I have had a pale ale chilling in a fridge for 4 days after 14 days primary fermentation. I am chilling to improve clarity. I will be bottling the beer, but am not sure how long is a good time to chill before I do this. This is my first time cold chilling before bottling. Is 4 days enough or should I leave it longer?
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biohaz7331
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Longer would help and it won't hurt anything. Probably a minimum if 24 hours though.
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If you're doing it to improve clarity, I'd suggest keeping it there until it's clear.
musikguru6
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Related - can you cold crash during the dry hopping process?
I prefer to dry hop warm beer, but you can certainly cold crash after that. Any beer with a long cold crash or multiple crashes, you should rake up a bit of yeast from the bottom when racking if you are going to bottle condition.
