Cold crashing means to reduce the brews temperature so the yeast go into metabolic shutdown. It's a bit like a bear going into hibernation during the winter. They don't die, but they drop to extremely low levels of activity. Then they "crash" by falling out of solution in the brew. Think fridge temps, not freezer.racked my Nut Brown Ale into secondary, first time I have done this,,,,,will bottle next weekend.......explain cold crash
frankly I'm completely sick of the hate given to a secondary fermentation on this forum... I think it just comes down to the laziness of people to rack more than once
FWIW I always used secondaries (except for some styles, like Belgian wits). I, too, find that my beer gets clearer.
Using a secondary allows me to harvest my yeast cake to reuse it. Also, I add gelatine when transferring and the glass carboys take less space in my fridge than the plastic fermenters.
Just do what you want, try both. Most people who don't use secondaries here seem to get very clear beer anyways.
Cheers!
frankly I'm completely sick of the hate given to a secondary fermentation on this forum... I think it just comes down to the laziness of people to rack more than once
After much thought I've decided to rack my first batch to a secondary after about 4 1/2 days in the primary. My ultimate deciding factor was that my primary is an opaque bucket. By transferring to a clear secondary container I can get a better view on what is going on with my beer and take a better guess on when to bottle.
RIC0 said:And there's a really good chance your beer did not fully ferment at 4 days. Wtf made u wanna transfer so fast??
RIC0 said:If you cold crash your beer your wasting your time racking to secondary.
If you don't cold crash then i can see racking to a secondary to help clarify.
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