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Six weeks ago I experimented with the fermenter slops. Instead of chucking them on the garden I bottled them, three different kit brews tho all Coopers. It looked like mud in the bottle and got 'slops' as a label but hey guess what? After six weeks there is (was) 1cm of solids stuck to the bottom but I just poured a perfectly cleared and tasty beer. Believe me if it smelt or tasted crook I'd tell ya but it's fine. Don't waste beer
I never waste a drop though i only brew with saf yeasts and rack. tip fermentor when racking only leaving crud. And then same at bottlling if your carefull you dont cop too much sediment.
Yep but I guess what I was saying Morgs is that contrary to popular teachings a fair bit of sediment is not ruination, well with my experiment anyway, it settles and the beer is just fine. I guess if you were a competition brewmaster then you'd want to be a bit more selective but for mine, a few extra bottles that taste good from a fornightly batch is a bonus. And hey, there's a couple I'd pass the bottles to if I didn't like 'em but not yet
i'v heard plenty of people say they chuck the last of the trub in the fridge after bottleing/primary to let the gunk settle out overnight and the beer will sit on top, it's not anything i'd do (because i'm lazy) but you'll get an extra litre and a half out of it if your lucky
