Sediment Question

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by Skabiski, Nov 11, 2019.

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  1. Skabiski

    Skabiski Maven (1,252) Feb 2, 2010 Maryland
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    Almost all the beer I have consumed with age on it has had sediment of some kind left in the bottle.I was given a 2016 KBS that had no sediment at all.The bottom of the bottle looked like a brand new bottle. Does anyone have a guess as to why this particular bottle was so clean? I don't know the conditions this bottle was stored in and the beer was fine as far as carbonation and lack of oxidation.It did taste like watered down bourbon to me so I would recommend drinking KBS fresher.
     
    #1 Skabiski, Nov 11, 2019
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    Beer_Economicus Pooh-Bah (2,698) Apr 8, 2017 Ohio
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    I do not know the answer to your question, BUT, I will say that I have not experienced sediment with everything aged. A great example of that is Bourbon County. At present time, I get absolutely no sediment until I hit 2011. From 2011 and further back is where I get sediment - here in the form of a sort of gloopy “sludge.”

    I think stouts are less prone to it due to the viscosity, but maybe I am wrong. The only thing that I can say for sure is that the greater degree of clarity there exists when holding a beer up to the light, the more sediment I tend to get (on average). Barleywines are an outlier - always sediment with a BW in my experience, even at like, 2 years.
     
    #2 Beer_Economicus, Nov 13, 2019
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