Sand like substance / texture in bottle of imperial stout

[zach1288]

I have had an imperial stout in the bottle for about a month and noticed a sand like texture in the bottles? You can see it in the neck of the bottle and it sticks to the sides of a glass when drinking it. It literally looks like there is sand it the beer? What would cause this?

 

[zach1288]

I can try to get a picture tonight.

 

[duboman]

Could just be some residue from the bottle conditioning process. Does the beer taste fine? If so there should be no concern.

 

[zach1288]

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Did you use any gelatin? I did it once with a one gallon batch, must have screwed it up because I had tiny pieces of gelatin in the bottles.

 

[zach1288]

Did you use any gelatin? I did it once with a one gallon batch, must have screwed it up because I had tiny pieces of gelatin in the bottles.

No, I didn't use any kind of clarifying products.

 

[BEERMAN8P]

I just asked the same question and everyone told me its from the carbonation.

 

[carlisle_bob]

Hi

Is the stuff hard / gritty / abrasive like sand or is it fairly soft? Did you do anything to condition your water (like additives)?

Bob

 

[octo]

Did you use an oxygen based cleaner like oxyclean to wash your bottles out? If so, you probably didn't rinse them well enough afterwards and you are seeing the powdery remnants left on/in the bottle.

 

[zach1288]

Hi

Is the stuff hard / gritty / abrasive like sand or is it fairly soft? Did you do anything to condition your water (like additives)?

Bob

Girtty, no I did not use any additives.

 

[zach1288]

Did you use an oxygen based cleaner like oxyclean to wash your bottles out? If so, you probably didn't rinse them well enough afterwards and you are seeing the powdery remnants left on/in the bottle.

Yes I used PBW to clean the bottles, but half of the bottles do not have this strange stuff in them.

 

[carlisle_bob]

Girtty, no I did not use any additives.

Hi

If it's gritty then it's probably not yeast.

Bob

 

[octo]

Yes I used PBW to clean the bottles, but half of the bottles do not have this strange stuff in them.

Could be just a few that didnt get washed well enough, I dont know. Just a guess.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Did You add Lactose?

 

[zach1288]

Did You add Lactose?

Nope.

 

[DPBISME]

I just got a lot of "Trub" in a keg recently... so bad that the first pint poured was tought to look at and grainy to drink... ya we drank it any way. It kept happing because we had a "moving" party and the stuff would get kicked up again an settle arounf the drop tube. Eventually it clogged up the tube and connector...

SO: I know how it happened because I saw it. I was using a new type of 15 Gallon container for a fermentor that did not have a faucet and I used a syphon...

I move the damn thing near the end a it sucked up a bunch of trub....

SO I SAY: Open one, get it into a glass, taste it and then rub some of your "sand" between you fingers... see what it feels like...

DPB