Cold crash question

[barefoot_trashko]

I've read a ton about cold crashing and it seems like nobody has addressed my question. Can I take the carboy out of the fridge/freezer and immediately bottle? Do I need to let it get back up to a certain temp before bottling? I'm assuming that kind of defeats the purpose, but I just wanted to be sure that bottling at a cold temp was the standard procedure.

 

[Hammy71]

I always bottled mine cold and then let them bottle condition warm.

 

[brewingbarrister]

I had your exact same question today when I was bottling a lager. I just assume it is OK but have never heard otherwise. Today I let it sit into he basement for a bit to warm up before pitching in the corn sugar mixture to bottle. I'll be interested if anybody chimes in with empirical observations one way or the other.

 

[MalFet]

There's no reason not to bottle cold. There's still plenty of active yeast in suspension.