RoseburgBrewer
Well-Known Member
I've been reading a lot about cold crashing your secondary and have no idea what that means. I looked on home brew wiki and it isn't on there. What is cold crashing?
even after 2 weeks in glass, my IPA had little floaties...36 hours in the basement at 38 degrees...Clear as a bell.carnevoodoo said:. I will be doing this to an IPA that I made recently as there is way too much stuff in it.
BigKahuna said:even after 2 weeks in glass, my IPA had little floaties...36 hours in the basement at 38 degrees...Clear as a bell.
Just as a side note, if you can cold crash where you will be able to rack without moving the carboy it helps.
cubbies said:You will get better results if you cold crash for 7-10 days. There is some risk of too much yeast falling out during a cold crash and there not being enough to carbonate in the bottle, but most of those reports are few and far between. If you cold crash for 5 days, and give your beer 3 weeks to carb, you should have nicely carbonated, crystal clear beer.
carnevoodoo said:Cold crashing refers to cooling the beer so the protein and extra junk in your beer falls out of it, making for a clearer beer. I will be doing this to an IPA that I made recently as there is way too much stuff in it.
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