Cold crash a Witbier?

[sivdrinks]

Yes or no? I know it should be hazy but I like crashing to also help speed the chilling process in the keg.

 

[Double_D]

I'd say it's not necessary. But is there something you're trying to accomplish by chilling before you keg other than optimizing Co2 absorption?

 

[sivdrinks]

Na, that's about it.

 

[wilserbrewer]

If you are in a hurry to serve, then yes...otherwise time will floc the yeast in the beer.

 

[TarheelBrew13]

Wit should be hazy but that haze should come mostly from the wheat instead of the yeast. Too much yeast in suspension can give the beer some funky flavors. I cold crash my wit and still end up with yeast in the bottles.

 

[sivdrinks]

Wit should be hazy but that haze should come mostly from the wheat instead of the yeast. Too much yeast in suspension can give the beer some funky flavors. I cold crash my wit and still end up with yeast in the bottles.

Interesting. Drinking SN Torpedo last night, kinda hazy. Safe to assume they use a little wheat for head retention?

 

[VTDuffman]

Interesting. Drinking SN Torpedo last night, kinda hazy. Safe to assume they use a little wheat for head retention?

They might, but I also thought heavily hopped, unfiltered beers can suffer from haze as well due to the polyphenols in suspension. Mind you, I could be completely making this up, but I always heard it called "hop haze."

 

[Double_D]

They bottle condition too. It could be from that.