Alternative method of bottling?

[Hainsey]

I'm going to start a Mexican Cerveza in prep for summer (vaguely remember what one of those is!) BBQ's and want to be able to drink it from the bottle with a lime in the neck a la Corona (although I will not be using clear skunky bottles with mine!). My query is, how do I condition/bottle my beer so that there is no sediment in the bottles? I assume I have to carb somewhere else then bottle?!

Cheers in advance.

 

[PD]

you can't otherwise your beer will be flat.
Its a bottle conditioned beer, we add a small amount of sugar which together with the surviving yeast makes gas and carbonated the beer. In the process it will make some sediment.its unavoidable.
Make sure your beer is as clean as possible when you bottle. then don't worry about the small amount of sediment...It helps to make your hair curly...! Sup it down.
Otherwise put the lemon/lime in your glass when you drink and leave the bit of sediment behind when pouring.

 

[danb]

the bottles I have done upto now haven't had a great deal of sediment in and I still haven't got the hang of pouring properly so 8 times out of 10 end up with the sediment in the glass and to be honest I don't think it tastes any different.

 

[Hainsey]

Thanks for reply piddle, how do the big brewery's do it then?

 

[rpt]

You can do it. The big breweries filter and pasteurise the beer. But at home you can carbonate in a corny and then fill the bottles from there. There are devices that let you do this.

 

[stuey]

Thanks for reply piddle, how do the big brewery's do it then?

Filter, bottle, force carbonate, pasteurise.

Not necessarily in that order :)

 

[Hainsey]

Thanks for reply piddle, how do the big brewery's do it then?

Filter, bottle, force carbonate, pasteurise.

Not necessarily in that order :)

Ah I see, is there anyway to recreate this process for homebrew I wonder?

 

[Hainsey]

Looks like the process would be as follows:

Keg beer,
Force Carb,
Bottle from Keg using counter pressure filler/beer gun.

http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/08/02/the-beer-gun-and-counter-pressure-fillers-bottling-beer/

Might try and build something for this at some point but think i'll drop it for now and put in on my project list. Cheers for the help chaps.

 

[graysalchemy]

Sodastream :whistle: :whistle:

Not that I advocate drinking out of a bottle as you are losing half your senses associated with taste. Its like drinking with a cold you don't get the aroma.

But then I am old, well, over forty :lol: :lol:

 

[Hawks]

Thanks for reply piddle, how do the big brewery's do it then?

Filter, bottle, force carbonate, pasteurise.

Not necessarily in that order :)

Ah I see, is there anyway to recreate this process for homebrew I wonder?

Yep, as rpt has said you can carbonate in a corny and then use one of these Blichmann beer gun...

 

[calumscott]

Don't sodastream beer!!!

ScottM has I think done some extensive research into what can and can't be sodastreamed. Beer by it's very nature forms foam and foaming liquids and sodastreams don't mix. In the same way as like magnetic poles don't mix... Your beer and sodastream will part company!!

 

[graysalchemy]

Oh well there goes that idea :rofl: :rofl:

 

[calumscott]

Oh well there goes that idea :rofl: :rofl:

Not necessarily... seems like a fun thing to try once...

...just be sure to have the video camera running!! :lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

Oh well there goes that idea :rofl: :rofl:

Not necessarily... seems like a fun thing to try once...

...just be sure to have the video camera running!! :lol:

I think we need to get young George onto that one............

Anyone seen him recently. :hmm: :hmm:

 

[johnnie]

There is a gadget available which attaches to the tops of bottles which collects the sediment. I think they're quite expensive but they are reusable. As far as I know they can only be used on plastic screw top bottles. Have a look at this vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2PPBmJZFd0


Edit:Just watched this again and it seems like you can use them on glass bottles.

 

[calumscott]

oh yeah, I forgot about those....

 

[sam.k]

I have a beer gun coming soon so I will let you know how I get on with it, mine was purchased with less swigging from the bottle and more being able to take bottles that don't require a days rest to my mates...


However the idea of drinking homebrew Mexican style lager with a slab of lime in it is somewhat appealing.

 

[Jme118]

I've used a football valve in a bottle top and a c02 inflater (ultra inflater plus)
Look up fizzgizz on Google