DRinking cloudy beer

[Jack_Frost]

I think that I mst have not got something quite right in my all grain brew as it was very cloudy when I boiled it. I had a cheeky taste of a week old bottle (naughty I know) it opened with a gentle hiss, but when I picked up the bottle it foams vigerously like a volcano. All the stuff that was on the bottom rshed to the top and left the beer rather cloudy.

I still drank it, will this give me a bad head tomorrow or what are the downsides of drinking it cloudy?

Thanks tim

[Gricey]

So I'm no expert but...

Your wort can be a bit cloudy, but youll settle out a lot of that via the hot and cold breaks. By the time you get to bottles it should be pretty clear (imo), did you bottle it cloudy?

From my experience, you bottle flat but clearish, then over weeks it gets fizzier and the flavour matures. So the younger you open it, the more flat and 'new' it tastes. I know a lot of bad tasting stuff drops out over time, the longer the better.

Did you leave the last few cm in the bottle (new?) or did you pour it all into your glass?

[boingy]

Drinking cloudy beer will do you no harm at all.

[Piscator]

Drinking cloudy beer will do you no harm at all.

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[JackA]

it opened with a gentle hiss, but when I picked up the bottle it foams vigerously like a volcano. All the stuff that was on the bottom rshed to the top and left the beer rather cloudy.

Sounds like you over primed. Use less sugar in your bottles next time!

My beer is never crystal clear when it goes into the boiler... comes out reasonably clear after the protofloc does it's work and probably takes about 6 weeks from the start of fermentation to fully clear, without finings. Even if I leave my beer in the FV for 3 weeks, it never comes out clear, but always comes good in the end

[Jack_Frost]

Well I have awoken this morning with a clear head so all is well. I normally leave the sediment in the bottom cm. That's the strange thing when I opened the bottle it was calm, when I picked it up it erupted from the bottom up.

I did not use protofloc or Irish moss as I did not have any. Should use some next time.

Tim

[beer today]

just come back off my hols, where i was drinking bottled wheat beer, all of it cloudy, as described on the label. No probs at all, just a shame I'm not on my hols until next year now.........

[dave-o]

I've had the odd gusher from batches where the rest of it was absolutely fine. I blame the aliens.

[jubbo]

I can't recommend Irish moss highly enough. I made two brews with the exact same recipe. The only difference being the use of Irish moss in one and not in the other.

You can see the magic of Irish moss when you have cooled your wort from the boil and transfer to the FV. Without Irish moss you are left with clean hops in the bottom of your boiler. With Irish moss your hops will be covered in a layer of slime (stuff you don't want in your beer). After a week of fermenting the brew with irish moss transfered into the pressure barrel CRYSTAL clear. The brew without was cloudy (but cleared nicely with some gelatin).

[boingy]

I can't recommend Irish moss highly enough. I made two brews with the exact same recipe. The only difference being the use of Irish moss in one and not in the other.

You can see the magic of Irish moss when you have cooled your wort from the boil and transfer to the FV. Without Irish moss you are left with clean hops in the bottom of your boiler. With Irish moss your hops will be covered in a layer of slime (stuff you don't want in your beer). After a week of fermenting the brew with irish moss transfered into the pressure barrel CRYSTAL clear. The brew without was cloudy (but cleared nicely with some gelatin).

If you like Irish moss you'll love Protofloc and/or Whilfloc.

[Jack_Frost]

If you like Irish moss you'll love Protofloc and/or Whilfloc.

Added to the shopping list

[Jack_Frost]

Here is a photo of the offending brew, I find it tasty which is all that matters (?)

[Brotherton Lad]

With that and a beer bomb, you may have bottled too early or over-primed (or both). You can either chill it right down or ease the caps off to release excess pressure and re-seal