I have sort of a two-part question.
How about cold crashing the primary for 1 or 2 days instead of using a secondary, then bottling/kegging the cold beer strait off of that settled trub? Is this ever done? Is there a point to a secondary other than settling?
If it would be better to transfer, can I just cold crash my secondary immediately upon racking? Or is there a benefit to the secondary spending some amount of time at room temperature?
I figure for my IPAs the younger they are the better with regard to hop flavor/aroma, and getting them kegged/bottled more or less immediately after hitting my FG would help with that.
What do you think?
Sean
How about cold crashing the primary for 1 or 2 days instead of using a secondary, then bottling/kegging the cold beer strait off of that settled trub? Is this ever done? Is there a point to a secondary other than settling?
If it would be better to transfer, can I just cold crash my secondary immediately upon racking? Or is there a benefit to the secondary spending some amount of time at room temperature?
I figure for my IPAs the younger they are the better with regard to hop flavor/aroma, and getting them kegged/bottled more or less immediately after hitting my FG would help with that.
What do you think?
Sean