sediment left from wit fermentation

[williec30]

i racked from a fermentation bucked into a keg last night... i know that wit's are supposed to be hazy in nature, but something didn't seem right. when i got near the bottom of the bucket (1 gallon remaining) the beer went from cloudy as i would have expected, to yeast sludge. at this point, there was 1 gallon of liquid in the bucket and it was thick.

did i leave the beer too long, as to let too much yeast fall (it was in primary for 2 weeks)? or is this expected?

this was my first AG wit... i am unfamiliar with the normal outcome of fermentation.

 

[Rhymenoceros]

2 weeks is not to long, some people leave their stuff in primary for a month or more. The gunk at the bottom is trub, it is coagulated proteins from the cold and hot breaks, as well as floculated yeast, its normal.

 

[jgln]

After seeing 17 looks but no reply I thought I was going to be first to reply. But yeah, that seems pretty normal for mine. That is why I use the secondary method with those beers but what you did is fine if you siphon off the top, either way you have to deal with that stuff.

 

[williec30]

trub... right, thank you... brain is fried today.

the big surprise for me was that there was a gallon of trub left. never had a solid gallon left over before (5 gallon batches).

 

[jgln]

trub... right, thank you... brain is fried today.

the big surprise for me was that there was a gallon of trub left. never had a solid gallon left over before (5 gallon batches).

I do a beer with Shredded Wheat cereal; you should see the junk left over from that stuff. Makes a good beer though.