Sediment In The Bottom Of My Bottles

Customer_Question

I have a thin line of sediment in the bottom of my bottles, is this normal?

marko

This is perfectly normal for bottle conditioned beer which relies on the yeast
to ferment the priming sugar and produce gas. The sediment is the result
of the yeast settling out of suspension after the secondary fermentation has
finished.

The layer of sediment is typically 1/8 inch (3 mm).

A thick layer of sediment may indicate that the beer was bottled too early
(i.e. before the primary fermentation was finished). It may also be the result
of accidentally siphoning over some of the sediment from the bottom of the
fermenter. Care should be taken to avoid siphoning any of the sediment
from the fermenter during the bottling / barrelling stage. Leaving beer on a
thick layer of sediment can result in off flavours developing during storage

Hexxcon

Got to agree with marko - Id be more worried if you couldnt see any sediment, unless your some strange master of clearing!

grandad

i found that if you tilt fermentation vessel carefully and place something below it you are less likely to pickup sediment