Hi all,
I brewed a 50 Litre lager a few weeks ago and it started off fermenting brilliant. Tasted good too.
It was low OG 1.040 and it fermented all the way down to 1.008 so was very happy with this.
The boil time was 60 minutes.
It was all grain with no other sugars added and 4 x 11g of pilsener lager yeast sachets were pitched @ 17C. The fermentation was held steady @ 13C and I incorporated a diacetyl rest (however this was premature as I started it when the gravity reached 1.017) as I did not think it wold ferment out so much.
1 week later I decided to transfer to secondary to clean up before kegging and this is where the problem started. Now the lager smells. It doesn't taste that bad (not tasted it for a week now) but it definitely smells like vinegar.
Have you any advice if it can be saved or what most likely went wrong. I transferred into a sanitised secondary using sanitised pipework connected to the primary.
I'm worried about a repeat issue on a festival beer I am doing in a few weeks.
I use stainless steel for my vessels and thought I was meticulously clean. Will my equipment be ok after a deep clean. I was thinking of sterilising the vessels then steaming them.
Thanks in advance
I brewed a 50 Litre lager a few weeks ago and it started off fermenting brilliant. Tasted good too.
It was low OG 1.040 and it fermented all the way down to 1.008 so was very happy with this.
The boil time was 60 minutes.
It was all grain with no other sugars added and 4 x 11g of pilsener lager yeast sachets were pitched @ 17C. The fermentation was held steady @ 13C and I incorporated a diacetyl rest (however this was premature as I started it when the gravity reached 1.017) as I did not think it wold ferment out so much.
1 week later I decided to transfer to secondary to clean up before kegging and this is where the problem started. Now the lager smells. It doesn't taste that bad (not tasted it for a week now) but it definitely smells like vinegar.
Have you any advice if it can be saved or what most likely went wrong. I transferred into a sanitised secondary using sanitised pipework connected to the primary.
I'm worried about a repeat issue on a festival beer I am doing in a few weeks.
I use stainless steel for my vessels and thought I was meticulously clean. Will my equipment be ok after a deep clean. I was thinking of sterilising the vessels then steaming them.
Thanks in advance