Did I add too much dry yeast when bottling my Pilsner?

[Juno_Malone]

So, a couple months ago I brewed a 5gal batch of Czech Pilsner with Wyeast 2278. Three weeks in primary around 55F, then ramped up to 70F for a couple days for the diacetyl rest, then racked to secondary and lagered at 32F for 8 weeks. After that, I let it come up to room temperature for bottling. I have read mixed opinions on whether or not it's necessary to add additional yeast when bottling lagers that have been through a long lagering phase; the general consensus seems to be that it's unnecessary, but since this was my first lager I didn't take any chances.

So I mixed up my priming sugar (108g in 2 cups of water), let it cool, added it to my bottling bucket, and sprinkled a full 11.5g packet of Saflager W34/70 on it before racking the beer into the bucket. Once the beer had finished siphoning in to the bucket, the beer had a very strong yeast smell to it (that wasn't present in the gravity sample that I took before siphoning it to the bottling bucket), and was pretty cloudy due to all the yeast. At this point, I realized that I maybe only needed to add 1/4 to 1/2 of the dry package. Will all of this yeast settle out in the bottle, and will that yeast smell dissipate? The gravity sample I took was crystal clear, so I hope I didn't ruin that by adding so much dry yeast.

Thanks!

 

[F_R_O_G]

yes, you leave it long enough it will settle, just don't drink the last sip in the bottom of the bottal and you'll be fine.

 

[Juno_Malone]

Thanks for the reply. Due the excess yeast, I plan on giving all bottles an extra 2-4 week "re-lagering" period in the fridge (after 2-3 weeks of carbonation) to help clear the beer up again before drinking.

 

[JimRausch]

Thanks for the reply. Due the excess yeast, I plan on giving all bottles an extra 2-4 week "re-lagering" period in the fridge (after 2-3 weeks of carbonation) to help clear the beer up again before drinking.

Sounds like a good plan Juno. And you're right- 1/4 pkt. would have been enough, but I don't think you'll get any long term bad effects.