Taking into consideration the feedback I'd received on my first batch,
tonight I brewed 8 oz for one hour using thermal stirring. About 25-30
min in I had heavy bearding and had to clean the rods, though the
mixture was still crystal clear. After that, I walked away from it for
the remainder of the time. I returned at 60 min brew time to a horrid
dark mess with double the bearding I'd had before. Now, several hours
later I see there is a lot of sediment at the bottom of the jar- I'm
assuming this is the bearding "fuzz" that was broken off by the stirring.
Is this normal? Should I have taken it off the light at some point,
rather than heating the whole time? Is this batch safe? If so, will it
be effective? What can I do to produce a better batch next time?
Thanks for letting me bask in your wisdom, guys!
-Raine
