Too much yeast transferred to bottling bucket

damdaman · 02-02-2010, 10:27 PM

Hey everyone, I bottled two batches today and for two separate reasons I transferred too much yeast to the bottling bucket.

In the first, the yeast was pretty low flocculating for some reason. The second, I forgot to add the little plastic piece to the bottom of my racking cane to keep it off the yeast cake.

My question is what kinds of issues will this cause?

I assume that clarity will be a problem, also possibly a "yeasty" flavor to the beer? But bottle bombs should not be a problem because there's only so much priming sugar added anyway, right?

Will chilling the beer longer before drinking help?

TIA.

**buffalobrewer** · 02-02-2010, 10:31 PM

you'll probably just see a little more yeast at the bottom of the bottles than usual. Just let them sit undisturbed and they will be fine. pour carefully.

damdaman · 02-02-2010, 10:59 PM

Thanks, that's kinda what I figured but wanted to make sure.

smmcdermott · 02-02-2010, 11:00 PM

it will probably be a little more cloudy at first, but if you let it sit, it will collect at the bottom of the bottle. Bottle bombs should not be a problem and in all honesty, unless you put a lot of yeast in the bottle (like a lot more than you did), it shouldn't be a problem.