When I hear the work Murky, I think of “Public Opinion Pollster, Paul Murky of Murky Research” from Car Talk. What I don’t think of is an India Pale Ale… at least not until yesterday.
I opened up the first bottle of my recently brewed IPA, expecting great things. After all, it had Warrior Hops, which I’ve really enjoyed in Left Hand’s Warrior IPA. It had only been conditioning in the bottle for about a week, so I figured it was probably undercarbonated, but it did have a nice head when I poured it. I held it up to the light to take a look and I found it “murky”. I couldn’t see through it, which could be due to Chill Haze, especially since there was a significant amount of sediment in the bottom of the glass. If it is indeed Chill Haze, there are a number of things I could do in the future to avoid it, such as a Wort Chiller.
Brew Notes
- Whole Simcoe Hops instead of pellets or plugs (more sediment in the final product?). I’ve decided to use a hops bag from now on to try to keep it clean.
- Almost no airlock activity during all of primary… So little that I actually pitched 2 vials of the California Ale Yeast for safety sake. I can only guess that my explosive stout damaged the seal of my Fermenting Bucket.
