Sediment in my bottles

[Verb77]

What is the sediment sore of stuff that is settling at the bottom of my home brew bottles?? How would I go about reducing this or even getting rid of it completely. :wha:

 

[Tony]

Hi Verb
it's just sediment from conditioning - dead yeast n'stuff. If you have added sugar when bottling to carbonate your brew, the yeast will continue to work and therefore drop out causing a small amount of sediment.

You can't really avoid this unless you decide not to carbonate and even then you would have to ensure that the beer was perfectly clear when bottled.

Just pour carefully and throw about 1 to 2 cm away. If I have a good tasting beer, I don't really worry about a little cloudiness.

 

[unclepumble]

If you want to reduce it, condition in a keg until it drops bright, then bottle, adding a little priming sugar to each bottle.

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[Verb77]

How do I do this??
Do I need to use anything specific and how long would this take?? :wha:

 

[unclepumble]

How do I do this??
Do I need to use anything specific and how long would this take?? :wha:

Buy a cheap keg, such as sold in wiko's, one with a co2 valve is best when your initial fermentation has finished,(the point where you bottled your beer) transfer the beer to the keg, put a bit of top pressure on the keg.

Leave somewhere cool for a few weeks, test to see if the beer is clear, once it is, bottle as normal, with your priming sugar. you can speed things up by adding finings in the keg.

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[craigite]

Hi

I don't even bother with the keg.

I put the brew in a clean bucket (same as a fermenting bucket) and leave in the cold garage for a week or so to clear.
When it's been in the garage for a day or two I'll add gelotine (or however it's spelt).

To prime the bottles I usually disolve about 60-80g of sugar in boiling water up to 200ml, ie 5ml x 40 bottles.