Hello,
My first 'pro' batch (on a tiny 1.5BBL electric system) with my only experience being homebrewing I think I'm misunderstanding some basics and confused about my beer clarity if anyone has any advice that would be much appreciated!
The brew and ferment went quite well, although coming from BIAB I had some issues with a slow sparge and managed to forget to vorlauf. The beer tastes great but there are a lot of particles floating in samples from the sample port half way up the cone (possibly yeast or trub that wasnt removed?. I've been dumping yeast from the bottom dump valve regularly.
3 days ago I crash cooled and added 45g gelatin. Sample port samples are still full of particles, but most of them seem to settle quickly to the bottom of the glass. Today I took a sample from the top of the tank and it was almost crystal clear.
My questions then are:
- Is it common for yeast and trub to settle into the sample port, so the samples are not in fact a representation of most of the beer inside the tank?
- Do I just need to wait longer?
(I am hoping to be able to bottle/keg soon to free up the tank)
Many thanks
)
My first 'pro' batch (on a tiny 1.5BBL electric system) with my only experience being homebrewing I think I'm misunderstanding some basics and confused about my beer clarity if anyone has any advice that would be much appreciated!
The brew and ferment went quite well, although coming from BIAB I had some issues with a slow sparge and managed to forget to vorlauf. The beer tastes great but there are a lot of particles floating in samples from the sample port half way up the cone (possibly yeast or trub that wasnt removed?. I've been dumping yeast from the bottom dump valve regularly.
3 days ago I crash cooled and added 45g gelatin. Sample port samples are still full of particles, but most of them seem to settle quickly to the bottom of the glass. Today I took a sample from the top of the tank and it was almost crystal clear.
My questions then are:
- Is it common for yeast and trub to settle into the sample port, so the samples are not in fact a representation of most of the beer inside the tank?
- Do I just need to wait longer?
(I am hoping to be able to bottle/keg soon to free up the tank)
Many thanks
)
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