Cold Outside - Cold Crash????

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So it's about 37F here now and it might dip to 31 overnight. I am kegging my Blue Moon Clone tommorrow should I stick my fermenter outside to cold crash it for tommorow? Good idea?
 
Sounds like a good idea to me. Just be careful it doesn't get much colder than 32, otherwise you will have frozen beer
 
I'm thinking if I wait till about 11pm tonite to put it out even if it dips below freezing it wont freeze before I bring it in 8 hrs later? Yes? No?
 
I've been thinking about doing this as well. My concern is that will the benefit of cold crashing be negated by stirring up the trub moving my fermenter in from the outside to bottle. I typically let my fermenter sit in bottling position overnight so that everything has a chance to settle.
 
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