Brupacks Colne Valley Bitter

[Titanium Tone]

Wonder if anyone has any ideas or am i expecting to much to soon. I have had the Colne Valley Bitter Conditioning for 3 weeks now and still very cloudy there is a great amount of presure in the barrel do you think this could be the cause ???.

[Lillywhite]

Is it in a bottom tap keg? If so, then you'll need longer than 3 weeks for it to clear and probably another 3-4 weeks for it to mature fully.

I've started a Colne Valley Bitter kit for the first time this afternoon BTW, so I'll keep a eye on how soon it's starts clearing in my keg.

[Titanium Tone]

Its in a king keg top tap.

[WishboneBrewery]

if its any help, my Brupaks Fixby Gold has carbonated well in just 1 week and is not actually drinkable and clear. (Bottled)

[KevP]

I've done 4 of these Brupaks kits before, and they all needed a little longer to clear than normal, in fact the last two seemed a little nasty even after 3 weeks, but by 5 they were lovely!

[vinceg]

I bottled a Brupak Linthwaite Light last weekend. The literature says it will be ready in 2 weeks, so it's good to come across your comments saying leave it for longer, as I wouldn't want to be disappointed after 2 weeks. Smells a little like Summer Lightning. If it comes out anything like SL I'll be chuffed as it's one of my fav beers. My usual drinking hole has just got its first barrel in - £3.15 a pint though

[Lillywhite]

My usual drinking hole has just got its first barrel in - £3.15 a pint though

And they wonder why many pubs are going out of businesss every day.

I now hardly ever visit pubs since resuming brewing last November, except to have a meal, and the last one I visited a couple of weeks ago which is our County's dining pub of the year had three or four excellent micro brewery ales available all for around £2.40 a pint.

[vinceg]

Trouble, is they're their own worst enemy. I made a comment a few weeks ago that they only ever seem to have 2 different beers on the guest pump these days - Landlord and Wherry, both fine beers and all bitters in the pub are kept in top notch condition, but a bit of variety is good. So one of the bar staff went out the back and got me a list of all the other beers they could get and suggested I pick a couple I might like them to get in. (I plumped for Batemans XXXB and Jennings' Cumberland).

Unfortunately the list also showed the prices they pay. By way of an example, Guinness costs them £1.40 a pint and they knock it out in the pub for £3.30! Worst of all was Aspalls cider at £1.25 a pint which sells at £3.20....and the pub is always crying poverty, cutting staff etc. Sadly it's the best and oldest pub in town, in terms of atmosphere, staff, garden, clientele, etc, so I am loathe to go drink somewhere else, but there will come a time in the not too distant future where I refuse to pay their extortionate prices and drink out only on special occasions.

[Lillywhite]

.... there will come a time in the not too distant future where I refuse to pay their extortionate prices and drink out only on special occasions.

Unfortunately, that's where I am at present.

[Operator]

I did one of these and found it needs longer conditioning than the other brews I've done. After about 4 weeks it was a bit sweet and dissapointing. After another 2 weeks it was excellent and judged as favourite out of a number of home brews I'd laid on at a BBQ.

[BetterThanTheRealThing]

I have not had any problems with my Colne Valley Bitter not clearing. As you can see from my sig it's one of my favourite kit beers and I have always had excellent results with that kit. I have done a few Brupaks but this one is without doubt my favourite.

I have had batches which have been drinkable after about 3 1/2 weeks, although they tend to be better around the 5 week mark.

I noticed after the first one I did that the hop-iness was a little lacking after 4 or 5 weeks in the keg (I always keg this beer rather than bottle it) and now boil the hop tea bag for about 30 minutes in a couple of litres of water and then add this to the FV with the cans - it seems to keep that lovely hop flavour a bit better over time.

You may want to check what temperature your beer is being stored at - if it's a bit warm that may explain why it hasn't cleared so well. Make sure it is somewhere below 14c.