Bottled and crystal clear after only 3 days.

[venquessa]

The coopers batch that seemed to stop at 1.018 has been bottled for 3 days and most of the bottles and completely clear, I can read the forum through the bottle and there is not much sediment at the bottom.

I'm slightly worried the fermentation had stalled the yeast settled out and there simply isn't enough of them to secondary ferment properly.

I'm half expecting sweet cider like rubbish.

I have 3 experimental bottles labelled and have inverted them a few time to restir up the yeast, I'm wondering if I should do it to all the cleared bottles?

 

[beerman0001]

Once bottled, 3 weeks is about what it takes in order to have fully carbed beer that is not green. There are different stratagems regarding how much time in the primary and secondary but over all 3 weeks is the minimum

 

[venquessa]

I know, but is it normal for them to clear so quickly?

I intend to sample one on Friday (2 weeks total duration), but don't intend to start drinking them until the following Friday night.

 

[RM-MN]

My pale ale was perfectly clear on the second day and it was cloudy when I bottled it. It carbed up just fine. RDWHAHB

 

[unionrdr]

My bottles typically settle out clear in 3 days,but sometimes closer to 7 days. I bottle when the beer is clear,or slightly misty. They carb & condition just fine,but conditioning well can be 4-7 weeks. Depending on gravity,darkness of the malts,etc. Average gravity ales are usually good at 4 or 5 weeks.

 

[sudsmcgee]

They'll clear up when warm, but develop a chill haze when refrigerated.

 

[unionrdr]

True,but but how much if any chill haze you get at fridge time depends on how fast you chill down the hot wort. So far,I'm finding that chilling the hot wort in 20 minutes or less gives little if any chill haze at fridge time. I also had a DUH! moment with our last batches. I got some chill haze when I mixed some ice with cold water at wort chilling time. then it finally hit me to reverse the process,& fill the empty space around the BK in the sink to the top with ice,then top off that with cold water. Got it chilled in 20 minutes flat. No chill haze at all in either batch. First time for that!