Cloudy extract

[Pearlfisher]

I barrelled my first attempt at an extract brew just over a month ago , these were the ingredients and instructions -


Ingredients.

250g of Crystal Malt.

15g of Target (13% Alpha Acid).

50g of East Kent Goldings (6.8% Alpha Acid).

1 Whirlfloc Tablet.

1 sachet of Ale Yeast

Suitable for all grain or extract brewing. Requires 2.5kg Dry Malt Extract, or 4kg of crushed pale malt for all grain brewing.



Once the wort comes to the boil. Add the 15g of target. These hops will be left to boil for an hour. 15 minutes from the end of the one hour boil, add 20g of East Kent Goldings and a whirlfloc tablet. 5 Minutes from the end of the boil add another 20g of East Kent Goldings. At the end of the boil, turn off the boiler and add the last 10g of East Kent Goldings. Leave to sit for 10 minutes then chill with an immersion wort chiller.

I used a 27L burco boiler with about 15L of water , I haven't a hop strainer so I drained what I could from the tap into the FV and then tipped the rest from the boiler into the FV through a sieve.
I topped the FV up to 23L with chilled water and tried to cool it in a tray of cold water and freezer packs but gave up ,as it was still very warm ,and let it stand until next morning before pitching the yeast.
It fermented ok and smells lovely but it's still not showing any signs of clearing.
It tastes quite hoppy with a lingering bitter aftertaste.
I realise I've done several things incorrectly but is there anything I can try with this brew?
I'm not going to attempt another extract or maybe even a BIAB until I have a hop filter and wort chiller.

 

[Hawks]

Any idea what the yeast was? Some drop out more readily than others.

I would try putting it somewhere cool or a cold concrete floor for awhile which should help.

In extreme cases where beer won't clear I have managed to use gelatine into an already carbed corny and that has worked, you could try same in pressure barrel as long as you have the ability to re-pressurise.

 

[Muddydisco]

Sounds as if everything the kettle finning did was poured back into the Fv. Maybe worth a shot to add some Aux finnings, either issinglass or gelatin to get it to clear, if thats what you want? I'd just put it down to learning and drink it cloudy.

 

[Andyhull]

You could transfere it back into a FV and add finings then once clear rack into a keg or bottles!
Or as said place it on a cold surface to see if it will drop clear.

 

[Pearlfisher]

Any idea what the yeast was? Some drop out more readily than others.

I would try putting it somewhere cool or a cold concrete floor for awhile which should help.

In extreme cases where beer won't clear I have managed to use gelatine into an already carbed corny and that has worked, you could try same in pressure barrel as long as you have the ability to re-pressurise.

Thanks ,it was S-04 yeast

I can re-pressurise easily enough , if I add gelatine or finings do I need to stir the whole thing up?

 

[Pearlfisher]

Sounds as if everything the kettle finning did was poured back into the Fv. Maybe worth a shot to add some Aux finnings, either issinglass or gelatin to get it to clear, if thats what you want? I'd just put it down to learning and drink it cloudy.

Thanks , could you explain "kettle finning" please? :?

I don't mind drinking cloudy beer but prefer to drink it usually if it's meant to be cloudy.

 

[Pearlfisher]

You could transfere it back into a FV and add finings then once clear rack into a keg or bottles!
Or as said place it on a cold surface to see if it will drop clear.

Thanks ,I'll put it back on the kitchen stone floor for a week see if it helps.

 

[Muddydisco]

Thanks , could you explain "kettle finning" please? :?

I don't mind drinking cloudy beer but prefer to drink it usually if it's meant to be cloudy.

The Whirfloc Tablet is your Copper Finning, a Auxiliary Finning is one that goes into keg or Fv such as Issninglass or gelatin. The Whirfloc would of made Protein particles Flock together in the boiler these are normally collected in the hop bed filter. Which you hadn't got and could of poured back into the FV resulting in it taking longer to clear as there's more work for the yeast to do.