I put the trub in my bottles...

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I was almost done bottling my brown ale when I happened to notice that, as I siphoned the beer from the betterbottle secondary to the bottling bucket, I must have siphoned nearly all of the secondary's sediment into the bottling bucket. It had been sitting for 2 weeks in the carboy, and had at least a quarter to half inch of tan sediment in the bottom. My auto-siphon does not reach to the bottom, so I obviously tilted it too much or too vigorously. Bottom line, the sediment is now evenly distributed across 9 sixpacks. The beer looked clear as I bottled, and tasted fine. I used the standard priming sugar pack supplied with the recipe kit (Austin HB Budget Brown Ale). I am hoping the sediment will just resettle, and I'll be OK, with no excess carbonation. Anyone else done this, or am I just exceptional?
 
Tilt fermenters/secondaries gently to avoid stiring up the trub. And only enough to get most of the beer out to the bottling bucket. you'll get better with practice.
 

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