one bottled has gone clear overnight

Jonathon Sunshine · Sunday Jan 28, 2007 2:32 pm

I bottled a batch of coopers pale ale yesterday arvo, and found that two of the bottles were dented. I left those two out on the bench and now one of them has half settled and gone clear. It is possible that one and not the other caught some early morning sun, thou i'm not sure because i am rarely up in the early morning and even then i usually don't start thinking about my beer untill mid morning.

Any ideas on what caused this? It doesn't seem to be under any more pressure that the rest of them (ie hasn't fermerted the priming sugar any more than the rest) and none of the other bottles seem to have done it.

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Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Sunday Jan 28, 2007 4:15 pm

Sure you primed it?

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Sunday Jan 28, 2007 4:20 pm

Hmm...it was only yesterday that you bottle so it would have nothing to do with priming. Those bottles should filter out the UV rays which would damage your beer.

I'm guessing you didn't rack and there may just be a bigger concentration of yeast in the other bottle, or the the yeast is more active at this time for some reason or another. At any rate I wouldn't worry.

Jonathon Sunshine · Sunday Jan 28, 2007 4:58 pm

actually going back and checking it again it appears to be under considerably less pressure than the others.

Could not priming it account for this? In terms of it settling so quickly? i kind of thought that pale ale was supposed to be permanently cloudy.

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Sunday Jan 28, 2007 7:45 pm

Hmm...it was only yesterday that you bottle so it would have nothing to do with priming. Those bottles should filter out the UV rays which would damage your beer.

I'm guessing you didn't rack and there may just be a bigger concentration of yeast in the other bottle, or the the yeast is more active at this time for some reason or another. At any rate I wouldn't worry.

I think that priming/not priming could produce the results you are seeing. The issue that PA raises of just having more yeast in the bottle from the primary is worth considering, also. You just have to think about your variables and put it down to experience. I don't think it would have anything to do with your bottles.

Also check that you have screwed the cap on tightly - this may account for the low carb. Otherwise, as PA said - don't worry. Just leave it for a while.