Bamos6928
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I currently have a five gallon batch of Irish Red Ale in my fermenter and I am not sure about what is floating on top of it. I used SafAle US 04 yeast rehydrated and pitched at 67 degrees and had a very active fermentation which started about 12 hours after pitching. I had an enormous krausen and my beer got a little hot on day 2 (72 degrees) but after cooling with a fan the krausen started to get smaller. The krausen then stayed very small for the remainder of fermentation. Around day 9 signs of active fermentation stopped and the krausen layer had pretty much completely dropped but I had these floaters still present on top of my beer. Today is day 14 and they are still there. They are only in the top inch or so of my beer and they don't appear to be dropping. I did shake the fermenter a little a couple days ago to see if that would help but it did not. My question is will these floaters start to drop if I give it another week in primary? If they do not, what should I do on bottling day?