Membership questions? Log in issues? Email info@brewersassociation.org

Author Topic: Help troubleshoot intermittent husky/grainy off-flavor  (Read 11955 times)

Online dmtaylor

  • Official Poobah of No Life. (I Got Ban Hammered by Drew)
  • *********
  • Posts: 4724
  • Lord Idiot the Lazy
    • YEAST MASTER Perma-Living
Re: Help troubleshoot intermittent husky/grainy off-flavor
« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2011, 08:49:29 am »
Perfect!  I'm so glad it was a saison.  Perfect.

Ooh, lipids.  That doesn't sound good.  I am very interested to find out how this one turns out for you.  Keep us posted.
Dave

The world will become a much more pleasant place to live when each and every one of us realizes that we are all idiots.

Online denny

  • Administrator
  • Retired with too much time on my hands
  • *****
  • Posts: 27092
  • Noti OR [1991.4, 287.6deg] AR
    • Dennybrew
Re: Help troubleshoot intermittent husky/grainy off-flavor
« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2011, 08:55:50 am »
I usually vorlauf a qt., never more than 2.  It takes me maybe 2-3 min.  If you have to vorlauf longer, I'd look at your system to see what could be improved.
Life begins at 60.....1.060, that is!

www.dennybrew.com

The best, sharpest, funniest, weirdest and most knowledgable minds in home brewing contribute on the AHA forum. - Alewyfe

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

Offline nateo

  • Brewmaster General
  • *******
  • Posts: 2336
Re: Help troubleshoot intermittent husky/grainy off-flavor
« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2011, 09:34:28 am »
I usually vorlauf a qt., never more than 2.  It takes me maybe 2-3 min.  If you have to vorlauf longer, I'd look at your system to see what could be improved.

Thanks again for all your help guys. And Denny, yes, I definitely have a lot to improve!
In der Kürze liegt die Würze.

Offline nateo

  • Brewmaster General
  • *******
  • Posts: 2336
Re: Help troubleshoot intermittent husky/grainy off-flavor
« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2011, 04:28:43 pm »
To recap, I made a saison, which I got the runnings as clear as possible. After that, I made a wit with fairly clear runnings. My saison is still chugging away, but I bottled my wit today. I tasted a bit of the wit before I added the priming sugar, and it tastes fantastic. Not a hint of astringency. So I'm tentatively declaring success.

Thanks everyone for your help.
In der Kürze liegt die Würze.