pouring a home brew.

[woody34]

How do u folks pour a home brewed bottle? Slowly in a tilted glass? Thoughtlessly onto the bottom of the glass? No preference of pouring? Or drink straight from the bottle? Is there a right and wrong way? I pour slowly with glass tilted to avoid excessive foam.

 

[lumpher]

yep. you're doing it right. poured slowly into tilted glass also leaves the sediment on the bottom of the bottle

 

[Waynep005]

I pour with a slightly tilted glass so a good head can form and then leave the laste half ounce or so in th bottle.

 

[Chefjp]

just pour it carefully and leave about an inch in the bottle. The important thing is not to move the bottle around a lot before you pour, cheers!!!!

 

[griffondg]

Most people say leave the last X amount of beer in the bottle but what I do for a pale style ale is to slowly pour until I see the sediment approaching the mouth of the bottle and then stop. I don't like to waste a drop! Of course with darker beers this isn't possible so then I just leave a half ounce or so.

Eric

 

[kandofab]

I have poured them all different ways. I find that after a few, maybe to many, that I dont leave any in the bottom. :rockin:

 

[bobeer]

I tilt the glass and leave a little in the bottom of the bottle. I've drank straight from the bottle before when I didn't have a glass. It's not the end of the world but I like to let the beer breathe a little in a glass.

 

[brumer0]

So I guess I am the only one that shotguns them....

 

[evrose]

just pour it carefully and leave about an inch in the bottle. The important thing is not to move the bottle around a lot before you pour, cheers!!!!

AN INCH?!?!?

Dude, are you crazy? An inch in a standard bottle is a lot of beer.

Try half a centimeter...

 

[LandoLincoln]

Just pour all of it and get an appreciation of yeast tastes.

 

[Glynn]

I just saber the neck and drain it yeast and all :rockin:

 

[nukebrewer]

For me it depends on the yeast. If it's a very flocculant yeast I can usually pour like I would any other beer with no sediment in the glass. Anything else and I have to do the "homebrew pour." I usually leave a quarter inch or so.

 

[KISS Brew]

If it's a very flocculant yeast I can usually pour like I would any other beer with no sediment in the glass.

This is one of the reasons that I love a well-chilled homebrew fermented with S-04.

 

[Bito401]

Always pour in glass. But every batch I make, I try one out of the bottle to see if there's any difference

 

[greenthumbed]

I use 650ml (24oz.) bottles so when pouring into a pint glass I pours the first glass clear and slow and then after a few sips it dump the rest in yeast and all. Both ways are great as long as the brew is a good one.

 

[boscobeans]

I use mostly Nottingham yeast and after a month conditioning I get a full pour with no sediment.

Angled glass pour with most normally carbonated brews but with some English style ales that are on the real low end of the stick I splash a bit into the glass to get a nice layer of foam (like using a sparkler).

omo

bosco

 

[nukebrewer]

This is one of the reasons that I love a well-chilled homebrew fermented with S-04.

I've never used S-04, but this is also true of S-05, IME.

 

[AndrewD]

Hybrid Pour:
1/3 Down the side, final 2/3 into the middle of the glass like the pros, leaving as much sediment in the bottle as I can.

 

[woody34]

I need to pour mine slowly with glass tilted or it bubbles over. Is that normal for home-brewed or do I have a carb problem?

 

[Hernando]

Hybrid Pour:
1/3 Down the side, final 2/3 into the middle of the glass like the pros, leaving as much sediment in the bottle as I can.

This

 

[Wings_Fan_In_KC]

I use a bottling wand and don't get much trub at all in my bottles. Maybe the last two. But I don;t waste it....I pour every drop every time and I love it. The minimal cloudiness doesn't bother me a bit. If I'm giving a HB to one of my friends, I try to keep it super clear for them but for me, I drink it all. It bothers me that others waste a 1/4 inch of their beer but....it is their beer to waste.

 

[petie]

The redneck in me prefers drinking straight out of the bottle. He's very overbearing so I listen to him.

 

[Jaehnig]

The redneck in me prefers drinking straight out of the bottle. He's very overbearing so I listen to him.

Gotta pour it into a glass! Can't fully appreciate it with the bottle constricting the aromas of your brew! A large percentage of taste is smell! XP

 

[edmanster]

Hybrid Pour:
1/3 Down the side, final 2/3 into the middle of the glass like the pros, leaving as much sediment in the bottle as I can.

this is how i pour to get a great lasting head.. i also dont worry about sediment because i force carb in a keg and bottle with a gun..

 

[nukebrewer]

I use a bottling wand and don't get much trub at all in my bottles. Maybe the last two. But I don;t waste it....I pour every drop every time and I love it. The minimal cloudiness doesn't bother me a bit. If I'm giving a HB to one of my friends, I try to keep it super clear for them but for me, I drink it all. It bothers me that others waste a 1/4 inch of their beer but....it is their beer to waste.

It's not a waste if its purpose is to keep undesirables out of the beer. For the vast majority of styles, the aroma and flavor of yeast decidedly does not compliment the beer. If you haven't already, I encourage you to, just once, "waste" a 1/4 inch and see how you like it. If you have and still prefer your way, then please ignore. Cheers!

 

[petie]

Gotta pour it into a glass! Can't fully appreciate it with the bottle constricting the aromas of your brew! A large percentage of taste is smell! XP

Sorry man the redneck is demanding the bottle with the coozy that reads"this is the part where I nod and pretend to care".

Although I might be able to convince him to drink out of one of these.

 

[petie]

Me and my overbearing redneck subconscious talked it over and we agreed definetly a mason jar with a stem. Classy! Or possibly one of these:

 

[Jaehnig]

Sorry man the redneck is demanding the bottle with the coozy that reads"this is the part where I nod and pretend to care".

Although I might be able to convince him to drink out of one of these.

All about your level of beer geek I suppose.

 

[Trokair]

Bottle. Not leaving a drop in there. I'm rather annoyed when other people do that with BMCs and then I have to drain every stinking can before I can crush them. Besides' yeast is good for the digestive track. Or somthing like that. Cheers

 

[azmark]

Not sure anyone drinking a BMC knows that some beer may have active yeast, and to leave a bit in the bottom. And if they do know that, then they are way mistaken thinking there is active yeast in the bottom of their BMC.