blitzgp
Active Member
I am about to take up home brewing, but for some reason the bottling and "living beer" concept doesnt sit well with me.
I am just a little confused on where you draw the line for a living beer with live yeast in the bottle. Is there a way to minimize this, but still have enough to carbonate the bottle? Im not sure what the effect of secondary fermentation would have on this. Does secondary fermentation just provide an extra period of time for the suspended yeast to settle out and get a clearer beer? And filtering, is the purpose of filtering actually to remove the majority of yeast suspended in the beer?
The bottom line that I am trying to figure out, is bottling a beer that I do not have to leave the last 1/4" in the bottle, even if it adds a few pain in the butt steps.
On a side note, this forum is amazing, and I cant wait to take up my favorite hobby.
I am just a little confused on where you draw the line for a living beer with live yeast in the bottle. Is there a way to minimize this, but still have enough to carbonate the bottle? Im not sure what the effect of secondary fermentation would have on this. Does secondary fermentation just provide an extra period of time for the suspended yeast to settle out and get a clearer beer? And filtering, is the purpose of filtering actually to remove the majority of yeast suspended in the beer?
The bottom line that I am trying to figure out, is bottling a beer that I do not have to leave the last 1/4" in the bottle, even if it adds a few pain in the butt steps.
On a side note, this forum is amazing, and I cant wait to take up my favorite hobby.