Wheat beer question

[Cybershadow]

So i brewed the brewers best Witbier kit yesterday. Since this was my first ever attempt at homebrew i may have made a mistake. I dumped all the wort into the fermenter trub and all. The kit had like 2oz of hop pellets and a spice pack with orange peel and coriander in it. I am thinking i should have strained it. Is this going to be bad leaving the trub in with the beer for 2 weeks in the fermentor? Should I transfer to a secondary after fermintation to remove the beer from the trub?

 

[homebeerbrewer]

It'll be fine. When you rack to your bottling bucket, just make sure you don't pick up any sediment.

 

[blackwaterbrewer]

agree. dont worry

 

[Morbo]

it'll be fine. When you rack to your bottling bucket, just make sure you don't pick up any sediment.

+1

 

[devilishprune]

I did the same thing with a wheat beer yesterday; I also do it with all my other beers. No issues.

 

[Cybershadow]

my homebrew supply store said to leave the beer in the fermenter for 2 weeks after fermintation stops to clear the beer. Is this fine? I would think he knows what he is talking about. The kit said to bottle after a week.

 

[Bentpirate]

Even with my wheat beers, I follow the same course - primary for 2, secondary for 2. I realize there are folks that don't do this, but it works for me. Leaving in the primary for 2 weeks before botteling won't hurt anything and will allow the trub and such to settle out - no worries. Just keep telling your self that when you are done and drinking in a few weeks - that you still made the best beer you ever had! And each beer from here after will be the best since YOU made it!!

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I leave mine in the fermenter (primary) for 4 weeks, and I rarely use a secondary. I think I have much better beer by doing so.