sediment

[stevenm]

I am currently on drinking my fist ever brew which i am enjoying, but I have a query-
I bottled my lager from the first fermentation bin, i have had a copule of bottles when it was still cloudy and i still enjoyed it. It is now clear and there is some sediment at the bottle of the bottle. As soon as i pour the bottle i unsettle this sediment which then makes the beer cloudy.
Is there any point in waiting in future for the beer to be clear, or i am being stupid.
p.s. i use 2 litre bottles.
Thanks Steven

[chopperswookie]

i too use 2 litre PET bottles. i think you will always get that problem. As you pour the near you get to the bottom and more horizontal the bottle get the more the sediment will displace. one solution is to either decant into a jug or aquire a 2 pint stien.

[brysie]

my first brew was a coopers lager and i was surprised how stable the sediment in the bottles was.
however that was with the 750ml bottles supplied in the kit.
i think you have to accept that with home brewing you will always get a bit of cloud, the nearer you get to the bottom of the bottle/keg.
have you thought of using very long straws?

[Ditch]

my first brew was a coopers lager and i was surprised how stable the sediment in the bottles was.

Now, That's interesting. I find Coopers Stout leaves a sediment ~ in the FV ~ rather like a lump of liver. It really is that thick and solidified.

I keg, rather than bottle, so have no experience of what it might do there. Nor have I really examined keg sediment, as I just tend to shove the hose pipe in there and blast it all to hell.

Wondering though; Is a 'good' sediment a feature common to Coopers kits?

[brysie]

might be a yeast thing ditch,

but your stout i bottled the other day has settled incredibly quickly. methinks these coopers folks are onto something.
amazing really when you think the ozzies brought us castlemaine for x.

[badgerdan]

Don't worry about the sediment, it' just what happen with home brewing when you haven't got the special ways of filtering like the pro's do.

As for using a 2 litre bottle, if you pour a pint's worth then put the bottle down the back swill will then swish it all around. I just use standard sized bottle and pour it into a glass very slowly and leave about 2 cm's at the bottom, that way if any sediment does get in it's so small you'll not see or taste it

I actually drank a Coopers Bitter straight from the bottle once with many swigs so must've been very cloudy but it still tasted good.