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For those that don't use a secondary, do you use gelatin during cold crashing? If so, does the gelatin settle out during yeast washing if you harvest the yeast?

Already doing a diacetyl rest, so yeast cleanup done in this case. Really more about clearing the beer and exploring the thermal shock considerations. Haven't observed any indications of thermal shock previously, but generally rack to a secondary before crashing, so wasn't sure if that...

Two separate primaries - 5 gallons each, so would be a complete transfer of one primary, not half of a transfer. Haven't had any issues with oxidation doing a complete transfer thus far.

Thanks RPH. Since I have 10 gallons in this batch, maybe I will do an experiment and keep half in the primary all the way to kegging and the other half to a secondary then keg. My beers have been very good - no real complaints, but if I can further improve them, I will take it.

Thanks for the feedback. I am surprised that there are such strong opinions against going to a secondary. I have done it both ways and haven't had any issues with sanitization or oxidation after transferring to a secondary . While I haven't observed any negative impacts with the secondary, I...

Hi All - I have a question about floculating yeast. I was reading Palmer's book, which suggests decreasing the temperature 2 degrees per day following the diacetyl rest until 10 degrees below fermentation temperature to avoid thermal shock of the yeast. My question is whether this is only...