Hi, I have just brewed (AG5) and (AG6). AG5 was crystal clear when bottled, (this is a first for me!) but (AG6) was back to being cloudy in the bottle as previous earlier brews.
Now I have a brewday checklist to help maintain consistency, in my haste to make (AG6) I did make a couple of avoidable errors which, due to my inexperience of brewing do not know whether this accounts for the cloudy beer.
Sorry for the long post, but if you can bear with me I will outline the differences between the two brews
Both brews were around 1.043. (AG5) was the first time I have treated my water, I have soft water so additional minerals were added ie Gypsum, Magnesium etc
AG(5) water was prepared and checked for alkalinity the same day
AG(6) this was done the previous evening to save time
AG(5) was Maris Otter
AG(6) was Dingermans Pale malt
The first mistake I made due to rushing on AG(6), was incorrect measurement of total water needed, as I have to jug in to the boiler as I do not have a sight glass and realised later I was short by around 4L
Batch sparge temperature of AG(5 Bright beer) was 75 degrees C
Batch sparge temperature of AG(6 cloudy beer) was 72 degrees C
Both brews were maintained at mashing of 66 degrees C for 90 minutes
Because of the mistake in incorrectly measuring the amount of water required, I fell short during batch sparging AG(6). I added the necessary minerals to the water but AG(6) was short on sparge water.
Other differences between the brews are:
On brew AG(5) I used the water mineral additions calculator, but on AG(6) I tried the Bru'nwater calculator as you can include the malt bill and recalculates the required minerals. To be fair, there was little difference between the two calculators.
Final Gravity's came out OK for both brews but as I have mentioned AG(6) is cloudy in the bottle whereas AG(5) is clearly a lot brighter in the bottle.
Thanks for putting up with the rather long post !
Does anybody have any reasons why there is a difference between the two brews?
I have put things into place to stop silly errors in water measurement for future brews!
Best regards,
WM7793
Now I have a brewday checklist to help maintain consistency, in my haste to make (AG6) I did make a couple of avoidable errors which, due to my inexperience of brewing do not know whether this accounts for the cloudy beer.
Sorry for the long post, but if you can bear with me I will outline the differences between the two brews
Both brews were around 1.043. (AG5) was the first time I have treated my water, I have soft water so additional minerals were added ie Gypsum, Magnesium etc
AG(5) water was prepared and checked for alkalinity the same day
AG(6) this was done the previous evening to save time
AG(5) was Maris Otter
AG(6) was Dingermans Pale malt
The first mistake I made due to rushing on AG(6), was incorrect measurement of total water needed, as I have to jug in to the boiler as I do not have a sight glass and realised later I was short by around 4L
Batch sparge temperature of AG(5 Bright beer) was 75 degrees C
Batch sparge temperature of AG(6 cloudy beer) was 72 degrees C
Both brews were maintained at mashing of 66 degrees C for 90 minutes
Because of the mistake in incorrectly measuring the amount of water required, I fell short during batch sparging AG(6). I added the necessary minerals to the water but AG(6) was short on sparge water.
Other differences between the brews are:
On brew AG(5) I used the water mineral additions calculator, but on AG(6) I tried the Bru'nwater calculator as you can include the malt bill and recalculates the required minerals. To be fair, there was little difference between the two calculators.
Final Gravity's came out OK for both brews but as I have mentioned AG(6) is cloudy in the bottle whereas AG(5) is clearly a lot brighter in the bottle.
Thanks for putting up with the rather long post !
Does anybody have any reasons why there is a difference between the two brews?
I have put things into place to stop silly errors in water measurement for future brews!
Best regards,
WM7793