Thin tan-ish colored sediment in bottles.

[dr_chamb]

Hey brewers,

this is my first thread, and I apologize if this has already been a thread..

I've just brewed my first batch of beer ever (American Pale Ale), everything has gone great so far. The only thing is the day after bottling the beer, i've noticed a thin, tan-ish in color sediment formed at the bottom of my bottles, its been this way for a week now. Just refrigerated my 3 bottles to taste with some friends, didn't have any taste issues (actually tasted great). Is this something I should worry about? is it natural? Kind of reminds me of an unfiltered/ unfettered Hefeweizen.

 

[Revvy]

Any bottle conditioned beer will have sediment. It's a natural byprodcut of living beers. You add sugar to yeast in a bottle to make the beer carb, you will have sediment. Even in many commercial microbrews. That's how we harvest the yeast.

Ale yeast is top growing, and carbonation is a mini fermentation, and sometimes you get to see the mini krausen form and fall. It will fall on it's own and become the sediment layer we all know and love.

No good beer, micro or homebrew should be drunk out of the bottle. We're not talking little flavored pizzwater here like bud light. Good beer has flavor and aroma that can't be truly appreciated coming out of a nickle sized hole.

Do yourself a favor and pour your good beer in a glass heck, even a plastic cup is better than drinking it out of the bottle. And do it right and leave the sediment behind by pouring to the shoulder.

 

[Dauntless]

That thin layer of sediment happens to be your best friend.

 

[dr_chamb]

Awesome, thanks! And of course, if there's a mug around i'm going to drink from it, not the bottle.