Well it has a been a very interesting week. I brewed the first two batches of beer, all went well, or so i thought. The extract from the mash tun was fine the boil looked good and the fermentation was crazy fast but worked. Then i put the brews on cool and started the fining tests. All went wrong at this point. I had beer that was the correct gravity and colour and flavour with the major problem of it wasn't clearing. Thus i had a problem haze. Of course my mind went mad with what could be the problem. I thought water ion issues, malt problems, malt in kettle issues, cooling problems and more. It took a few days of mad thinking before i decided to contact my old friend Mattias of compass brewery. Mattias was with me at university in Edinburgh and has been a great sounding board since i started this project. (he isn't alone in that job but more about the others another time). I send Mattias a text asking if he could answer my problem. I got a phone call later that afternoon from Mattias asking some more questions. It all ended up with me having made a little mistake. This little mistake was not checking for a good hot break. I would explain the finer details, but that would take to long. The basic answer was i had made a rookie mistake and i should do some reading. (these aren't Mattias words he is far to nicer guy to tell me that). So after a little reading around i had learnt some more that i had forgotten from university and yesterday set about brewing batch 0003. Having increased the boil length and checked many many times for the signs of a good break i cast the brew into the FV and this morning i am happy to say that the brew is fermenting.
I'll leave you with the above info and no more as i don't want to jinx myself now. (to GU i tried to get it right first time but alas i failed, got to live and learn)
Will update you on the out come when i know more........
Cheers JK
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