floating "grains" of yeast

[Danbcha]

Hello ladies and gents. I thought I was going to be ready for bottling this thursday, but I can still see very small clumps or grains of yeast buoying around the top of my beer. They seem to move up and down a little. I'm obviously new to this and am wondering if I need to filter this stuff out before bottling, or does it go in the beer? I've read some mentioning of "yeast falling out" and that seems to make perfect sense here, if I'm not misreading. If that's what I'm waiting on, how long does it take?

 

[Brewer_Ben]

I have this problems with some strains of yeast. If it is just a few yeast rafts floating on top i usually just try to avoid them with the siphon. if it is covering alot of the surface, put up a pic and i am sure you can get better advice. I am newer to this as well.

 

[Danbcha]

Photos

 

[Gavin C]

How long is it in the fermentor and what type of beer is it?

Unless you cold-crash, a few floating rafts of yeast will stick around without causing any problem.

 

[Danbcha]

Primary for just over 72 hours, secondary for just over 7 days. English brown ale.

 

[Gavin C]

Primary for just over 72 hours, secondary for just over 7 days. English brown ale.

It's likely done after 10 days for an English Brown.

I would package it up.

 

[Danbcha]

Should I run it through a filter of some kind? There's quite a bit of this stuff floating. Will it change my beer flavor or be annoying while drinking?

 

[Gavin C]

Should I run it through a filter of some kind? There's quite a bit of this stuff floating. Will it change my beer flavor or be annoying while drinking?

No. just rack the beer to your keg/bottling bucket as per your regular plan of action. Don't give these little floaties another moments thought. perfectly normal by the looks of things.

 

[Danbcha]

Thanks a billion. I'll bottle tomorrow.