Clear lager in bottles without yeast

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Frisfur

Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by Frisfur » Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:57 pm

Hi there

i have just finised off my last bottle of Pils Which was excellent. I lagered it at 1 degree for 6 weeks in the cornie, then bottled with sugar.

it was beautifully clear coming out the cornie into the bottles.

When I poured from the bottles after maturing, there was still a yeasty sediment form the secondary fermentaion in the bottles, which obviously affected the clarity when poured to fast or by someone not in the know.
My question is Can i get a fizzy pils in the bottle without sediment from the secondary fermentaion?

Cheers
Chris

coatesg

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by coatesg » Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:58 pm

You'd need to filter and bottle the beer using a counter pressure filler from a pressurized container (like a corny keg). It's possible, but a bit of work, and you need to get/make the counter-pressure filler too. Some people have success in transferring very cold beer into sterile cold bottles without losing too much gas or beer in the process.

You could always serve direct from the force-carbonated keg, but you'd most likely want to cool it that way so we're into the realms of the kegerator here.

196osh

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by 196osh » Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:36 pm

Alternative to what coatesg suggested you could get a beer gun.

Expensive but they do the job very neatly I think.

DarloDave

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by DarloDave » Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:01 pm

Definitely recommend the beer gun, if your planning on bottling a lot of beer, money WELL spent.

Frisfur

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by Frisfur » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:13 am

Silly question but what is a beer gun?

DarloDave

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by DarloDave » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:01 pm

Its by Blichmann (sp), its basically a gun on a tube you attatch to your cornie outpost, you stick the long stick of the fun into the bottom of a bottle, and pull the trigger which releases beer to whatever psi you have your reg set to.

Frisfur

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by Frisfur » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:27 pm

Ah yes just googled, looks like the job!

lancsSteve

Re: Clear lager in bottles without yeast

Post by lancsSteve » Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:52 pm

Do you need the accessories for the beer gun? Or can you join the 3/16 tube to the gun with a john guest fittings? As I have a spare ball-lock post and adaptors the £17 for accessory kit on top seems STEEP!

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