best way to clear my beer

[trueheart]

Hi there

My mate and I have done two kits now but the last kit has been bottled for over three weeks now but still is quite hazy. We did not add any finings as we have read that most people do not bother. We have some heavy sedimentation in the bottle and it has a hazy colour to it. It tastes OK but not amazing. It was fermented for 10 days and then I transfered it to a bottling bucket. Should I have left for a few more days in the bottling bucket?

We have been out and bought a Norfolk Nog kit and don't want to make any mistakes with this one as you can understand they are more expensive. We have a couple of questions to ask any body who can help.

1. What exactly is secondary fermentation, is this when 1 teaspoon of sugar is added to the bottles when bottling?

2. How can i reduce sediment in the bottle and make my beer a little brighter. We keep it at room temperature for 4-5 days after bottling then store the bottles in a fridge to condition, is this right?

Any help on conditioning and storage will be gratefully received as I want to do it right, there is no point spending time and money fermenting it just to ruin it at the end.


Cheers
Phill

 

[ni9e]

Secondry fermentation is moving the beer out of the primary FV to help with the yeast fall out of suspention which can help reduce the sediment left in bottles so you could move the beer into a secondry FV leave for 5/7 days but store it where you ferment to keep the temp the same then bottle and prime leave the bottles for a week some where warm and then condition the bottles somewhere cool for a week or so keeping them in the fridge is ok.

I'm not sure on kit beers but what you might be suffering from is chill haze but I might be wrong.