Just ballsed up racking/bulk prime

[winka]

OK....

just that miniute bulk primed my latest brew in my bottling bucket (Scottish Export, not that it matters lol) I bulk primed with 100g sugar and set away the syphon, there was a lot of sediment transfered to my bottling bin after a few re starts near the bottom and also some pretty big chuncks of sediment I saw flying through the tube.

So... Im going to have to leave maybe another day for it to settle, but having already primed will this matter? Last time I primed and bottled straight away, so will leaving another 24-48 hours effect the carbination when I finally do bottle bearing in mind the top on the bucket is just loose.

Cheers

[simco999]

Well the yeastys will say yum yum and start on the priming sugar. Leave it for a day then bottle - I wouldn't add any more sugar.

It should be fine. Keep it in the bottle somewhere warm for a week and then move to a cold place as usual.

IMHO.

[winka]

Cheers, a lot of it is the brown stuff that floats on top, is that sediment or spent yeast or something. Only my second brew and the first time I used finnings after 14 days in primary then left 48 hours before racking/bulk priming and had nothing left floating. Think I may go that route again next time.

I could see the floaties getting sucked towards the racking cane as I was syphoning then getting sucked up lol

Cheers

[simco999]

Sediment ends up at the bottom of the beer!!!

Don't sweat it - bottle it and leave it alone. After a few weeks it will drop out and you'll have some great beer. Possibly!!!

[Gosbeck]

Just bottle it now.

After 6-8 weeks it will be ready and all the sediment will have settled at the bottom of the bottle.

[Pinto]

I've done this, the first step is not to panic

Though you've added sugar, secondary fermentation wont start immediately unless you've bottled an active beer - the yeast left in the brew is dormant and takes a day, up to a week before it re-activates and starts to eat the priming sugar. Its also dependant on temperature and ABV (cold yeasties are more sluggish still and at high ABV, they're tired - my 10.1% TC took a full 3 weeks at 20 degrees before ANY signs of carbonation appeared !)

When I did what you did, I just sealed my bottling bucket and let it settle for 3 hours, then just bottled as normal - what little sediment came across had dropped by then. Needless to say, the brew came out fine

[winka]

Well I haven't sealed it tight just got the lid lying on top, but there's deffinatley activity. Top is covered in the fine white bublles which is what I presume is from the co2 or whatever. Looks like a very thin head lol

Should I snaP he lid on tight? Can't bottle now until at least tommorow, really not in a state to be stererlising and rinsing bottles

But what is the brown stuff that floats on the top, normaly loads during primary is it old dead yeast or something.

Cheers

[Pinto]

Im thinking your brew wasn't quite finished when you started to bottle when if its woken up that quickly. leave the lid loose and in this case, id consider half a tsp in each bottle (or equivilent re-batch prime) when it come bottle it if its going to be a few days.

Extra sugar will just add a little abv