Sediment in kegging

[Moody_Copperpot]

How do you guys handle the setiment factor when you're kegging? I figure that all the little setiment that would end up in the bottles settles to the bottom of the keg. I haven't really noticed anything crazy with this, other than maybe my first few pours being cloudy. Is there a trick you use to combat this? I was thinking of running the beer from my auto siphon through a strainer into the keg.

 

[Hugh_Jass]

I try to leave as many solids as possible in the primary. Cold crashing for a few days really helps. I'd say in the majority of my kegs, there's just a very thin layer of sediment in the bottom, but even the first pour has little, if any, sediment.

 

[Lowry0031]

Force carbonation is the sure fire way.

The other way is to pour out the first couple beers. And then, depending on how soon you drink your next one, you might have to pour another 1 out each time you drink (if its days between beers).

 

[WAORGANY]

I have also read that some people will cut the bottom 1/4 to 1/2 " of the dip tube off to help prevent the sediment that may end up on the bottom...a good secondary and only adding the beer with out disturbing the sludge at the bottom usually works for me...

 

[devilishprune]

You will have 1-2 cloudy pints regardless of whether or not you carb naturally or force carb. It's really not that big of a deal.

If you don't want it in there at all, you're going to have to filter your beer. Unless your strainer bag is in the micron range, then it probably won't work with what you're trying to do.

 

[r8rphan]

I haven't had much problem with it... I seem to get more sediment with the 'last' beers than the first.. I had a couple beers with some sediment floating around in it the other night.. but that was because I picked up the keg and swirled it slightly to try and figure out how much beer was left in it...

Even when there's a little sediment in the beer, I rarely ever can taste or feel it.. It won't hurt you in any way...

But like others said, just be careful when you rack the beer from the fermenter... Lately, I've been trying to leave a little at the end anyways so that I can collect some yeast with it and put it in the fridge.....

 

[Moody_Copperpot]

Thanks guys...and thank you for ignoring my misspelling of sediment in the post title...it was early, haha.
I'm not horribly concerned about it, I've been happy with all my kegged stuff, but I was more wondering if there were any tricks I needed to know.
Thanks for the advice!

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Thanks guys...and thank you for ignoring my misspelling of sediment in the post title...it was early, haha.
I'm not horribly concerned about it, I've been happy with all my kegged stuff, but I was more wondering if there were any tricks I needed to know.
Thanks for the advice!

If you'd like to eliminate most or all of the sediment, have a read through this thread.

You'll get clear beer, and if done in primary, you can leave all of the sediment behind.


https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/gelatin-finings-53912/

 

[IrregularPulse]

My beers sit for 2 weeks carbing in the kegerator at 40°. This drops all the sediment, then it all get's sucked up in usually a single pint.

 

[akthor]

I bend my diptubes so they sit off the bottom. And after the keg cold crashes and carbs for a couple weeks I jump it to a new clean keg leaving all the sediment behind.

I jump to a new keg because I often take my kegs to other houses and it prevents the sediment from getting all stirred up every time.

 

[SweetSounds]

I transfer from primary to a secondary for aging. Then (After aging) transfer from the secondary corny to a serving corny without disturbing the secondary keg. That leaves nearly all of the sediment in the old keg.

It works pretty well...