Newtobrewing85
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Little confused. This was an IPA extract I’m doing for a wedding. I had one weird issue where when I cooled it down (with whirlfloc in boil) it foamed like crazy. I have absolutely no idea why and when I put it in my catalyst it was foaming over the top. I scooped all the foam out (sanitized spoon, yes) and tossed it and then sprinkled the yeast on top like I normally do around my normal temp 65ish degrees. Sanitized the lid after washing the foam off and put it on. It was a 4 week beer so I just tossed it in the corner at 66 degrees in my house (it’s covered in shade and has a catalyst jacket) so light shouldn’t be an issue. 3 weeks in I dumped the trub and added hops, instead of opening the top I just put them in the trub jar to test if this would work for future beers.
It looked like actual specs of grain or dead yeast maybe? FG was 1.012 from 1.052 so it went okay. Little bit of acetalhyde from my tastebuds but seems to taste like a (warm) IPA when I tried it off the test tube.
It doesn’t look infected? I’ve just never not seen a clean beer on top in my first 10ish beers.
It looked like actual specs of grain or dead yeast maybe? FG was 1.012 from 1.052 so it went okay. Little bit of acetalhyde from my tastebuds but seems to taste like a (warm) IPA when I tried it off the test tube.
It doesn’t look infected? I’ve just never not seen a clean beer on top in my first 10ish beers.