bigolbigbelly
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A friend of mine just donated a old fridge to me for brewing. I a bit low on funds right now so I cannot buy a fridge temperature controller yet. So starting on lagers seem out of the picture for now since the highest I can get the fridge is about 46º-48º. From what I have read this is too low temp for primary frementation on a lager. So I wanted to start cold conditioning some of my ales. I do not keg yet (In future plans but low on funds).
My questions are:
Is it best to cold condition in the secondary or after bottling?
If in the secondary, will I need to add more yeast before bottling?
Should my process be:
primary until 3/4 to FG then cold condition
-or-
should it go into the secondary for a couple of weeks, then cold condition?
How long is a good amount of time for cold conditioning?
I have searched forums and checked the online version of how to brew but have not been able to find the answers. Any help you could give is appreciated.
Joe
My questions are:
Is it best to cold condition in the secondary or after bottling?
If in the secondary, will I need to add more yeast before bottling?
Should my process be:
primary until 3/4 to FG then cold condition
-or-
should it go into the secondary for a couple of weeks, then cold condition?
How long is a good amount of time for cold conditioning?
I have searched forums and checked the online version of how to brew but have not been able to find the answers. Any help you could give is appreciated.
Joe