BSS: Trub In My Bottles!

[joelamango]

So, I finally bottled my very first BSS beer today, a White IPA.

A few hours later I checked on my bottles and it turns out they all have a thin layer of trub at the bottom of the bottle.

I assume that either my movement of the fermenter or my botched attempts to get my racking cane to syphone caused the trub to either mix in with the beer or get sucked up.

Regardless, is my beer now undrinkable? Can I just drink 3/4 of the bottle without ingesting trub? Is trub bad to ingest?

I'm pretty bummed, but I've also brewed my next batch already, persistence!

Cheers all

 

[Sailingeric]

It will be OK. When you bottle carb you will get some trub in there. When you pour just be careful and leave the last little bit the bottle

 

[AkTom]

You will die!!! Sorry to have to break the news to you. I am a doctor, as well as a scientist. You need to send me all of your beer. I will test it in my advanced laboratory. Get it to me soon or I'll have to report you to the CDC. Just kidding. I would never report you. Just send the beer out tomorrow and all will be well.
Dang, I could make a good communist leader. ;-)

 

[kh54s10]

You must have sucked up some trub. But, unfiltered naturally carbonated beers will always have some trub in the bottom of the bottle. It is usually mostly yeast. It will compact down so if you pour slowly, so that you don't slosh at the bottom of the bottle, you can leave just the last little bit with the trub in the bottle.

 

[filthyastronaut]

It's basically inevitable when bottle conditioning. There's nothing to fear, at all. You will probably get fairly skilled at decanting off the bottle sediment, leaving very little beer behind, and I always just drink what's left out of the bottle anyway. Also, with a White IPA you don't have anything to lose by just pouring the whole thing in.

Do keep in mind though, whether you decant or not, some people get gas from unfiltered beer if they're not used to it. Fortunately, you should be done with your beer by then so it won't affect the aroma.

 

[joelamango]

Thanks all!

I guess I'll just try not to get in my glass when pouring and hope for the best. This homebrewing is an emotional rollercoaster.

 

[Mainer]

Bottle sediment is universal. Just make sure to a) never drink homebrew straight from the bottle, and b) leave the last 1/4 inch or so in the bottle when you pour.

 

[mattdee1]

Bottle sediment is universal. Just make sure to a) never drink homebrew straight from the bottle, and b) leave the last 1/4 inch or so in the bottle when you pour.

Yeah, bottle sediment is one aspect of homebrew—and some craft beer—that is off-putting for those who have never dealt with it before, especially if they’re coming from years of drinking sterile BMC swill.

It’s easy to shrug it off once you realize that it is perfectly normal, and unavoidable in at least small amounts if bottle-carbing. It’s not a problem at all to just pour the beer into a glass and leave the gunk behind. Make sure you rinse your bottles immediately, though, because once that crap dries it’s like mortar.

Just so everybody knows, whenever a homebrew is drunk directly from its bottle, a kitten is scalped. I don’t wish to carry around that guilt, myself. It all works out because I don’t much care for drinking yeast shakes either.

 

[gunnuts]

I've come to expect a little and feel a little disapointment when I don't get a little cloudy burst at the end of my pour.

 

[agrazela]

So, I finally bottled my very first BSS beer today, a White IPA.

BSS?

Also, as said, that stuff will compact down, especially after a couple days in the fridge (after carbing done, of course). Careful pouring is key!

Now, since no one's said it yet...keg!

 

[JimRausch]

I always do the careful pour thing to get brilliantly clear beer in my glass,....then I drink the dregs from the bottle. B vitamins, and other unidentified factors. Keeps you healthy, man. And eventually your GI tract gets used to the yeast and you even lose the toots.