Bottle conditioning question- yeast flavor after 4 weeks

[HealeyA87]

I brewed an all grain, 5 gallon Summer Ale (Sam Adams summer ale clone). It was in primary for 3 weeks. I have a big mouth bubbler with a spout for my fermentor. After sanitizing everything, I transferred from the big mouth to a bottling bucket, added my priming sugar as usual, and bottled. So the bottles conditioned for 2 weeks and then put in the fridge. I have slowly been tasting them to see whee they are. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks since bottling. This is my first all grain batch. I have brewed probably 10 or so extract batches between me and my buddy (we brew together)

So 2 weeks conditioning, followed by 2 weeks in the fridge. And as of today. The beer still has a yeast odor/flavor to it. Under bright light the beer appears basically clear. But I noticed today, under a dim light, there is a cloud in the beer. Not that the entire beer is cloudy, but you can see a cloud floating. The top 1.5-2 inches of the beer is super clear, but there was the layer below that that you can see the cloudiness....

After all that, my question is. How long will this take for it to fully condition and have the sediment settle and get rid of the yeast flavor. I assume that cloudiness I see is yeast that's still suspended. Over the last 2 weeks it has SLIGHTLY gotten better. But I figured after being bottled for 4 weeks, it should be ready by now. Is there anything I can do to help settle any remaining yeast?

 

[hercher]

How is the carbonation? Is it possible the yeast wasn't done consuming the priming sugar? Part of your cloudiness may also be chill haze. Both the yeast and the chill haze will settle out, over time.

 

[HealeyA87]

Carbonation is good

 

[flars]

You may have chilled the bottles to soon. Put the bottles in a warm area, around 70°F, for two to three weeks. Chill one at a time for three to four days and check again for haze. Do a smooth pour leaving the yeast in the bottle, about the last quarter inch.

Was your recipe heavy to wheat?

 

[HealeyA87]

I do have 2 cases of the brew that is still sitting in my closet, hasn't seen the fridge yet. I will throw one in for a few days and try it.

 

[HealeyA87]

Figured I would update this. I live right outside Columbia, SC and we had the flooding last month. I am in the national guard and I was activated. So the point is that I was gone from the 5th-30th, giving the beer a few more weeks to condition. When I got home I poured one. The yeast smell was practically
Gone. The yeast flavor was completely gone. And the beer was clear, and there was an even bigger layer of sediment. So I guess it was just all about time. Just took soooo much longer than I expected View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1447296293.607588.jpg