New to Cold Crashing

Does anybody cold crash prior to moving from primary to secondary.. if so do you do it again from seconday to keg also?

It depends, I usually do this for lagers after diacetyl rest. What beer is it?

basic blonde ale.. its been in primary for three weeks

I crash right from primary to bottling. Works wonders on the trub in bottles. You can give a beer to somebody without worrying about providing detailed instructions on pouring it.

smizak said:

I crash right from primary to bottling. Works wonders on the trub in bottles. You can give a beer to somebody without worrying about providing detailed instructions on pouring it.

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+1

I just did my first cold crash of the primary, then straight to a keg. Pouring nice and clear.

Jubilee said:

+1

I just did my first cold crash of the primary, then straight to a keg. Pouring nice and clear.

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+2, for a basic blonde it should be great, providing it is done.

smizak said:

I crash right from primary to bottling. Works wonders on the trub in bottles. You can give a beer to somebody without worrying about providing detailed instructions on pouring it.

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if I understand it correctly, you just take primary fermenter with yeast cake and all to some cool place?

for how long? and what are the temps of cold crashin - I have a bit nasty brew comming along, I think it would benefit from extra clearing.

I just put the carboy in the fridge ~ 38F for a couple of days.

Most people use their lagering cooler or a serving fridge, if you don't have such a place I don't know what you would use. The colder the better down to freezing, and for as long as it takes to get it as clear as you want.

COLObrewer said:

Most people use their lagering cooler or a serving fridge, if you don't have such a place I don't know what you would use. The colder the better down to freezing, and for as long as it takes to get it as clear as you want.

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outised overnight will be ok? 28F at nights

I have cool garage where I store beer - its about 55F, can go bit lower...

Just one question - if I bottle the beer, wont the yeasties be all settled down after the crash and beer would not carbonate?

mhm, yea, night are getting really cool - can drop it outside as well overnight

There will be plenty of yeast still in suspension even if you can't see it, unless you crash it for a year or two.

Andy_LV said:

Just one question - if I bottle the beer, wont the yeasties be all settled down after the crash and beer would not carbonate?

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I've got the same question. Does cold crashing mess up bottle conditioning? I always feel like I should be handing out instruction manuals when I give away my beer. Could some one clear this up for us?

smizak said:

I just put the carboy in the fridge ~ 38F for a couple of days.

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+1 here too.

I just did mine @ 38F for four days....planned on two days but I had to leave for the weekend. No worries.

COLObrewer said:

There will be plenty of yeast still in suspension even if you can't see it, unless you crash it for a year or two.

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Ahh, that clears it up... in more than one way

Worst come, I can use balcony for overnight - cover fermenter with some PET bag to avoid rain/etc and I think it should be fine.

thank you!

P.S.
now I think that explains why my beers carb in room temp in just few days - plenty of yeast afloat, while it still looks clear, I think I should expect longer carbonation if I cold crash it.

paraordnance said:

outised overnight will be ok? 28F at nights

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No, it'll start to freeze. Freezing is not gonna be good to you; racking will take forever.

Basically, you want sub 50*, 35* to 40* is great.

It'll need probably at least a couple days.