Lose Yeast In Seconday?

[elettieri]

Hey guys, noob here (LOVING this site and the new hobby!). Had a question on secondary and yeast. Saw some posts mentioning that racking in a secondary cleans up your beer by getting it away from the yeast and other stuff at the bottom of the bucket. My question is that if you rack to a secondary, is the yeast really left behind in the primary at the bottom? Then wouldn't it not carbonate when you bottle?

Or was that just misinformation that the yeast is leave behind in the primary?

 

[MalFet]

Some of the yeast is left behind, but there's plenty left in suspension to carbonate your beers. Realistically, unless you're conditioning for several months or more, you'll always have enough yeast to carb up your beer.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

There is still plenty of yeast in the beer after secondary fermentation. You leave behind the cold break proteins, hop matter, and flocculant yeast in the primary, but the beer is still alive with yeast in the secondary for many weeks.

You should have no problem priming your beer that has been racked from a secondary fermenter and carbonating it in bottles.

TB