Newto The Brew Cloudy Beer

[shaunbrew]

gday fellow brewers i am a newbie and just had a read of the FAQ post up the top great amounts of info, my main concern is ending up with a cloudy beer, i will be brewing a lager to start off with is there any tips on avoiding this problem regards shaun

 

[Brewman_]

Hi Shaunbrew,

I guess you are starting with a kit beer.

What ever, for your first few beers you will have a few thing to get right to makle the beer taste OK. I would start there. Depending on a heap of factors your beer may end upo cleer anyway.

Here is a start.
Make sure your beer ferments completely. Check SG to confirm this, don't go by the bubbles in the air lock.

Use some finnings before bottling. But you don't have to use this to get cleer beer.

Once bottled leave the beer for enough time to allow the beer to condition properly.

Really there is a lot to your question, do some searches on this site, it is covered at various levels that may help you.

Good beer does not have to be cleer!

Fear_n_loath

 

[felten]

I'll start off by saying, when you're new to brewing don't worry about haze.

But if you do want to fix it then you first have to figure out what kind of haze is affecting your brews, there's a lot of different types of haze, and different ways to combat each. There's chill haze, yeast haze, starch haze, and maybe a few more I can't think of atm. It would help if you outline your process and ingredients and so on.

Anyway here is the first link (3 part article) I could google up that might help to explain chill haze, or it might just confuse the shit out of you, I dunno.

 

[Punkal]

The link i have added is to John Palmers First edition of How to Brew Link
It is a great book and will put you on the right track...

 

[Brewman_]

Good to see you guys have the links.

 

[Bribie G]

If you use a kit such as Coopers or Morgans lager and use a brew enhancer such as Coopers BE2, ferment out fully and allow at least 3 weeks in the bottle to clear, then haze should not be a problem.

 

[Silo Ted]

gday fellow brewers i am a newbie and just had a read of the FAQ post up the top great amounts of info, my main concern is ending up with a cloudy beer, i will be brewing a lager to start off with is there any tips on avoiding this problem regards shaun

Don't concern yourself too much if you're just starting out. Some cloudiness or haze won't hurt you or the beer in the short term. IMO you should instead focus on seeking out more important information as your sanitisation regime, your additions (if any) of hops & steeping grain, yeast health and correct temperature.

Doing a good lager for your first one is a bit of a challenge. Do you have a dedicated fridge with temperature control to keep the fermentation at 12c, and the ability to 'lager' after that at close to 1c ?

What's your recipe going to be ? Please tell us what yeast you are using also. The word 'lager' is often thrown around out of context, as much as the word 'draught'.

 

[shaunbrew]

Thanks for the advise guys, maybe im thinking to far ahead considering this is my first brew, i understand that being sterile is the crutial factor...... this is the complete kit which i have brought from aussiebrewmakers.com.......

Equipment included:30 litre Fermenter with O ring, Tap, Sediment Reducer, Volume Scales, Thermometer, Grommet and AirlockBottlebrush Large480mm PaddleHydrometer CompleteLittle BottlerBeer Making ManualBench CapperConsumables included:1 x pkt Steriliser 250g100 x Crown Seals1 x 1Kg Dextrose1 x pkt Carbonation Drops1 x 1.7Kg Beer Kit (Thomas Coopers Australian Lager)

someone else told me that i should start off with brewing a draught as i dont have anything for chilling (second fridge) all i have is a spare room with a wardrobe i can use , providing i keep the curtains closed as well as the doors the wardrobe might be cool enough
kind regards shaun

 

[esssee]

someone else told me that i should start off with brewing a draught as i dont have anything for chilling (second fridge) all i have is a spare room with a wardrobe i can use , providing i keep the curtains closed as well as the doors the wardrobe might be cool enough
kind regards shaun

Shaun,

I'm on the other side of Melbourne, and for my brews (ales), I went and bought a plastic garbage bin from Big W ($15). Chuck the frementer in their, and fill with water up to just below where the wort sits (otherwise it'll float). This then allows you to regulate the temperature with ice, etc... but it won't be affected too much by temperature variance from night to day.

 

[Silo Ted]

someone else told me that i should start off with brewing a draught as i dont have anything for chilling (second fridge)

Lager / Pilsener = Need a Fridge, unless it snows where you live.

Ales = Fermented at 18-22c (Im generalising here). You may not need a fridge, just some ice or frozen water bottles.

Draught = Not a beer style, but a serving method (ie any ale, lager, pilsener served from a keg, cask etc).

 

[Steve@PMF82]

My advice for that kit - chuck the yeast that comes with it!

Do not use the dex in brew - keep it for priming ect down the track.

Add a pack of coopers brew enhancer 2 - woolworths ect.

Get yourself a packet of Safale US05 - pitch directly into wort around 23C
try and ferment it at 16 - 18C

Maybe chuck some finishing hops in at around day 5 - Any noble type hop would be good - Sazz , Hallertauer, Tettnang

Would turn out heaps better that follwing the kit instructions.

cheers

 

[shaunbrew]

thanks fellas, beer 4 u good idea where can i get the other stuff from? the brew shop. cheers

shaun