Large particles in suspension after 2 weeks in primary?

[jtwilliams31]

I have a very simple Hefe (70% wheat 30% pils, WB-06) that I'm getting ready to bottle. After 2 weeks in primary, however, there are still A LOT of large particles left in suspension. They look like pieces of grain/hulls, but I'm not sure. I would have though after 2 weeks as large as they are they would have dropped. I'm wondering if this will cause a taste issue with bottling/carbonation?

 

[kh54s10]

I would wait longer and/or cold crash it. If you bottle it should be OK, when the bottles are chilled the debris should drop, but you will have a pretty large layer on the bottom of the bottles.

 

[grampamark]

Those are probably yeast particles. WB-06 doesn’t flocculate particularly well. Adding some gelatin and/or cold crashing would probably clear the beer considerably.

 

[Yooper]

That looks like what I call "yeast clumpies". You can rack with a racking cane and avoid the clumps, if you've got one with a tip that keeps out the chunks.

 

[jtwilliams31]

Thanks for the info! It did seem like floating yeast when I starting racking to my bottling bucket. Most of it stayed behind in the fermenter.