Cloudy when bottling?

[Sloany1968]

Hi guys, I a newbie here so please be patient.
I have been brewing wine for about 6 months and found this forum invaluable, so thanks for all the advice.

I have just started with my first beer kit and thought I'd try a brewers spring light ale kit. I started the brewer 3 weeks ago and reracked after one week as per instructions. According to the instructions the beer should be ready for bottling after mixing in the dextrose on week 3.
should be beer be clear before bottling? as mine is still a bit cloudy. I know this answer is probably posted on the forum somewhere, but i cant find it.

Thanks for any help.
Darren

[Shaun21]

Cloudy is fine, its just some of the yeast left over, you need it to carb up your brew. Once conditioned and left in the cold they'll drop out to form a little layer at the bottom of the bottle.

[Sloany1968]

Thanks Shaun

[Normski]

Hi Darren
Well done on your 1st brew.
You should let it drop fairly clear before bottling or you will get too much sediment in the bottles. There will be plenty of yeast still in there to enable carbonation. You have said that you will add Dextrose on week 3. I’m assuming you mean you will prime with the dextrose, something like 80g. I would not bother with priming with anything other than sugar in future. It really doesn’t make any difference with such a small amount. It’s only added to get a little secondary fermentation going to enable a bit of carbonation to help pressurize and protect the brew. Once bottled, Move them to somewhere warm (20c ish) for a week.
Norm