Sediment layer typical in Secondary after siphon?

[InAthensGa]

Hey there everybody. I just transferred my beer to the secondary and I think I may have siphoned it a bit too quickly resulting in a 1/2 layer of sediment at the bottom. The beer is a little cloudy, I'm assuming this is normal? The sediment will settle back to the bottom? Thanks!

 

[Revvy]

Yes...I hate to state the obvious, but that's the point of a secondary...to let stuff settle out.

 

[ThePearsonFam]

yup, no worries...

 

[InAthensGa]

Cool beans. I was starting to freak out a little bit. Ahhhh...you learn something everyday.

 

[boo boo]

With ales, I don't bother with secondary. I just let it go for another 2 weeks and package it.

 

[InAthensGa]

Yeah, that's what many are saying but I just couldn't resist trying out my shiny new carboy. I also threw in an ounce of whole leaf Chinook for some dry hoppin. I took a little taste and it was nice and hopalicious. 2 weeks in the secondary and then bottling time.

 

[ThePearsonFam]

With ales, I don't bother with secondary. I just let it go for another 2 weeks and package it.

me too

 

[malkore]

so ales should all be cloudy yeasty and lagers clear?

hmmm...

I often secondary all my bottled beer styles, simply because I never rack very cleanly. I always dip my siphon tip too low and suck up some sediment.

My kegged beers don't matter because I can just shoot that sediment out on the first pint after tapping, but to keep my bottle beer 'crud free' I basically always do a short secondary, even for a dark beer you can't see through.

And all of these methods are correct. As long as you made delicious beer, you did EVERYTHING right.