Oy, another secondary question

[pkiller001]

Hey all: I've just read through most of the "should I transfer to secondary?" and "when should I transfer" posts, and still have a quick question:

I transferred my imperial stout to secondary a few days ago (probably a bit early, after having read all those posts about when to actually transfer). There was about 0.5 gallons of sediment/beer at the bottom of my primary bucket that my girlfriend and I thought we should transfer (largely because we couldn't bear to loose all that beer!!); the majority of which we did.

Here's the question: by moving a goodly proportion of the sediment with the beer have I negated the advantages of secondary fermentation? Should I re-transfer to another carboy to get the beer off the sediment?

thanks in advance

 

[Nurmey]

Just leave it as is and let it clear and age. It doesn't matter that you got some of the trub as it will fall out eventually which of course is one of the reasons for using a secondary.

 

[pkiller001]

Thanks for the very quick reply;
I'm pouring a lot of energy into this one, and it's going to be one of our celebratory brews; I'm glad that it no harms been done thus far...