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Thanks. I’m thinking you are right. It’s just the first time I’ve seen this. The hot break at boil wa moss green. But it tastes fine. I’m following through.maybe just the pic but I made a pilsner that colored during the mash and to be honest it doesn't look green but grainy witch is the Pilsen malt all that really is to finish ferment and tell us how it turned out
What the! Green hot break no FWHops added? Boil that sucker good I say bit late for ST Patrick's brews!Thanks. I’m thinking you are right. It’s just the first time I’ve seen this. The hot break at boil wa moss green. But it tastes fine. I’m following through.
ive brewed with Pilsner malt before and never seen this. So yeah I boiled it for 90 mins. After cooling the color subsided. I never skim my hot brake foam but this time i did and it was like cleaning an aquarium. there is one thing i suspect MAY have attributed to it... but im not too convinced. It was a brand new kettle. I cleaned that sucker with hot TSP, rinsed a few times, then I passivated it with Bartenders Friend for 10 mins, wiped and rinsed. then rinsed again several hours later when it was brew time. Im pretty anal about cleaning but could this be a factor?What the! Green hot break no FWHops added? Boil that sucker good I say bit late for ST Patrick's brews!
Im looking again at that picture and i gotta say that it does it no justice. The hot brake foam was like cleaning out an old aquarium.Looks pretty normal.
No copper at all. This batch was biab in a SS kettle and Plastic spoons.Do you have any copper in your system? If you use Brewtan B, it can cause a green tint if used with copper in the brewing system. Brewtan B is chelation agent and will bond with any free copper, not sure why it turns a little green. I have seen that, and it did not seem to effect the beer at all.
I have since replaced all the copper on my brew system with stainless.