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> I am a seasoned wine maker so i know the basics, my question is : when
> i was bottling my brew the beer was foaming up in the bottles when i was
> filling them , is that normal. will the beer clear up in the bottles,
> it looked like muddy water in the carboy.[/color]

Vince, I just wanted to be sure that you checked to see that your beer
had finished fermenting before bottling. You checked the gravity, etc.,
right?

Usually by bottling time *most* of the yeast will have settled and the
beer will be fairly clear. Personally, I have only had significant foam
when bottling a few times... usually when the beer was VERY cold from
lagering - i.e. about 30F and there was a good bit of CO2 in solution.

The combination of "muddy" and "foaming" sorta raises a red flag that
there may have been active fermentation. Perhaps not, but I just wanted
to make sure! If you wish, tell us more about your procedure, recipe,
temperatures during fermentation, gravity measurements, etc...

Regarding clearing in bottles... yeast will settle out after priming
is done. There may still be haze. If that bothers you a lot, after
priming you can refrigerate them for several weeks to settle out some
of the other haze. Since haze doesn't affect taste, mine usually
doesn't last that long! :)

Derric