Fermenting Beer

[monk]

Arg, i had intended this to be a new thread. Nevermind. Sorry for the hijack!

Man...I'm glad you posted this because I was thinking that my brain just skipped channels or something!

[subsub]

I always drop and have never had an infection (touching wood). Max, it definately sounds like heating or grain crush. I've noticed significant changes with sparge temperatures and different malt producers.

[monk]

Back to Chris's question, I ferment for ten days in one fermenter then transfer to either barrel or bottles. The ten days is so the yeast can clean up after itself. Also, moving the beer increases it's chance of infection.

I just started to rack to a second fermenter again because I'm worried about the hop debris that keeps getting into my primary fermenter. Sometimes the brew tastes a little grassy. Anyone else worry about that?

[subsub]

I used to notice the odd hop seed in my pint but no grassiness. The seeds were why I started dropping, they don't tast very nice

[MartialAnt]

Hello.

I have been reading brewing literature over the weekend that advises switching the fermenting beer into a clean fermenting bin after a couple of days. I just wondered whether anyone else used this method?

From what I have read it was to get the beer off the rubbish at the bottom and improve the beer.

Chris.

This is the difference in using a secondary fermenting vessel.


The bottle on the left was fermented then put straight into bottle.
The bottle on the right was put into a secondary with finings and left for a week.
As you can see there is a huge difference. I feel that there could have been even less sediment in the right bottle as i prob could have used less yeasty shit when i primed the bottles.
Im on a mission to have no crap in a bottle as im bloody sick of wasting beer & drinking sediment gives me explosive shits.

[MartialAnt]

My Fuggles Fury was in secondary & has even less crap in it.


Oh n its strong. 1 pint makes me feel wrecked. Must let it condition.... Must let it condition.

[Jim]

Does anyone else pour the beer with a torch stood underneath the bottle?

[Stonechat]

Does anyone else pour the beer with a torch stood underneath the bottle?

Why would you need to do that Jim?

You may live in God's Own Country, but down south we have the magic of electric lighting

[Jim]

Does anyone else pour the beer with a torch stood underneath the bottle?

Why would you need to do that Jim?

You may live in God's Own Country, but down south we have the magic of electric lighting

Well, up here we have our lights on the ceiling.

[Stonechat]

Does anyone else pour the beer with a torch stood underneath the bottle?

Why would you need to do that Jim?

You may live in God's Own Country, but down south we have the magic of electric lighting

Well, up here we have our lights on the ceiling.

Best place for them, but if the gas lanterns aren't bright enough, I can understand that torches are helpful.

[babalu87]

Does anyone else pour the beer with a torch stood underneath the bottle?

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