28 degrees. I now have it sitting in a big tub of cold water thats at 18 degrees. Smelling the fermenter gives a really "homebrewey" twang, sort of fruity, it has been in the fermenter since friday and the krausen has fallen significantly, still 3 inches on it though. I used both kit yeasts. My first question is will this fruity smell/taste mellow out either in secondary/bottle and is this brew worth cold chilling?
My second question is in regards to aerating wort. As i have been brewing at work i have been bringing my beer home to bottle, on this occasion however i was going to throw it in the fridge for a few days to see if that helps clear the beer and taste, i have already transferred to secondary and the hydro reading was 1005 today so i think its pretty much done but wanted to cold chill to see how it went. Living in NQ our roads have recently been plagued with potholes, and in some parts it covers the whole road, by the end of it my brew had about 1-2cm of bubbles in each secondary vessel from the bumpy ride. Is this considered aerating/and or what will this cause?
My Last questions is that today i put in my second fermenter an Coopers English Bitter with 1kg Light Dry Malt and 250g dex. As i was trying to dissolve the can of goop and LDM i noticed that a lot of my malt was clumping together and not dissolving, turning into big chunks of rubbery plastic is how i would describe it, what would this be caused by/and or is this bad? It has not happened to any of my brews previously using LDME.
Cheers, TmC
In one of my fermenters i recently put down a Stout/Dark Ale toucan with 500g BE2 and 200g Medium Crystal, because i have been brewing at work i made a few rookie errors. Firstly i miscalculated the amount of hot/cold water and ended up pitching the yeast at 30C as boss was closing up, the second was that my brews are fermenting in a insulated room that usually sits and 18-22 degrees, however on this day the door was left open and my brew got to as high as 26-28 degrees. I now have it sitting in a big tub of cold water thats at 18 degrees. Smelling the fermenter gives a really "homebrewey" twang, sort of fruity, it has been in the fermenter since friday and the krausen has fallen significantly, still 3 inches on it though. I used both kit yeasts. My first question is will this fruity smell/taste mellow out either in secondary/bottle and is this brew worth cold chilling?
My second question is in regards to aerating wort. As i have been brewing at work i have been bringing my beer home to bottle, on this occasion however i was going to throw it in the fridge for a few days to see if that helps clear the beer and taste, i have already transferred to secondary and the hydro reading was 1005 today so i think its pretty much done but wanted to cold chill to see how it went. Living in NQ our roads have recently been plagued with potholes, and in some parts it covers the whole road, by the end of it my brew had about 1-2cm of bubbles in each secondary vessel from the bumpy ride. Is this considered aerating/and or what will this cause?
My Last questions is that today i put in my second fermenter an Coopers English Bitter with 1kg Light Dry Malt and 250g dex. As i was trying to dissolve the can of goop and LDM i noticed that a lot of my malt was clumping together and not dissolving, turning into big chunks of rubbery plastic is how i would describe it, what would this be caused by/and or is this bad? It has not happened to any of my brews previously using LDME.
Cheers, TmC
