Particles floating in beer bottle.

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Particles floating in beer bottle.

Postby roostergal » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:13 am

I bottled a red beer 6 days ago. The brew has cleared in the bottle but there are particles floating at the top of beer bottle. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
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Postby slothrob » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:30 pm

6 days in the bottle is still quite young. Give it another week or so and/or and a few days in the fridge and the particles should drop.
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Postby roostergal » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:28 pm

I am an avid beer maker and have never encounter this problem before. Do you think I might be particles of hops?
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Postby slothrob » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:32 pm

I think that the only time I've noticed this is after dry hopping. At only 6 days in the bottle, there is probably still fermentation going on in the bottle, so it could be clumps of yeast, too, I suppose. Either way, they are probably being buoyed-up by CO2 bubbles, so they might drop once the CO2 goes more completely into solution.
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Postby jawbox » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:51 pm

Anyway you can take a picture?
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Postby slothrob » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:46 am

Yeah, a picture might help.
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