Hi

Does anyone know anything at all about a product called the Brodie Sediment Catcher. I found this website www.sedexbrewing.com which tells you that you can now have crystal clear home brewed bottled beer absolutely sediment free. It sounds like a fantastic product to me. Has anyone used them as yet?

Bill

$24.00 for six

I'll pour carefully instead.

The sediment is full of vitamins. Drink it, save money and live longer.

I do the same as Jim - pour carefully, then drink the remnants straight from the bottle.

If I had more kegs, it wouldn't even be a problem.

Generally it takes my kegs 1 week to carb at serving pressure. So long as there are other beers on tap, it isn't a tough wait.

Crazy Aussies! What is a stubbie? What is an esky?

Kind of an interesting product. They appear to be fully reusable, and allow the use of screw-top bottles. But, yeah, the price is a little prohibitive. To buy enough for a normal 5 gallon batch would be like $200.

"Step 3: Drink straight from the bottle!"

hmmmmmmm... no.

Do any of you actually have friends or family who turn up their nose at 'sediment in the bottle'? Is this a problem that needs solving? Cold + Time + careful pour = very very clear beer.

Just to play devil's advocate, the Cold + Time + Careful Pour doesn't work out at a picnic or party where the bottles are in a cooler or bucket of ice and tend to get upside down, sideways, agitated, etc. That seemd to be the major part of the sales pitch.

Also, many people at a picnic or party wouldn't think to pour carefully and many if not most people who aren't "beer geeks" drink out of the bottle, particularly when plastic cups are the only other option.

All that being said, the product is still too pricey. I see the point of the product, but I think it would be cheaper and easier to just carb and fine in a keg and tranfer to the bottles after it is already clear.

Secondary for a month and there's not that much sediment to worry about. If there in dark bottles I can't tell if there's sediment in there unless I pour it in a clear glass. If I'm cooking that last least little bit gets used there,FWIW
Matt

Coctyle - good points.

I don't worry at all about sediment in the bottles as it is. Like others have mentioned I pour carefully into a glass, which results in crystal clear beer, and then drink the last bit with the yeast dregs directly from the bottle. I'm used to consuming the yeast so it doesn't bother me at all, but I do caution folks with whom I share my beer to leave the last 1/4 inch or so in the bottle; if you aren't used to it a little yeast can lead to big stomach discomfort.

For summer parties with coolers and such just bring some nice Belgian wits and Hefes to the party. They're cloudy to begin with and more yeast means more flavor in them.

i use a beer gun and fill so me bottle from my kegs to put away to see how well they age and I never have sediment and the beer is awsome this way. Most people won't even know its homebrew.

I tell the guys that I share my beer with that the sediments are man enhancement minerals.

Good one, Burb