King Ruddager Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 A fair bit of stuff went into the last half-dozen bottles today when I bottled my viking beer. At first I thought it was hop matter but when I opened up the hop ball it looked completely different. Any clues? It's soft, bitter, tastes like crap tends to sink if that helps. Here's a photo of said stuff, stuck to the inside of my fermenter: I'm guess that if it was something nasty it would have ruined the beer. It hasn't - the samples tasted fine - so it must've been something that made its way in during the brew. Strain-fail perhaps? Some kind of krauseny by-product?
Beerlust Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Hi Ruddy. No brew is that clear, so I can only guess your photo was taken after you emptied the FV, & then refilled it with water? [unsure] Without knowing the full recipe you brewed,... ...it looks like a flaked grain ingredient debris, or Special K! [unsure] [tongue] Either of the above, or the fish in your fish tank don't like what you are feeding them! [lol] [wink] Cheers, Anthony.
King Ruddager Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 The fermenter is empty, and the recipe can be found here. I don't think it's grain because it's not solid enough and a lot o it would have had to permeate through both the grain bag and the strainer.
Beerlust Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 On the surface, to me, the "odd man out" in that recipe is the Juniper berries. How did you prepare & add them into the brew? [unsure] Cheers, Anthony.
King Ruddager Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 The juniper berries were purchased dried (much like saltanas), crushed and thrown in the boil with 20 minutes to go. Inside them is this kinda fluffy stuff - perhaps that's what it is? Here's a picture: It could have got through the strainer and re-clumped during fermentation I suppose. It didn't happen the first time I made viking beer, but perhaps I crushed the berries a bit better this time? I also boiled them an extra five minutes.
Canadian Eh!L Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I don't what that stuff is, Ruddy. What I can say is I wouldn't worry about it too much. It looks like normal, weird stuff after a ferment[joyful] .
King Ruddager Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 Yeah, not worried, just trying to understand. If Kelsey's German lager could survive a squid invasion I'm sure my Viking ale can survive whatever these bits of stuff are.
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