Bottling Froth

luckyphill · Post by **luckyphill** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006 7:14 am

G'day all

Still reasonably new to brewing. was bottling a Coopers bitter last night and of froth was crazy I haven't had this happen before am am wondering what it might be. Was pretty much a standar kit& kilo with coopers Be2 and 200gms of dex with kit yeast. It was a real good creamy froth which nearly filled up half the bottle on the first 10 until I was able to slow things down and work out how to reduce it a bit, but still had trouble with the whole lot. I tasted the hydro reading earlier and it tasted ok although a lot cloudier than normal.

Any ideas....it's the first coopers bitter I have done.

Cheers

Phill

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006 9:48 am

I really have no idea as that's never happened to me before. I've done a couple of Coopers Bitters (love em with a little bit of Cascade for aroma). How long was it in the fermenter for?

Gusher infection?

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006 10:16 am

Hi Phill,

How are you bottling? Have you got one of those bottlers that makes sure you fill the bottles from the bottom (rather than the top)? If you don't have one of those, I'd suggest you get one because they're pretty cheap and save lots of time.

I've had (very small) froth problems due to two factors:

1) agitation of beer when bottling. This can be solved by carefully using a bottom-filler thingy.

2) Priming sugar causing frothing: Sometimes I've had brews froth over when the priming sugar is put in. If this is the case, probably the best way to get around it is to bulk prime next time (trust me, it's worth it!)

luckyphill · Post by **luckyphill** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006 12:19 pm

Blandy

Normally just turn on/off the tap...do have a bottler but have never had a problem I actually put it on to see if that would help, it did a bit but not much. was still able to bottle ok just took 3 goes or so to do it, but got there eventually. Have never had a problem with other brews...the creamy froth looked that good was tempted to lick it of the bottle

Phill

Trizza · Post by **Trizza** » Thursday Nov 02, 2006 12:48 pm

I had the same problem when making a ginger beer, as while bottling the froth made it difficult to fill all of the bottles. Mine had been in primary for 7 days, and hadn't finished fermetation, which resulted in an overcarbonated brew, luckily in plastic bottles.
After this minor accident I'm careful to make sure fermentation has finished before bottling

jnr · Post by **jnr** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 1:20 pm

I have had a similar problem just slow the flow down a little.

Rod · Post by **Rod** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 3:00 pm

If you get froth when you are bottling , I bet you are bottling too soon .

When beer is ready to bottle it normally does not froth , assuming you are using a bottle-mate

50% Mogman · Post by **50% Mogman** » Friday Nov 24, 2006 1:10 pm

This is what I do.....
Add dex or sugar to each bottle.
Add 50mm of beer to each bottle and agitate so the beer and sugar mix.
when you get around to the first bottle you part-filled (maybe 5 minutes later) you can fill the bottles to the top with no foaming.

Cheers..........

TommyH · Post by **TommyH** » Saturday Nov 25, 2006 12:57 pm

Have to agree with Rod. Bottling too soon.

BierMeister · Post by **BierMeister** » Sunday Nov 26, 2006 3:41 pm

50% Mogman wrote:This is what I do.....
Add dex or sugar to each bottle.
Add 50mm of beer to each bottle and agitate so the beer and sugar mix.
when you get around to the first bottle you part-filled (maybe 5 minutes later) you can fill the bottles to the top with no foaming.

Cheers..........

Sounds like a H...F... Just Bulk prime. It's way easier.