Is there a secret technique to avoid loss of beer?

I have started to drink my first bottle batch and seem to be losing a
little more than I am happy with due to the sediment. Is there a way to
pour to minimize this loss?

On 24 May 2005 04:36:10 -0700, "PieOPah" <Simon.Argent@gmail.com>
wrote:
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>Is there a secret technique to avoid loss of beer?
>
>I have started to drink my first bottle batch and seem to be losing a
>little more than I am happy with due to the sediment. Is there a way to
>pour to minimize this loss?[/color]

The big advantage to using clear glass bottles is it is easy to watch
the sediment.

Store bottles upright, transport gently, pop the top slowly, watch the
sediment and just stop the pour as the stuff slides into the neck -
easy to keep the loss to 1/4 ounce or so.

If you are getting too much head, pour slowly down the side, into a
pre-wetted glass. Avoid rinsing (water sheeting) agents if you wash
the glass in a dishwasher.

Sediment does affect taste, but it depends on lot of variables. High
in B vitamins, usually a little bitter. Next time you pour leave an
ounce in the bottle swirl it and try tasting it from the bottle.

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On 24 May 2005 04:36:10 -0700, "PieOPah" <Simon.Argent@gmail.com>
wrote:
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>Is there a secret technique to avoid loss of beer?
>
>I have started to drink my first bottle batch and seem to be losing a
>little more than I am happy with due to the sediment. Is there a way to
>pour to minimize this loss?[/color]


I shouldn't just spout off. Of course, we should all try to minimize
the sediment we bottle. Personally I don't use a secondary very
often, impatient. But I do rake my beer carefully to the bottling
bucket, and try to leave the serious trub behind. That all gets feed
to the septic system where, hopefully, the yeasty beasties go to work
again.

Avery
Brew on brother!
SW US desert

> The big advantage to using clear glass bottles is it is easy to watch[color=blue]
> the sediment.[/color]

Isn't there a good reason why green bottles are used in beer making?
Because it filters out harmful light I thought?
"Green might be a hip and trendy colour for a bottle carrying a hip and
trendy beer, but it's not an ideal colour for glass when it comes to
actually storing beer. Why? Because green glass, unlike your more
traditional brown glass, lets through damaging wavelengths of ultraviolet
and visible violet, indigo and blue light. These wavelengths of light can
create off flavours in beer in a process known as 'light strike'. Aside from
beer, some clear and green bottles may also leave certain wines, medicines,
personal care products and vegetable oils vulnerable to light-induced
damage."

[url]http://www.future.org.au/news_2005/april/a_nano.html[/url]

PieOPah wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there a secret technique to avoid loss of beer?
>
> I have started to drink my first bottle batch and seem to be losing a
> little more than I am happy with due to the sediment. Is there a way to
> pour to minimize this loss?
>[/color]

Put a clean, resealable bottle in your refrigerator. Every time you pour
a bottle of beer, pour the last, cloudy, half-inch into that bottle.
When it is full, pour the clear beer off the top into a glass. Enjoy
your "free" glass of beer.

Karl S.
--
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Matthew 20:27 KJV

I certainly like that idea :D Thanks :D

On Tue, 24 May 2005 18:15:46 -0400, "Patrick Taylor"
<patricktaylor@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> The big advantage to using clear glass bottles is it is easy to watch
>> the sediment.[/color]
>
>Isn't there a good reason why green bottles are used in beer making?
>Because it filters out harmful light I thought?
>"Green might be a hip and trendy colour for a bottle carrying a hip and
>trendy beer, but it's not an ideal colour for glass when it comes to
>actually storing beer. Why? Because green glass, unlike your more
>traditional brown glass, lets through damaging wavelengths of ultraviolet
>and visible violet, indigo and blue light. These wavelengths of light can
>create off flavours in beer in a process known as 'light strike'. Aside from
>beer, some clear and green bottles may also leave certain wines, medicines,
>personal care products and vegetable oils vulnerable to light-induced
>damage."
>
>[url]http://www.future.org.au/news_2005/april/a_nano.html[/url]
>[/color]

No argument there. My homebrew will be light struck if I leave it by
a window with no covering. So far I've only encountered one Heineken
case in >10 years and that got some direct sunlight for close to a
year. My cases have no tops, but a sheet or two of newspaper is all
it takes to cut the light from the window. The case that was struck
was close to a window and on top of the other cases - and the row of
bottles by the window and second rank were affected.

The more damaging wavelengths are in sunlight and fluorescent
lighting. And it takes time before the taste is detectable. It isn't
like I store my beer on wire shelves in high intensity fluorescent
lighting (the way supermarkets store Heiny).

It is probably less of a problem than most homebrewers think - but
then it depends on lighting conditions in the storage places. And
some hops may be more susceptible than others.

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On Wed, 25 May 2005 05:31:46 GMT, "Karl S." <null_dev@earthlink.net>
wrote:

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>Put a clean, resealable bottle in your refrigerator. Every time you pour
>a bottle of beer, pour the last, cloudy, half-inch into that bottle.
>When it is full, pour the clear beer off the top into a glass. Enjoy
>your "free" glass of beer.
>
>Karl S.[/color]

Flat beer?

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On Wed, 25 May 2005 07:58:21 -0400, default <default@defaulter.net>
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>On Wed, 25 May 2005 05:31:46 GMT, "Karl S." <null_dev@earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>
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>>Put a clean, resealable bottle in your refrigerator. Every time you pour
>>a bottle of beer, pour the last, cloudy, half-inch into that bottle.
>>When it is full, pour the clear beer off the top into a glass. Enjoy
>>your "free" glass of beer.
>>
>>Karl S.[/color]
>
>Flat beer?
>
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I was going to mention that, the stuff you save should be polished
off, right after you are.


Brew on brother!
SW US desert

Very carefully. Just pour slowly. You should be able to get down to the
last 1/4 ounce which I always pour down my gullet. Nothing wasted that way
and it doesn't taste any different than the rest of the beer.

Doug