Cold crashing/ bottle conditioning

Hi I have been hearing about cold crashing a brew in a fridge for a few days to lower temp so that that it sends all dormant dead yeast to the bottom of the fermenter. I bottle condition my beers with a sugar solution for carbonation.

My question is can you crash cool and then bottle condition? or is it just for kegging? will there be enough yeast left in the beer to vonvert the sugar solution into carbonation? the last thing I want is to spend time and money on a brew and sweeten it becauce all the yeast has gone.

Advise is always welcome

Thanks in advance

Hopheadie

Hopheadie said:

My question is can you crash cool and then bottle condition?

Advise is always welcome

Thanks in advance

Hopheadie

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yes

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Yes. That's the way I normally do it. Two days in the fridge followed by two weeks in the bottle. It makes for a nice clear product with very minimal sedimentation in the bottle.