I've been lurking for months on this site. I was keen to learn from you all and didn't feel 'qualified/knowledgable' enough to ask questions. It wasn't necessary really because even though I was new to brewing nothing much has gone wrong.... until now.
I saw a recipe here for a Munich Helles (from Ken I think) and thought I'd give it a try. It was based on a Morgan's Golden Saaz Pilsner kit with Saaz for dry hopping. Nothing much beyond what I had already done, except I used hop pellets rather than the tea-bag style hops. And it was my first attempt at using a lager yeast (Saflager).
I pitched the yeast on 6 July and everything was going well. I racked after 7 days and dry hopped as per the instructions with 25g of Saaz. At that stage the beer was pretty clear, much as I would have expected.
Anyway tonight I thought I'd bottle it but to my dismay it was cloudy. The beer didn't have any strange films on the surface or anything, just very unappealing.
I decided it wouldn't be worth bottling, so I have racked it again and am just going to let it sit. Oh, I did taste it. It didn't taste too bad, if a little too hoppy.
What do you think could be the problem?
I saw a recipe here for a Munich Helles (from Ken I think) and thought I'd give it a try. It was based on a Morgan's Golden Saaz Pilsner kit with Saaz for dry hopping. Nothing much beyond what I had already done, except I used hop pellets rather than the tea-bag style hops. And it was my first attempt at using a lager yeast (Saflager).
I pitched the yeast on 6 July and everything was going well. I racked after 7 days and dry hopped as per the instructions with 25g of Saaz. At that stage the beer was pretty clear, much as I would have expected.
Anyway tonight I thought I'd bottle it but to my dismay it was cloudy. The beer didn't have any strange films on the surface or anything, just very unappealing.
I decided it wouldn't be worth bottling, so I have racked it again and am just going to let it sit. Oh, I did taste it. It didn't taste too bad, if a little too hoppy.
What do you think could be the problem?