Heaps of sediment

nadrum · Post by **nadrum** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 8:39 am

Firstly, congrats to all on a great site.

Now (following the gratuitous feedback) for the assistance required. I just put down by 2nd ever batch on 8/7. Ingredients:
Brewcraft Munich Lager
#15 booster 1 kg
Hallertau hops

Its been at a constant 12 degrees, with OG 1038. Fermentation has almost complete (down to 1012 last night), but there is lots of sediment floating in the wort, even when I take a sample for SG reading, there is small chunks of sediment. Qns What have I done wrong, what do I do, or will it clear?

cheers

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 11:34 am

You've done nothing wrong.

You can either let it settle out, or you can rack your beer into another fermenter- not transferring the yeast cake. This will significantly clear your beer, leaving enough yeast in the beer for carbonation.

If you don't rack, it will settle some of the yeast out itself.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 11:35 am

Did you strain the mix before putting it in your vat?
did you disolve the booster properly before adding?
These are the only things i can think of with the ingredients you have used. how did you prepare it in the vat or on the stove, i usually put the booster, can of brew and 2 litres of water on the stove and gently boil for 15 minutes then half fill the fermenter with cold water before adding!!
Hope this is of some help.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 11:38 am

I doubt that that would greatly influence the yeast floculation or sedimentation rate. That is usually yeast- and sometimes temperature dependant.

At 12*C there should be no major problem with floc.

nadrum · Post by **nadrum** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 11:45 am

Thanks for all your advice.

Yes I did boil on stove top and filtered the hops thru a stocking. Unfortunately I haven't got round to buying another fermenter to rack to yet, but I'll pinch my little bros!

We'll see how it goes after resting to the w/end

Cheers

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 1:09 pm

I brewed this same recipe in December last year, I think there was quite a bit of sediment. If I was you I'd just leave it until it settles a bit more and then bottle it without disturbing the sediment too much. The worse-case scenario I can think of is that your first bottle will have a bit too much sediment, so what is there to worry about?

nadrum · Post by **nadrum** » Thursday Jul 20, 2006 1:12 pm

nice one...thx