Pressure Fermenting

Buckzilla

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Used my new fermenters for the first time. One is a pressure fermenter and the other is a standard 8 gal conical. Made 2 batches of the same beer, same lot of ingredients and also the same lot of harvested Lutra yeast. The standard fermenter came out clear as usual. The batch in the pressure fermenter is hazy. Both batches finished identical at .998 FG. Taste identical. Maintained pressure at 9 through the duration of the fermentation.

For the newbie at pressure fermenting, is this normal? If yes, does it clear up? Assuming it may be entrapped CO2?
 
well .998 is unusual unless your making wine or cider
 
Is it possible that there is some other variable?
 
I've had that happen to me on a Mexican lager, looking back I wonder if I cold crashed it enough to allow everything to drop out of suspension.
9psi for a week should net you a beer that's carb'd and ready to rock when it goes into the kegs, but let it settle and get really cold first after transfer.
 

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