Can I secondary like this? Or too risky?

[Jasper18]

So my American Wheat has been in primary for 6 days. Since I only have one fermentor bucket and one bottling bucket I was thinking of racking into the bottling bucket, clean and sanitize the primary bucket, and then transfer back into the cleaned primary for another week. I know I could get everything pretty clean, but what does everyone think? My first brew I did turned out nice and clear but has sediment in bottles. I would like to mitigate that as much as possible. Thought about doing this secondary.

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

Secondary arguments aside, wheat beers don't need to be crystal clear, so I would keep aging in the primary. Cold crash if you really care about clarity.

 

[jekeane]

Not worth it. Just let it sit in primary till it is finished then bottle.

 

[Jasper18]

Ok I'll keep it in there. Thanks.

 

[Jsbeckton]

I have made probably a hundred batches of beer and regret the early days when I worried about a secondary. If it's going to be bottled/kegged within a month I wouldn't bother. Wheat beer is prob the last beer on earth I would worry about a secondary for.

 

[beergolf]

My first brew I did turned out nice and clear but has sediment in bottles. I would like to mitigate that as much as possible. Thought about doing this secondary.

With bottle conditioned beers you are always going to have some sediment in the bottle. No way ariund it. Transfering to a secondary actualy takes longer to clear than just keeping it in the primary and carefully racking to the bottling bucket when you are ready to bottle.

Think about it. As the yeast begins to floc out is slowly starts drifting to the bottom of the fermenter. So after dropping to say 2/3 of the way down, and you rack to a secondary. What happens? You mix it all up and the yeast that was almost to to bottom has to start the journey to the bottom all over again. Thus taking longer to clear.

Just leave it in the primary.