Hi guys,
I put a beez neez clone in the fermenter a few weeks ago. I used a Wals wheat can, 1.5 kg wheat malt, 0.5kg honey. My better LHBS recommended a Pale Ale flavour pack ( 200g Malted Crystal & Carapils + 13g Cascade hops)
The beer was going great in the fermenter, with good colour, flavour & good head in SG testing. Then there was a sudden drop in temps, so the beer was then maintained @ approx 18-20 deg C via external heat.
Then I got sick, and was too sick to handle the smell when testing, so there was no testing for 2 weeks
The beer has been in the fermenter with no action for a week now. On testing yesterday with a view to bottling, beer going into the testing tube is milky with bits of hop settling to the bottom of the tube, flat & not at all clear. Taste is very beery which I think will improve after bottling, but still has a good head. (Final alcohol looks to be 6.48%)
I am not sure if the hop bits are somehow in suspension within the liquid, or if I am pulling sediment into the tube when decanting, & I have not opened the lid yet as I dont want to contaminate before bottling.
Does this sound like it could be possible? Should I add finings or maybe set up a siphon from the top via the airlock hole?
Or is my beer ruined ?
I put a beez neez clone in the fermenter a few weeks ago. I used a Wals wheat can, 1.5 kg wheat malt, 0.5kg honey. My better LHBS recommended a Pale Ale flavour pack ( 200g Malted Crystal & Carapils + 13g Cascade hops)
The beer was going great in the fermenter, with good colour, flavour & good head in SG testing. Then there was a sudden drop in temps, so the beer was then maintained @ approx 18-20 deg C via external heat.
Then I got sick, and was too sick to handle the smell when testing, so there was no testing for 2 weeks
The beer has been in the fermenter with no action for a week now. On testing yesterday with a view to bottling, beer going into the testing tube is milky with bits of hop settling to the bottom of the tube, flat & not at all clear. Taste is very beery which I think will improve after bottling, but still has a good head. (Final alcohol looks to be 6.48%)
I am not sure if the hop bits are somehow in suspension within the liquid, or if I am pulling sediment into the tube when decanting, & I have not opened the lid yet as I dont want to contaminate before bottling.
Does this sound like it could be possible? Should I add finings or maybe set up a siphon from the top via the airlock hole?
Or is my beer ruined ?