Foreign bodies in sediment

[Popspicker]

Just uncovered my bottles to see how it was clearing after 2 weeks in the cold and I have noticed some little black bits in the sediment in some of the bottles.
They are like small pepper corns, is this normal/acceptable?
Is it going to affect the taste?
Other than that the beer is perfectly clear, by the way.

 

[RobWalker]

Bits of malt or hop i assume...if the flavours okay then they are fine!

 

[Baz Chaz]

Could be seeds from the hops

 

[Pinck]

How confident are you on the cleanliness of those bottles?

If there was a small amount of beer left over in those bottles from their previous life, it could have dried out to be a sticky or even dry (depending on the amount of time that past) substance which may have survived the cleaning routine.

I'm only thinking of this because I was bottling last weekend and had to toss a few bottles that I couldn't get dark residue out of even after a good soaking.

 

[Popspicker]

Cheers Rob, Baz, Pinck I've tried a bottle and was pleased with the taste (a little harsh on the aftertaste if I were to nitpick)
But I was meticulous on the cleansing of the bottles, didn't want to ruin it at that late stage.

 

[graysalchemy]

Give it a few months and it will be a well rounded beer, the harshness will go. :thumb:

 

[Popspicker]

Will do Grays...cheers mate
Took the advice of many and got plenty on the go...makes it easier to be be patient doesn't it? :whistle: