cloudy beer help please

[marko]

I have recently brewed an IPA, i have bottled it in plastics, and the only thing that the instructions didnt tell me too do was to prime with sugar before bottling it, (so i did because i felt it needed it (mistake?)). I waited the two days as recommended by the instructions and the beer has settled but is very couldy. can anyone give any help on the matter please.

Mark

[Operator]

Once bottled, leave it for a few days in the warm to prime, then somewhere cooler to condition. It will need a couple of weeks at least, preferably a month or more to fully clear and reach it's best condition. Of course you can start "sampling" whenever you like in the name of testing

[marko]

i put it in my garage almost straight away, this is about 13degrees C, would it not have primed correctly at this temp. the only reason i tried it so soon is that the insructions said, i did think this was strange. thanks buddy

[Operator]

The yeast might have gone dorment but 13 is not to that low. You could try bringing it in the warm for a bit or just leave it, even at a lower temp you should be ok if you give it long enough. Have a look on the kit brewing guide at the top of the home page, it's got lots of useful info.

[marko]

in the name of science and brewing i decided to test my brew, at first look the beer looks very clear in the bottles, so i carried on to pour my pint, the first was nice and clear and also tasted good, i left the bottle which still had a pint in (because it was a litre bottle), in the kitchen, then when i was ready to try the other pint it poured out and was a different pint, all cloudy and i didnt dare to drink it.
it has been about two weeks since i bottled it and it is in the garage which has been at about 15 for the first week and below 10 the second.

could anyone give me advice cos i would hate to keep wasting precious beer!!

[kenny850]

Try pouring all the beer into a jug in one easy motion and you should leave all the yeast behind,dont forget to leave the last inch or so of beer in the bottle,then top up your glass at your leisure

[randomdave]

Meh dont be scared of a cloudy pint. It wont hurt you. You can count yeast as one of your 5 a day... probably... ^^

nah seriously tho it wont cause you any problems altho some people reckon it gives em the sh!ts

[marko]

cheers guys, its getting better as the days go on, and the jug technique has worked, just that i have to drink the whole jug, oh well

[boingy]

Yeah, cloudy beer is perfectly safe. Too much of it may give you comedy wind though.

And, Dave, I have to correct your nutritional advice. Beer actually gives you 3 of your 5 a day.
As you correctly stated, yeast is the first. Hops are clearly a vegetable and Barley is merely dried seeds from stuff that looks like grass. So a pint and a bag of Cheese n Onion crisps and you have fulfilled the dietry requirements for the day. You may actually have exceeded them. Clearly the onion counts and potatoes are definitely sold in vegetable sections of supermarkets but consider that cheese is produced by cows that feed only on grass. Ergo, cheese must be made of grass.

Ah, if only the government would appoint me as health secretary I'd soon have the country sorted out...

[randomdave]

Ahh boingy I am so going to steal that an quote it when the boss says "liquid lunch again Dave"