icantbejon

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Is cold crashing an ale after the secondary a useful technique? I'm just thinking of more ways to clarify.

DannPM

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Yes

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bruin_ale

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Very common to cold crash and lager ales, especially with the lower flocculating yeasts.

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drocu

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Yes, cold crashing will help with clarifying your beer. Recommended if you can.

khugs21

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I have been doing this lately and it definitely improves clarity and I have seen no ill effects yet from doing so. After I transfer I keep it at about 35+/- for about five days.

icantbejon

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Ok....thanks for the assistance.

turkeyjerky214

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While there's debate on whether you should secondary or not, cold crashing pretty much negates the need entirely.

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shadows69

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Secondary , gelatin + cold crash. That's how I do my ales.

Biobrewer

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I generally add gelatin to secondary after a period of conditioning (lenght of conditioning prior to cold crashing in secondary depends on the beer). I will typically soak the gelatin in cold water for an hour, boil to dissolve, cool to about 70 F, and add to my beer which I then place at 34-38 F for 5-7 days. Always works great. You can typically see it in action, and it appears as phases separating. Just don't use more than the 1.5 g/5 gallons for beer, as it can actually start stripping components of the beer that are associated with body.

Mindhop

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Secondary removes alot of the trrub and excess yeast. I still use a secondary and cold crash. My beer is clear as commercial beers.