Gentlemen We have Floaters! Is that Bad?

After 25 days in the main fermeter, I have decided to bottle the beer.
The last 14 days the FG in the main fermenter was 1.01 and the beer was hazy.

I have added 100gr of corn sugar to the 20 L batch (0.5 L distilled water, blasted in the microwave + sugar added to fermenter with very gentle stir so not to move the stuff at the bottom and avoiding oxidization)

I must say that it didn't take long to see yeast activity!

I bottled using sanitized bottles and stored for 14 days now in a cool and dark place.

The beer turns very clear and the T-58 sediments make a nice and compact 0.3-0.5 mm layer at the bottom of each bottle (a bit thicker at a 5L jug I used).

However, I realize I have 2-3 dandruff sized (1-2 mm) floaters in the bottles.
They aren't noticeable, and if I shake the bottle a bit they sink. Is that the yeast or something I should be worried about?

A n00b's question I know - but it is my first beer after-all!

 

Sounds like some left over yeast rafts/proteins. If it's not filmy looking you should be fine.

Did you not rack to a bottling bucket? I'm a little curious about your priming procedure.

 

Thnx for the reply.

No I didn't rack to a bottling bucket - as that would be my fermenter. A 30L plastic bucket with Spigot.
Very similar to this: http://morebeer.com/products/plastic-bucket-spigot-6-gallon.html

The sugar solution (0.5 L) was mixed by the very gentle movement when I pitched it equally to the whole surface without lifting the vessel containing the solution of the beer surface (they were actually touching). I then used my bottling siphon (hard sanitized part) to gently "cut through" the beer without touching the bottom. Also, I wasted the first cup (250 mm) (actually I drank it and it was already sweeter that the original) due to some sediments in the Spigot. Finally, I removed one 0.5 L of beer into the same vessel which held the sugar solution and put it back into the bucket in the same manner.

Maybe the last part is too risky and unnecessary ... but it seems to work.

 

Getting a second bucket would be quite helpful in this instance. Eliminating having to deal with that trub will clear up the issue you had this time.

 

It would double the dishes and work

 

Not really, when I bottle, all I have to do after is rinse out the bottling bucket, nothing gets built up in there. Takes an extra 30 seconds.

It will take the extra work to rack it over, but you can rack in top of the priming solution ensuring a more uniform distribution, plus you leave behind 95% of the trub that you won't have to waste beer on in your setup.