A couple Q's

[hazedandconfused]

Sorry about more newb questions clogging up the forums but i need answers dammnit. ;-)
Anyways so i bottled a brewcraft deadguy ale kit on sunday and i got a little greedy and unfortunately sucked up a little sediment into my bottling bucket. I didnt think much of it and continied on bottling. Things went smoothly other than that. So less than an hout later i looked at the bottles and there was already more sediment on the bottom than there is on my last fully carbed ale. I know it wont ruin my bre, but i am curious to know if it will mess with the flavors too much after chilling for a couple days? At least i have plenty too work with for culturing that pacman yeast.

 

[petey_c]

With my limited brewing experience (96 gals.), I've never had a problem that I could directly attribute to sediment. You'll be fine..

 

[Captain Damage]

As long as you pour carefully enough that you don't get that sediment into your glass, there will be no impact on the flavor. You should be pouring your homebrews that way anyway (except for hefes).

 

[hazedandconfused]

I was just wondering if the sediment from primary would throw in some off flavors - but im sure all will be good.

 

[Captain Damage]

It's fine. By definition, sediment falls to the bottom of the bottle, so it'll be easy to avoid pouring it into your glass. Even if you hadn't sucked any up (almost impossible to do BTW), the yest eating your priming sugar will create sediment in the bottles anyway.

The sediment will not contribute any off flavors into the beer. The sediment itself usually doesn't taste good, but a small amount in your beer will likely fall somewhere between unnoticeable and unobjectionable. Though most of us avoid drinking the sediment, I do know a home brewer who deliberately pours the sediment from his bottles into the glass. And the yeast is actually an important part of the flavor of hefeweizens - hefe is German for "yeast."