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There is no way to get rid of sediment if you bottle condition. There was another thread on this today. The sugar you add to get carbonation along with the yeast produce sediment. No way around it.
I get very little sediment in my bottles, just a little smear on the bottom, by using at minimum, a month long primary. But a bottle conditioned beer completely free of sediment isn't possible.
I know that's right. I pour chilled wort & top off water through a fine mesh strainer to aerate & filter out gunk. I get less trub in the fermenter that way. I prime in a bottling bucket. I still get a light dusting on the bottom of the bottles. you can't avoid it completely.
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TopherM
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You can keg your beer then bottle from the keg with a counterpressure filler, like the Blichmann BeerGun, for sediment-free bottles. This is exactly how most of the breweries do it, and how I bottle for competitions.
You don't even need a full kegging setup, just a single keg with a CO2 charger or small CO2 tank. For around $100 (including the BeerGun):
1) Naturally carb in the keg using priming sugar.
2) After carb/conditioning, put the keg on ice/fridge for 48+ hours to absorb the CO2 into solution, just like you would with a bottle.
3) Hook up the CO2 charger/tank to provide serving pressure for the BeerGun. The first draw will pull out all of the sediment if you gave it sufficient time to settle or used something like gelatin. Then just bottle the whole batch sediment free!
You don't even need a full kegging setup, just a single keg with a CO2 charger or small CO2 tank. For around $100 (including the BeerGun):
1) Naturally carb in the keg using priming sugar.
2) After carb/conditioning, put the keg on ice/fridge for 48+ hours to absorb the CO2 into solution, just like you would with a bottle.
3) Hook up the CO2 charger/tank to provide serving pressure for the BeerGun. The first draw will pull out all of the sediment if you gave it sufficient time to settle or used something like gelatin. Then just bottle the whole batch sediment free!
rhinoceroceros
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2PPBmJZFd0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I read this thread and about half an hour later, stumbled upon this video.
I don't know how much these cost, but they might be worth it if sediment is a big concern for you.
I read this thread and about half an hour later, stumbled upon this video.
I don't know how much these cost, but they might be worth it if sediment is a big concern for you.
