Hi,
First I have to say this is a fantastic website that I have learned a lot from.
So I'm currently on my 3rd brew using an ail pail, The first two were pretty decent but this third one seems to be causing some problems. On Saturday I bottled my Belgian IPA which I got from Midwest supplies, I boiled exactly as the directions indicated and let sit in the fermenting bucket for 2 weeks and bottled after my hydrometer readings were the same for 3 days in a row.
Right before transferring to my bottling bucket I did accidentally drop the fermenting bucket, the top was still on and I let it sit for about 15 minutes before proceeding to siphon to the other bucket. I proceeded to bottle the beer but did notice that it was exceptionally cloudy. I sampled one of the bottles the next day and did notice a good carbonation and a surprisingly good taste for only one day of conditioning but there was a large amount of sediment on the bottom of the bottle.
Today (3 days after bottling) I went to sample another one to see how it was progressing, all of the sediment at the bottom of the bottle shot to the top and foam proceeded to come out of the top of the bottle. When I poured it into a glass the beer was extremely cloudy but did still have a decent taste to it.
My question is, is this beer over carbonated? Did I not wait long enough after dropping the fermenting bucket before I bottled? Did this spoil the beer? Can I fix it?
I've read enough threads to know not to dump it, but I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to save it?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
First I have to say this is a fantastic website that I have learned a lot from.
So I'm currently on my 3rd brew using an ail pail, The first two were pretty decent but this third one seems to be causing some problems. On Saturday I bottled my Belgian IPA which I got from Midwest supplies, I boiled exactly as the directions indicated and let sit in the fermenting bucket for 2 weeks and bottled after my hydrometer readings were the same for 3 days in a row.
Right before transferring to my bottling bucket I did accidentally drop the fermenting bucket, the top was still on and I let it sit for about 15 minutes before proceeding to siphon to the other bucket. I proceeded to bottle the beer but did notice that it was exceptionally cloudy. I sampled one of the bottles the next day and did notice a good carbonation and a surprisingly good taste for only one day of conditioning but there was a large amount of sediment on the bottom of the bottle.
Today (3 days after bottling) I went to sample another one to see how it was progressing, all of the sediment at the bottom of the bottle shot to the top and foam proceeded to come out of the top of the bottle. When I poured it into a glass the beer was extremely cloudy but did still have a decent taste to it.
My question is, is this beer over carbonated? Did I not wait long enough after dropping the fermenting bucket before I bottled? Did this spoil the beer? Can I fix it?
I've read enough threads to know not to dump it, but I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to save it?
Thank you in advance for your advice.