Wangdoodle
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Brewers, I seek council. Guide me if you will
I've been brewing for many years, from kits from Boots (yes, a UK brewer!) before I could legally buy beer, up to AGB HERMS with a mate of mine. We make great beer, or at least, we really enjoy it. But I need some help in getting to crystal clear beer.
Currently, and has always been the case, when fermentation is done and it's ready for the next stage, I've gone 1 of 2 routes:
1) Syphon off the beer into another container so it can be batch primed, then bottle. Cap it off, warm place for a week, cool place until I just cant leave it any more. Result: Great beer, clear until you move it, sediment.
2) Pour it into a pressure barrel of some kind, prime, leave. Result: Great beer, remains clear, just can't take it anywhere or give any away.
In seeking clearer, carbonated beer, I've taken to taking beer from the keg after a couple of weeks and pouring it into bottles. This works in terms of the beer being clear but carbonation lacks, and the beer won't sustain a head.
We're investing in some corny (or similar) kegs in the future, so for 'stationary' beer, all is good. However, the big question remains:
How can we get very bright beer, properly carbonated, into bottles with zero sediment?
MTIA
I've been brewing for many years, from kits from Boots (yes, a UK brewer!) before I could legally buy beer, up to AGB HERMS with a mate of mine. We make great beer, or at least, we really enjoy it. But I need some help in getting to crystal clear beer.
Currently, and has always been the case, when fermentation is done and it's ready for the next stage, I've gone 1 of 2 routes:
1) Syphon off the beer into another container so it can be batch primed, then bottle. Cap it off, warm place for a week, cool place until I just cant leave it any more. Result: Great beer, clear until you move it, sediment.
2) Pour it into a pressure barrel of some kind, prime, leave. Result: Great beer, remains clear, just can't take it anywhere or give any away.
In seeking clearer, carbonated beer, I've taken to taking beer from the keg after a couple of weeks and pouring it into bottles. This works in terms of the beer being clear but carbonation lacks, and the beer won't sustain a head.
We're investing in some corny (or similar) kegs in the future, so for 'stationary' beer, all is good. However, the big question remains:
How can we get very bright beer, properly carbonated, into bottles with zero sediment?
MTIA