Harvest Pilsner Lager

[tonester]

Hello all. Bit of a advice for a new fish if you will!

So I made my first brew a few months back - Harvest Pilsner Lager starter kit - everything went well. I did the initial ferment for 13 days (using granulated sugar) in a dark room-temp cupboard and activity slowed down so I bottled it all up - fiddley for the first time but it all went find (and got over my fear of bottle bombs).

So 2 months on the bottles have sat at room-temp in the same cupboard. I cracked one open yesterday and it was really nice -crisp and very drinkable. I'd say a decent result for my first attempt.

However, the beer hasn't become clear like regular lagers - it's still slightly cloudy aven after 2 months. Am I expecting too much for a room temperature conditioning? - I just don't have the room or facilities to cool a lot of bottles for a long period of time.

I have about ten bottles in my fridge at the moment hoping that that will achieve that clear lager look.

Any advise from you brewing geniuses?

 

[edwardss]

If you are drinking them from the fridge then chances are it's chill haze, once the beer warms it will start to clear again, hope that helps :thumb:

 

[PD]

yes take one out of the fridge for 24 hours before trying see if the cloudiness has gone.

 

[mmaguy41]

Id imagine its chill haze unless you have stirred up a bit of sediment in the bottle when pouring. It happens with most kits, its purely cosmetic though