rebellious floating sediment

[seriousbeef]

This middle-of-the-road amber beer has been in primary 2 weeks 3 days now, I'll be bottling it this coming Saturday on the 3 week mark. I took a sample / hydro reading today, and the beer has cleared nicely.
However there is still quite a bit of floaty bits (presumably sediment) in the beer which I would have expected to settle in the yeast cake by now. It's not even the visual; these bits are actually identifiable in the mouth, a bit like when a tea bag has partially burst in the cup and you get some of the ground leaves in your mouth.
When I took a sample I used a thief, and did not stir the beer into motion or disturb it in any way.
4 days left - it can only improve right? I understand some remains will create bottle sediment, but when I was told this I was thinking 'fine' particles, not ones you can actually identify in the mouth.

Cheers

 

[A4J]

What do the particles taste like? How big are they? What's the recipe?

 

[seriousbeef]

Amber hybrid (apparently)
Extract
Amber LME
Carapils
Crystal 40L

Cascade, 60min, 30 min, and flame out

Irish moss also.

To me they taste of nothing at all.
depends how you define 'big', the most noticeable were sort of a similar size to a grain of brown sugar you put in your coffee. Packet sugar, you know?

 

[A4J]

You're right in your initial post. The sediment shouldn't be that big.

I haven't used Irish moss and I'm wondering if that's what it is. I use whirfloc.

You can wait another week or two and see if that helps. Or, you can try gelatin to help them settle some more. Do a search on here for gelatin if you want to go that route.

 

[seriousbeef]

It shouldn't be Irish moss, considering when I transferred the wort to the ferm I filtered it through the finest nylon bag I could get my hands on. But you never know. When I take my last FG reading tomorrow I will take a pic and upload it.

 

[seriousbeef]

Alright. Here's a few images highlighting my concerns, all these particles seem to be floating and/or rising to the top, both in a glass and in the trial jar.
I'm also questioning whether I'm being too concerned about this.

 

[twistr25]

You are probably being too concerned about it. Do you have the ability to cold crash it? I moved stuff in my fridge and was able to fit my bucket in it for about 24 hours and worked like a charm to knock off the rest of the material to the bottom.

EDIT: Could it be something that was in the bottom of your test tube and not actually in the beer at all, can you see it floating in the bucket?

 

[seriousbeef]

By no means a fridge, but the garage gets colder than outside. I estimate a temp of around 44. But I don't know if that's cold enough, and or if two full days cold crashing is long enough to have reasonable effect.

 

[tre9er]

By no means a fridge, but the garage gets colder than outside. I estimate a temp of around 44. But I don't know if that's cold enough, and or if two full days cold crashing is long enough to have reasonable effect.

40's is typical for cold crashing and yes, 2 days will have an effect.

 

[seriousbeef]

EDIT: Could it be something that was in the bottom of your test tube and not actually in the beer at all, can you see it floating in the bucket?

Nope. The same results after taking three samples all on different days. There is some leftovers sitting on top. I mean, it could well be a possibility that as the thief moves under the substances on top they are drawn into it I suppose.