Ok, I fear I'm setting myself up for abuse from some quarters, but here goes
anyway ...

I'm brewing from kits and doing a bottle fermentation for the carbonation.
It is leaving, as expected, sediment in the bottom of the bottle. I
understand that this is one of the defining things about home brewing but
.... has anyone come up with a simple way to filter that sediment at time of
opening the bottle?

I'm looking to experiment with decanting via coffee filter papers, any
experience with them, or with better systems?

"Michael Mowbray" <news3@michaelmowbray.net> wrote:
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> I'm brewing from kits and doing a bottle fermentation for the
> carbonation. It is leaving, as expected, sediment in the bottom of
> the bottle. I understand that this is one of the defining things
> about home brewing but ... has anyone come up with a simple way to
> filter that sediment at time of opening the bottle?[/color]

Just don't shake the bottle too much. Then this stuff keeps on the
bottom. Then carefully pour the beer into the glass and you are done
;-)
Ok, a litte bit of this sediments will get into the glass (especially
if the bottle is nearly empty), but the very most will keep in the
bottle.

That's the way, I'm "filtering".
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> I'm looking to experiment with decanting via coffee filter papers,
> any experience with them, or with better systems?[/color]

I haven't any practical experience with filtering directly before
drinking, but I expect the beer will get moldy.

Uli

Don't use a coffee filter unless you want flat beer. just pour until you
leave about a half inch in the bottle and dump it in the sink. this is your
cost for being afraid of sediment. Do not be scared ..it will not harm you.
some beers recommend rolling the bottle before opening to put the sediment
in the beer and give it a cloudy look... on purpose!!. by the way.. sediment
"good" ... filtered "bad" . At the beer factory they quickly filter and
carbonate to get it the hell out the door and all the flavor is pretty much
filtered out. if you buy a bottle of "bottle conditioned beer in the store
such as Hennepin in NY state it will cost you mucho bucks per bottle. Light
beer is a marketing scam where they use a lot of water very little malt and
hops (because its cheaper to use less) ,triple filter it ,put it in thin
bottles. and bang Bang mass production of what they tell you that you like
while they drive around in Mercedes limos not even enough patriotism to by a
caddy.


"Ulrich Gehauf" <newsreader@a-cons.de> wrote in message
news:Xns9480A71DC9246newsreaderaconsde@ID-143246.user.dfncis.de...[color=blue]
> "Michael Mowbray" <news3@michaelmowbray.net> wrote:
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> > I'm brewing from kits and doing a bottle fermentation for the
> > carbonation. It is leaving, as expected, sediment in the bottom of
> > the bottle. I understand that this is one of the defining things
> > about home brewing but ... has anyone come up with a simple way to
> > filter that sediment at time of opening the bottle?[/color]
>
> Just don't shake the bottle too much. Then this stuff keeps on the
> bottom. Then carefully pour the beer into the glass and you are done
> ;-)
> Ok, a litte bit of this sediments will get into the glass (especially
> if the bottle is nearly empty), but the very most will keep in the
> bottle.
>
> That's the way, I'm "filtering".
>[color=green]
> > I'm looking to experiment with decanting via coffee filter papers,
> > any experience with them, or with better systems?[/color]
>
> I haven't any practical experience with filtering directly before
> drinking, but I expect the beer will get moldy.
>
> Uli[/color]