Bottling Question - Keeping Sediment Out?

[shanew]

Bottling time for my second brew. Cascade mahogany porter with amber DME, steeped choc grain and Goldings hop additions with US-56. Smells bl@@dy fantastic and can't wait to drink the finished product.

It has formed a lot of sediment during fermentation. So much so that there is a lot coming through the tap when I take my samples for testing. When I'm bottling this weekend, should I do something to reduce the amount of this sediment that gets into the bottles? Or should it all just settle to the bottom of the bottles and not cause any problems? :huh:

Was considering racking to secondary fermenter to get rid of most of it but don't have a seconday right now nor the money to buy one.

All suggestions appreciated.

 

[warrenlw63]

Howdy Yoz

If you've got a fridge put the fermenter in the fridge and crash cool it. Around 3 degrees will do the trick. It will sediment out the remaining yeast. Leave it there for around 5 days.

Make sure the beer's reached terminal gravity first though.

Warren -

 

[PostModern]

How long has the primary fermentation been. After the main fermentation is over, just leave it another week as cool as you can (11 is ideal but a bit warmer won't be too bad).

A couple weeks in primary is never a bad thing.

 

[RobboMC]

Of course the answer is to rack to secondary, but without that you could perhaps NOW tip the fermenter slightly backward by putting something underneath the front. Then the tap would sit higher reletive to the top of the sludge. Just an idea.

Do it now though, to allow maximum time for the sediment to resettle,
and tip it very slowly and carefully.

 

[shanew]

Of course the answer is to rack to secondary, but without that you could perhaps NOW tip the fermenter slightly backward by putting something underneath the front. Then the tap would sit higher reletive to the top of the sludge. Just an idea.

Do it now though, to allow maximum time for the sediment to resettle,
and tip it very slowly and carefully.

Thanks for the ideas! I had thought about tipping the fermenter to get the tap out of the sludge. I'll do that and give it a few more days. Nex time I think I'll rack to the secondary.

Cheers :chug: