AlexR Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Hi, just bottled up a brew after it was on the same SG for 2 days. Bulk primed for the first time (5th brew) and have noticed that the beer appears to be unusually cloudy/turbid (in bottles for 3 days now). The brew consisted of Original series lager with Brew enhancer 2, a can of light malt extract with a cup of saaz hops thrown in prior to pitching the yeast, and fermented for 10 days at 18-20 degrees. Is this unusual? I haven't seen this with my other brews and hope I haven't bottled it too soon! Cheers, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Not unusual. Could be due to the yeast or due to infection. If it smells and tastes okay you can rule out infection. Give it weeks not days and see how things go. Out of interest what was the FG? I would be expecting 1010 - 1012 'ish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexR Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 well...FG was 1020. Thing is I didn't get a good measure of the OG as I collected what was in the tap as well and got a ridiculous reading of ~1160 and thus don't know how much the SG dropped during the fermentation. So I just went with the SG being the same over 24 h as I didn't want to risk infection. If it was bottled too soon, will it condition in the bottle? Cheers, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 1020 is too high for that recipe. Keep an eye on the amount of fizz in your bottles - hopefully you bottled into PET [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borris Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Thing is I didn't get a good measure of the OG as I collected what was in the tap as well and got a ridiculous reading of ~1160 I've had this happen a couple of times too [pinched] If your SG reading seems outlandish [alien] chuck it out and take another one. Alternatively, when taking a sample discard the first third of a cup then take your sample. [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I usually just drink the first bit I get from the tap then fill er up to take my reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Manchu Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I usually just drink the first bit I get from the tap then fill er up to take my reading. The best part of testing gravity![biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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