mikelward
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Hi Guys
I tried to make my first kit beer that had separate dry malt and hops pellets - a Liquor Craft kit #62 (Stella/Belgian lager).
After mixing and blending the malt, and boiling the hops pellets, it said I needed to strain the liquid, but I didn't have a strainer, and I couldn't see any lumps, so I just tipped it straight into the fermenter.
Then I noticed there were bits of hop leaves, and I'm worried they won't sink to the bottom of the fermenter.
Now it's a week later, and a sample seems to have tasted OK but it's got lots of solids in it, so I guess my main problem will be filtering out any hop leaves and sediment when bottling.
I was hoping I could just bottle by putting a strainer in between the tap and the bottler, presumably with a funnel, but I've since read that beer should not be exposed to oxygen, so I'm guessing a funnel is not optimal.
So the questions:
- how much harm would I do by adding a strainer and funnel in between the tap and "little bottler" when bottling?
- would that work to remove any debris, e.g. bits of hop leaves?
- any better suggestions?
- would having a second fermenter help, e.g. by doing a secondary fermentation/racking? I'm assuming I'll still need to filter/strain it somehow to get the hop leaves out?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mikel
I tried to make my first kit beer that had separate dry malt and hops pellets - a Liquor Craft kit #62 (Stella/Belgian lager).
After mixing and blending the malt, and boiling the hops pellets, it said I needed to strain the liquid, but I didn't have a strainer, and I couldn't see any lumps, so I just tipped it straight into the fermenter.
Then I noticed there were bits of hop leaves, and I'm worried they won't sink to the bottom of the fermenter.
Now it's a week later, and a sample seems to have tasted OK but it's got lots of solids in it, so I guess my main problem will be filtering out any hop leaves and sediment when bottling.
I was hoping I could just bottle by putting a strainer in between the tap and the bottler, presumably with a funnel, but I've since read that beer should not be exposed to oxygen, so I'm guessing a funnel is not optimal.
So the questions:
- how much harm would I do by adding a strainer and funnel in between the tap and "little bottler" when bottling?
- would that work to remove any debris, e.g. bits of hop leaves?
- any better suggestions?
- would having a second fermenter help, e.g. by doing a secondary fermentation/racking? I'm assuming I'll still need to filter/strain it somehow to get the hop leaves out?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mikel