Varnish
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I've just had my first major home brewing incident.
I made an IPA two months or so back, which is refusing to clear.
I put a bottle of it in the fridge last night and the amount of sediment which fell out was astonishing.
I decided there was way too much yeast in solution for the beer to clear.
Now, I have a corny full of this same brew which has been in the fridge for 3 weeks or so and is also refusing to clear. So I think "I'll move it from this corny into another one to get it off the yeast".
I connected up the OUT posts on the two cornies and set the regulator to about 20 PSI and turn the gas bottle off.
I then think (and this is where the problem started) two closed systems will reach equilibrium before all the beer is transferred.
"I know! I'll take the pressure relief valve out and it won't be a problem".
I set it running, it's all going nicely so I leave it alone for a few minutes and go back inside.
Maybe five minutes later I walk back outside and make my way to the shed (where the cornies are) and I can hear the gas bubbling through the beer as I walk to the shed. I think "Good. That means it's finished transferring".
I open the shed door and the only words I can use to describe what stood in front of me are "beer" and "fountain".
The corny was literally exploding in front of me! Beer was covering all four walls, me, the ceiling the floor, 2 bikes and an assortment of garden furniture.
Sorry I didn't get any pictures. I decided to get everything cleaned up before someone came to see why there was a lot of swearing coming from the shed.
One thing I have learned.
Leave your beer alone.
I made an IPA two months or so back, which is refusing to clear.
I put a bottle of it in the fridge last night and the amount of sediment which fell out was astonishing.
I decided there was way too much yeast in solution for the beer to clear.
Now, I have a corny full of this same brew which has been in the fridge for 3 weeks or so and is also refusing to clear. So I think "I'll move it from this corny into another one to get it off the yeast".
I connected up the OUT posts on the two cornies and set the regulator to about 20 PSI and turn the gas bottle off.
I then think (and this is where the problem started) two closed systems will reach equilibrium before all the beer is transferred.
"I know! I'll take the pressure relief valve out and it won't be a problem".
I set it running, it's all going nicely so I leave it alone for a few minutes and go back inside.
Maybe five minutes later I walk back outside and make my way to the shed (where the cornies are) and I can hear the gas bubbling through the beer as I walk to the shed. I think "Good. That means it's finished transferring".
I open the shed door and the only words I can use to describe what stood in front of me are "beer" and "fountain".
The corny was literally exploding in front of me! Beer was covering all four walls, me, the ceiling the floor, 2 bikes and an assortment of garden furniture.
Sorry I didn't get any pictures. I decided to get everything cleaned up before someone came to see why there was a lot of swearing coming from the shed.
One thing I have learned.
Leave your beer alone.