What do you do with bottles with lots of sedimentation? Strain the beer through cheesecloth while pouring it into a glass? Just pour half the bottle?
I have been conditioning an IPA (Midwest HopHead) in bottles for 2 weeks and decided to throw a couple in the fridge to see how it tastes. I picked up the bottles and held them up to the light before I put them in and there was fine sedimentation dispersed throughout the bottle and a good 3/4" of sedimentation at the bottom. I don't think I disturbed the bottles that much by picking them up. After 24 hours in the fridge, there is still a lot suspended in the beer and the slightest movement kicks up a lot of sediment. I used Munton's Kreamy X to carbonate the beer. I'm wondering if that was the problem. I used Kreamy X with a stout and had the same issue. Maybe the beer wasn't done fermenting but I let it sit 2 weeks in the primary and 3 weeks in the secondary with hops so I'm guessing the fermentation was pretty much over by then (and no, I didn't check the FG ).
I've been wanting to start kegging so this may be the final nail in the bottle coffin.
I have been conditioning an IPA (Midwest HopHead) in bottles for 2 weeks and decided to throw a couple in the fridge to see how it tastes. I picked up the bottles and held them up to the light before I put them in and there was fine sedimentation dispersed throughout the bottle and a good 3/4" of sedimentation at the bottom. I don't think I disturbed the bottles that much by picking them up. After 24 hours in the fridge, there is still a lot suspended in the beer and the slightest movement kicks up a lot of sediment. I used Munton's Kreamy X to carbonate the beer. I'm wondering if that was the problem. I used Kreamy X with a stout and had the same issue. Maybe the beer wasn't done fermenting but I let it sit 2 weeks in the primary and 3 weeks in the secondary with hops so I'm guessing the fermentation was pretty much over by then (and no, I didn't check the FG ).
I've been wanting to start kegging so this may be the final nail in the bottle coffin.