Steve, we used the Hop & Grape stuff and have kept it in the fridge.
If desperate to get it clear, would adding more isinglass be possible / help?
Stonch and Goon's Third Brew
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fivetide
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Stonch
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Stonch
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Stonch
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fivetide
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Stonch
This brew cleared in the end - and tastes lovely - seven weeks in the barrel has worked wonders:
http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/07/cler ... s-sgb.html
http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/07/cler ... s-sgb.html
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Wez
I like : To those among you who are disinterested, I say this - skip this article, you heartless rotters. Begone.
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Yes. What it has taught me is that many of the dodgy flavours that I had put down to these being kit brews and/or us perhaps doing something wrong are in fact just an immature brew.
On Monday we (myself and Dave) cracked open two bottles of our latest brew - Brupaks Scammonden Dark - which so far has had two weeks in primary, one week at room temp, and one week at 12 degrees celsius. I amongst some absolutely lovely malty richness, the familiar slightly iffy flavour was there, but now we know that'll be gone entirely in three or four weeks.
Now of course you guys told us that from the beginning, but you never really know until you've tasted the stuff at different stages and learned by trial and error!
On Monday we (myself and Dave) cracked open two bottles of our latest brew - Brupaks Scammonden Dark - which so far has had two weeks in primary, one week at room temp, and one week at 12 degrees celsius. I amongst some absolutely lovely malty richness, the familiar slightly iffy flavour was there, but now we know that'll be gone entirely in three or four weeks.
Now of course you guys told us that from the beginning, but you never really know until you've tasted the stuff at different stages and learned by trial and error!
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fivetide
Yeah, that patience thing really is a virtue - annoying isn;t it?
I have left my recent brews for a couple months and have been rewarded with very clear, mature beer that veryday homebrew virgins are impressed by.
BUT i couldn't do this until I had sufficient brewed to be able to have at least one drinker for each keeper
My first brew got great for the last pints, I remembered someone warning this might be the case and have kept my sticky fingers off since.
I think using Cornies will help with this. I filled a Corny a couple of weeks ago with beer that had dropped bright and didn't prime it. I will carbonate in another couple of weeks and until then I can't steal any even if I wanted to.
I have left my recent brews for a couple months and have been rewarded with very clear, mature beer that veryday homebrew virgins are impressed by.
BUT i couldn't do this until I had sufficient brewed to be able to have at least one drinker for each keeper
My first brew got great for the last pints, I remembered someone warning this might be the case and have kept my sticky fingers off since.I think using Cornies will help with this. I filled a Corny a couple of weeks ago with beer that had dropped bright and didn't prime it. I will carbonate in another couple of weeks and until then I can't steal any even if I wanted to.