Can you re-bottle?

[Allenjoseph5]

I have a peanut butter porter that I'm hoping to enter into a Homebrew competition. The problem is that there is a ton of yeast at the bottom of each bottle. I should have cold crashed it, but had never done it before and never had this issue. I'm worried that I will score lower due to the fact that whatever judge gets the bottom of the bottle will be getting a completely different beer in taste and appearance.

I was thinking of siphoning or pouring off the top of a few beers into other bottles and adding one conditioning tablet to help with any lost carbonation. (Usually, it calls for three to five tablets per bottle)

Does this sound like an ok idea?

 

[billl]

Not really. It's really hard to get beer out a bottle without oxidizing it. Then, you are totally guessing at carb levels and may end up with mostly flat beer.

Hopefully, whoever is judging your homebrew competition knows how to pour a bottle conditioned beer.

 

[Allenjoseph5]

That's what I was afraid of. If it were just a little bit of sediment, I wouldn't be too worried, but there's a lot. Oh well. I'm just gonna roll with it. Thanks.

 

[CU_tony]

I doubt in a competition that they are trying to drink all 12 oz in that bottle! Likely pour less than half and drink less than that.

 

[Brownalemikie]

Easy solution....bring a bottle for each judge