I brewed a hefeweizen this past Monday that I would like to serve at a party on Sept. 5. (Brew day got delayed several times for various reasons out of my control.) Normally I give all my beers 3 full weeks in primary, then cold crash, the carbonate and cold condition for a full 2 weeks.
It's done with the really active phase of fermentation but there is still tons of yeast in suspension and I've move it from 620 to 700 over the past 24 hours to finish up.
Should I keep the beer on the yeast as long as possible, and then try the rush carbonation method? (I've heard something like 30 PSI for 24 hours, then dial back to serving pressure for a couple of days should do it.)
Or is it better to maybe rack off the yeast after just under 2 weeks and let it carbonate over 10 days or so?
Also, cold crash it or rack "as is" to try and keep it cloudy? I'm thinking cold crash but not sure.