Few Lager kit questions

[chris_newton]

Hi all

I have bottled my lager kit last weekend and am just waiting for it to clear etc and then ill drink it : However i am just after a few tips for my next try.

Here is what i did this time around, did my kit in my FV, then few days before bottling added my finnings (like it said on the packet to do so) then i racked into a barrel, added my priming sugar then bottled same night job done :-)

I was thinking tho for next time, do people rack off into a barrel etc add the priming sugar and then leave it a few days before bottling? i am trying to eliminate as much sediment as possible next time round in my bottles and was thinking that leaving it a few days might allow more sediment to settle before bottling? or would this then make the priming sugar pointless? ie if i prime the lager then leave it a few days to bottle does this stop the priming sugar from working etc?

Hope this makes sense and one final question is it possible to eliminate sediment all together when bottling like you do in wine?

Thanks all

Chris

 

[paulbrrtt]

I cant help much but I would have thought that if you prime in the barrell and leave a few days then put in bottles then you wont get any pressure would you? Im just a newbie also but I would have thought that this is the case i may be wrong though. I think there is a way of doing it with no sediment something to do with crash chilling it? Im sure someone on here can help you out

 

[Leglesstwot]

If you rack it into a barrel and prime it and then bottle it 3 days later you will lose the carbonation built up by the 3 days of secondary fermentation I would have thought. I usually prime and bottle mine once fermentation has stopped and let it clear in the bottle and pour carefully to avoid the sediment. I suppose you could let it clear in the second barrel and then prime and bottle but I aren't sure how this will affect secondary fermentation if the yeast has settled out of the beer. Others will probably be able to answer better than myself however.

 

[tubby_shaw]

Unless you buy a corny keg or similar and bottle from that you are stuck with sediment in the bottles.
You can reduce the amount of sediment you get by leaving your beer upto 14 days in the fermenter to allow as much yeast to drop out of suspension as possible. Then add primings to the bulk of the beer and bottle from there :thumb:

 

[chris_newton]

thanks for all your help :)