wit bottling advise

[JBubba]

Hi. So, I'm about to bottle a hoegaarden style beer. It's racking and now there is almost 2 layers to the beer. The top is clearing up and the bottom half is cloudy.

I realize this beer should be cloudy, but what do I do???

1. Cold crash and bottle like an Ale?
2. Stir up everything and then cold crash?
3. No cold crash, just bottle as is?
4. No cold crash, but stir up and then bottle??

Any help would be great.

Thank you!

 

[501irishred]

Sounds like it was beginning to clear on its own at current temp. Your call on what you do. As it is a Wit, a little cloudy is ok for style but that's not to say you cant try to clear it up a bit (cold crash it) if that's your preference. If it were mine, I would rack to a bottling bucket and roll with it.

 

[billl]

How much yeast you want is a matter of personal taste. Personally, I'd just transfered and give everything a little stir to make sure it and the priming sugar were mixed in well. If you like a little more yeast, you can suck some up during the transfer.