Haze

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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:23 pm

16 pages of Haze discussion, glad I mentioned it
The problem is the haze will probably last longer :lol: :cry:
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:53 pm

F**king yanks try and do everything bigger and better :lol:

Disclaimer to our US cousins, that was a joke :wink:

My Aunt and uncle live in chicago as do my grand ma and pa
Last edited by Vossy1 on Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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SteveD

Post by SteveD » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:01 pm

DaaB wrote:The 70% was brewhouse or overall efficiency as I don't own a brew house, not yet anyway. I'm looking for 75% though, it must be achievable as I normally get 85%+ when spinny sparging.
In that case my overall efficiency was 74% for the 84% extraction brew. (Having checked my notes). Without any special measures to hang onto every drop between boiler and FV I'm losing 10% - mostly to hops, as I'm not sparging them.

You should get your efficiency up there without much problem, unless you're losing more to dead space than I (I don't lose much).
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SteveD

Post by SteveD » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:16 pm

DaaB wrote:it's about 1/2 pint so I don't think that's the issue, still it was only my first attempt.
So was mine ;) :whistle:
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:56 pm

The V1 brewery is pleased to announce that it's last 2 ales are perfectly clear 8)

One has fallen bright in secondary and the other fell bright with issinglass from primary :wink:

Now it's time to reflect on why :?

I have several other ales in corny, maturing...but they aint getting touched :D
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:02 pm

Vossy1 wrote:Now it's time to reflect on why :? D
The best way is to start drinking it :D
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Wez

Post by Wez » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:59 pm

Vossy1 wrote:The V1 brewery is pleased to announce that it's last 2 ales are perfectly clear 8)

One has fallen bright in secondary and the other fell bright with issinglass from primary :wink:

Now it's time to reflect on why :?

I have several other ales in corny, maturing...but they aint getting touched :D
Nice one Vossy, i've also been getting better results, my Styrian Stunner is crystal clear (it's been kegged for 5 weeks now) and it seems that all subsequent brews are also haze free!

Changes that I have made are:

A) Leaving them longer than 3 weeks to mature :oops:
B) Adjusting the mash PH to 5.2/5.3
C) Adjusting the sparge water PH to under 6
D) Using whirlfloc tablets in the last 10 mins of the boil
E) I've stopped rinsing the hops after draining the boiler instead i have been adding 3 litres of treated water to the boiler when running off into the FV when it gets down to the last third

I am going to continue to do all of the above and look forward to proudly handind pints of clear beer to friends when they come around! :lol: :D
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:01 pm

Haze free bro's in the hood :roll:

Nice one Wez :wink:
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:13 pm

I've never really had haze problems but for what it's worth
Wez wrote: Changes that I have made are:

A) Leaving them longer than 3 weeks to mature :oops:
I have been known to try beers a bit soon without too much haze
B) Adjusting the mash PH to 5.2/5.3
I used to use acid but now use 5.2 buffer. It's so long since I didn;t adjust my mash pH I can't remember if I had hazes when I didn't
C) Adjusting the sparge water PH to under 6
I batch sparge so this isn't an issue
D) Using whirlfloc tablets in the last 10 mins of the boil
Whirlfloc is great :wink:
E) I've stopped rinsing the hops after draining the boiler instead i have been adding 3 litres of treated water to the boiler when running off into the FV when it gets down to the last third
I've never rinse my hops but I use hop bags so sometimes squeze the bittering hops out jsut before the end of the boil
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DRB

Post by DRB » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:14 pm

Vossy said - The V1 brewery is pleased to announce that it's last 2 ales are perfectly clear



Until you chill them :x .
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AT

Post by AT » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:21 pm

I'm impressed, haze free beer i have yet start working on that :oops: i did use whirfloc last time and the difference was very noticeable. When you say clear are we talking commercial polished clear? :D
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:03 pm

When you say clear are we talking commercial polished clear?
Yep...but better...I made it myself 8)
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AT

Post by AT » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:09 pm

Vossy1 wrote:
When you say clear are we talking commercial polished clear?
Yep...but better...I made it myself 8)
Of course it's better i was just using the commercial piss as a reference point, see it is good for something 8)

That's great you and Wez did all the work and now i just have to copy ye, it's like school :D
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:11 pm

That's great you and Wez did all the work and now i just have to copy ye, it's like school
Just cut out all the mistakes and you'll be fine :lol:
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Wez

Post by Wez » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:16 pm

alexander taipan wrote:
Vossy1 wrote:
When you say clear are we talking commercial polished clear?
Yep...but better...I made it myself 8)
Of course it's better i was just using the commercial piss as a reference point, see it is good for something 8)

That's great you and Wez did all the work and now i just have to copy ye, it's like school :D
AT it's been hard work, but for you, i've drank through all those beers just to get it right. I do hope you're appreciative :lol:
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