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stevezx7r

'Tis me again.

Post by stevezx7r » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:44 pm

Hi all, it's been a while since I last posted - been sorting the house out to sell plus tons of other "stuff"...

Anyway, as i'm still finding the time (just) to brew I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on bottle conditioning. Specifically, recently I have been making lager instead of bitter/ale and I have been getting fed up with the amount of sediment at the bottom of my two litre PET bottles (or old glass bottles for that matter).

My issue is this - I don't like the look of the sediment, I don't like the taste and I hate the way it all comes floating up to the surface spoiling what was a clear looking lager.

Does anyone have any thoughts on removing the sediment? I have thought about using some sort of pump with a long straw to remove the sediment once it's conditioned - this would be attatched once the bottle was filled so would need to be pressure proof. Then I thought why not use one of those soda stream carbon dioxide injectors to fill the bottle after removing the sediment...

Any ideas?

Steve.

MightyMouth

Post by MightyMouth » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:57 pm

You can get PET adapters for the midget widget CO2 system and force carbonate them that way.

stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:01 pm

Ah, cheers for that. That's my local HB shop too. Will have a pop in this weekend me thinks.

Any other DIY ideas?

Edit - Cheers for that too Daab.

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