What the best way to a clear beer

[stu brew]

Hi folks I'm just about to bottle my bitter but is there any way clear it some before I bottle as my last lot stuff left in the bottom of the bottles


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[robsan77]

Don't worry about that. You need a little bit of yeast in there to carbonate the beer. Most people bottle there beer with priming sugar, then leave for 1 week in the warm and at least another week cooler. Longer the better generally. Patience is what you need for clear beer.

 

[Runwell-Steve]

You will always get sediment in the bottom of your bottles, whether you clear the beer or not.

When you bottle your beer you add some priming sugar to the bottles. Once in the bottle they yeast gets to work eating this sugar to produce some CO2, which is required to carbonate your beer, and a little alcohol. The sediment is the dead yeast which falls to the bottom of the bottle.

A yeast like Nottingham or S-04 will fall to the bottom of the bottle better tan something like US-05.

The only way to avoid this is to keg your beer first, then carbonate it, then bottle it ready carbonated, unless you are very careful about this though the beer won't keep for so long as you will probably get some air in the bottle which can oxidise the beer.

 

[stu brew]

Thanks il give a go


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[shearclass]

Surely the clearer the beer beofre bottling the less sediment in the bottle?

I have started fining my brews as a matter of course, and since doing this I am pretty sure there is less sediment in the bottles, and of course they still carbonate absolutely fine.

Happy to be corrected though.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Anything that's destined for bottles is left in the fermenter for 3 weeks under airlock until it's nearly clear.
As Steve mentioned above the best yeast for bottling is Nottingham or S-04.

BB

 

[graysalchemy]

I always leave mine on a cold floor for a week after fermentation to allow it to clear, then rack into botling bucket and bottle. Lovely clear beer, and as steve says if you use nottingham the yeast compacts very well after a month or so and no sediment problems at all.

:thumb:

 

[Runwell-Steve]

Surely the clearer the beer beofre bottling the less sediment in the bottle?

I have started fining my brews as a matter of course, and since doing this I am pretty sure there is less sediment in the bottles, and of course they still carbonate absolutely fine.

Happy to be corrected though.

You are correct, the clearer the beer is prior to going into bottles the less sediment you will have, but if bottle conditioning you can't get rid of it altogether.

The OP said his last brew left stuff in the bottom of the bottles, I was just explaining this would always happen.

As previous posters have said, you can leave it in the fermenter longer, you can chill the beer prior to bottling as this helps it clear, or you can use finings in the Fermenter a couple of days prior to bottling. Or you can do all 3 of them.

At the end of the day though you will always end up with some sediment in the bottom of the bottle, no matter how clear the beer is when you put it in the bottle, unless you bottle pre carbonated beer, which is what I do.

If you use a highly flocculant yeast like Nottingham though this will pack down tight to the bottom of the bottle so you shouldn't have any problems when pouring.