I have a NEIPA that I'm transferring from my carboy to my bottling bucket. In the process of auto-siphoning, I stirred up the trub and now my beer went from a nice bright yellow to a light brown. I realized I had stirred the trub after siphoning only 0.25 gallons, and I stopped, so my carboy is still very full of the beer. I don't have a lot of time today so I'm wondering if I should wait till another day to transfer or if the yeast/hop sediment will settle in the bottles. If I go ahead and bottle right now, will their be astringent flavors in the beer?
Stirred up trub during bottling
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IMO the extra exposure to oxygen (from opening the fermenter and starting the siphon twice) would be worse than getting some trub in the bottles. (I guess it would depend on just how much trub.) The trub should settle in the bottles, and I wouldn't expect any astringent flavors. But I haven't had this situation personally, so all this is just opinion. Good luck.
I agree with ncbrewer. Once you start the process, you're better off finishing. The beer will settle and clear in the bottles.
brandonlovesbeer
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Just wait for it to settle. It would only take about 1/2 hour.
Or. Next time you bottle hold the siphon at the top of the liquid line and move it down as the beer drains out.
Or. Next time you bottle hold the siphon at the top of the liquid line and move it down as the beer drains out.
