Moving bottled & kegged beer How long for sediment to settle

[GaryG]

As tittle says. I am new to this and was going to try and make some lager to take camping in May.

The long drive might shake the bottle a bit and disturb the sediment. How long will it take for the sediment to settle.

Really looking forward to my first brew. Just put it on 30 minutes ago. I'm so excited :party: :party: :party:

 

[fermentall]

Hi,couple of days should be good but to be honest i've done similar before & drank it on arrival & it was fine. : ken.

 

[winelight]

exactly so, is a little bit of cloudiness going to stop you from drinking this once you've put the tent up? Or even while you put the tent up?

 

[GaryG]

Or even while you put the tent up?

No no no. Rules state that no drink to be consumed until the tent is up lol.

 

[fermentall]

Go put the tent up while singing along to Judas Priest' Breaking the Law at the top of your voice & drinking your lager :thumb: :party:

 

[Andyhull]

The sediment adds more body to the brew.

1: Get the brew out of the car and onto a solid surface.
2: Unload the car of all the guff you need to camp.
3: Pour a now settling pint with added body.
4: Begin putting the tent up.
5: Pour another added body pint.
6: Finish putting the tent up.
7: Pour another pint of now slightly clearer brew.
8: Begin putting all the camping guff in and around the tent.
9: Pour another pint of even clearer brew.
10: Sit down and enjoy your pint.
11: Pour another pint, stumble into one of the guyropes dragging the tent down, knock over the keg/bottles argue with SWMBO and go to a hotel cluching the keg/bottles.
12: Next morning go home and sell all the camping equipment and put another brew on. :grin:

I've been her and done this, admitedly not with my own brew but have done exactly this drinking reef in my younger years.

In all seriousness though there is nothing wrong in drinking a cloudy brew, it still tastes "almost" the same but you will have to wait a couple of days for it to reclear.
If it's cold where it's being stored it will clear a bit more quickly.
Either way you drink it cloudy or cleared im sure it'll be better than taking a case of something else. :thumb:

Andy

 

[GaryG]

The sediment adds more body to the brew.

1: Get the brew out of the car and onto a solid surface.
2: Unload the car of all the guff you need to camp.
3: Pour a now settling pint with added body.
4: Begin putting the tent up.
5: Pour another added body pint.
6: Finish putting the tent up.
7: Pour another pint of now slightly clearer brew.
8: Begin putting all the camping guff in and around the tent.
9: Pour another pint of even clearer brew.
10: Sit down and enjoy your pint.
11: Pour another pint, stumble into one of the guyropes dragging the tent down, knock over the keg/bottles argue with SWMBO and go to a hotel cluching the keg/bottles.
12: Next morning go home and sell all the camping equipment and put another brew on. :grin:

Andy

That does sound good. I want to go camping today now. :

 

[alawlor66430]

I went fishing at the end of January I think it was, and had the hammock and the tarp up and a bag full of my bitter and it was brilliant, no difference in taste just a little cloudier, and dare I say it, a better mouth feel.

 

[alawlor66430]

The sediment adds more body to the brew.

1: Get the brew out of the car and onto a solid surface.
2: Unload the car of all the guff you need to camp.
3: Pour a now settling pint with added body.
4: Begin putting the tent up.
5: Pour another added body pint.
6: Finish putting the tent up.
7: Pour another pint of now slightly clearer brew.
8: Begin putting all the camping guff in and around the tent.
9: Pour another pint of even clearer brew.
10: Sit down and enjoy your pint.
11: Pour another pint, stumble into one of the guyropes dragging the tent down, knock over the keg/bottles argue with SWMBO and go to a hotel cluching the keg/bottles.
12: Next morning go home and sell all the camping equipment and put another brew on. :grin:

I've been her and done this, admitedly not with my own brew but have done exactly this drinking reef in my younger years.

In all seriousness though there is nothing wrong in drinking a cloudy brew, it still tastes "almost" the same but you will have to wait a couple of days for it to reclear.
If it's cold where it's being stored it will clear a bit more quickly.
Either way you drink it cloudy or cleared im sure it'll be better than taking a case of something else. :thumb:

Andy

Your plan sounds well good, I'd make one alteration though, once you've fallen out with swmbo, send her to the hotel and you stay and spend some quality time with your beer.

 

[GaryG]

Just tested the Specific Gravity ofter 3 days. Its at 1026 after starting at 1038. It tasted like lager altho at this stage not very nice. Im so looking forward to this.

I did notice that in the kit was brew enhancer 2 not 1. Will this make a big difference to this lager.


Gary.

 

[ScottM]

Just tested the Specific Gravity ofter 3 days. Its at 1026 after starting at 1038. It tasted like lager altho at this stage not very nice. Im so looking forward to this.

I did notice that in the kit was brew enhancer 2 not 1. Will this make a big difference to this lager.


Gary.

I would recommend leaving it a lot longer before checking. There really is no point in checking your brew before at least 7 days. Opening up your brew to the elements only leaves it vulnerable to infection.

Brew enhancer 2 will give a lot more body than brew enhancer 1. What lager kit is it? Normally brew enhancer 1 is used for lager but there are a few exceptions such as Mexican Cerveza, as they are REALLY thin without them.

 

[taxidiver]

Go put the tent up while singing along to Judas Priest' Breaking the Law at the top of your voice & drinking your lager :thumb: :party:

And get chucked off the campsite before your first night :lol:

Geoff

 

[GaryG]

And get chucked off the campsite before your first night :lol:

Geoff

We have camped at Todmorden cricket club. Not that big, but really friendly. There where about 12 of us down there i 2008 for the EUFA cup final. We went back last year and they remembered us.