Do you drink the dregs?

Depends on the style

 

Usually I'll pour the clear beer and swig that last half inch or so. It doesn't typically fit in my glass anyway.

 

Drink the whole thing including the particles.

 

Hefeweizen - pour and then drip the yeast on the top of the head. Other bottled conditioned beer, pour the dregs into the last glass and enjoy.

 

I pour most of the beer into the glass, swirl the last ounce or so around to collect any yeast or other sediment, dump it in the glass and drink it all together.

I do this out of habit with all beers although I suppose there's no point doing this with filtered beers.

 

all together 99% of the time. Now that I have a dog I give the last little bit to him.

 

pour 90%, taste. swirl to release "lees" from bottle conditioning, pour into glass, re-taste. Better or worse? if its not better stop doing it. If it is better, then you have your answer. Cheers!

 

There's a fourth option.

With a bottle conditioned beer (not hefeweizen where the yeast is supposed to be mixed in) I always decant. Especially since I see several respected brewers put instructions or pics on the bottle about leaving the sediment behind when you pour. But even if there isn't a picture or instructions I still decant ever since I learned that many brewers use a different yeast for bottle conditioning than is used in the brewing process. That BC yeast may have a different flavor profile than the brewing yeast and change the flavors in the beer.

As for the sediment from the bottle, sometimes I'll pour it into a small glass on the side and then after I finish the beer I'll follow the beer with the "shot" of yeast and pour it down into me. It does, after all, have lots of useful B Vitamins in it and may have some other health benefits.

 

I pour and drink my beers exactly as @drtth describes.

 

I picked 3 because when pouring you will usually have a time to wait while the head falls and that means that about 3 or so ounces of the beer are left in the bottle. I always taste it first and then pour the rest in.

 

I stopped doing it because id pour the whole thing at once and after seeing all the bits floating around, it freaked me out lol.

 

I'll ultimately use the entire thing; initially pour about 3/4 of the bottle and then swirl the rest so that it somewhat blends and then our it on top.

 

I usually pour all my stout and lambic whalez into a cocktail shaker and give it a good 30 second shake before quaffing anyways...

 

Also, I once drank the dregs of a bourbon county keg, it was pretty intense. I would not suggest it

 

Only if it's a wheat beer of some kind. If it's a sour beer, the dregs may go into something I have fermenting. Otherwise, they get dumped to help avoid excessive flatulence.

 

Unless it is a hefe, I never pour the dregs into the glass. I can usually notice a flavor change when they are present and it is almost always bad to me. On occasion, I may try them separately, but usually I just dump them. I sometime culture the dregs into yeast starters, but usually only with Heady.

 

The Whole thing! I usually end up drinking the last bit from the bottle as there usually insn't enough room in the glass. Its not always a good thing but I can't help myself.

 

I can't believe I drank the whole thing...lol.

 

the particulate in the bottom of a bottle of beer is still beer