COLD CRASH vs LAGERING

[Yuri_Rage]

Apparently, some namecalling has been edited out already.

No more namecalling.

It's all just semantics. There's no need to get so fired up.

 

[ChshreCat]

Who you callin' a semantic? I haven't semanted since high school!

 

[Julohan]

I always thought lagering was having the yeast still active and fermenting at cooler temps. While cold crashing was have the beer stored at cooler temps to clear it up, with no yeast active at all.

 

[wildwest450]

This thread makes me want to shoot my face off.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I always thought lagering was having the yeast still active and fermenting at cooler temps. While cold crashing was have the beer stored at cooler temps to clear it up, with no yeast active at all.

Evidently that is correct.

But it has also been demonstrated that both sides of the "discussion" can prove their point depending on the info cited.

 

[Julohan]

I must of read over it and not saw it. How are you lagering when you are cold crashing. Yeast are inactive when you are cold crashing. Which means you are not lagering. This reminds of a square and rectangle. Every square is a rectangle. Not every rectangle is a square. If that makes since.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I must of read over it and not saw it. How are you lagering when you are cold crashing. Yeast are inactive when you are cold crashing. Which means you are not lagering. This reminds of a square and rectangle. Every square is a rectangle. Not every rectangle is a square. If that makes since.

Yes, you apparently missed most of the thread.

Someone pointed out that they were lagering bacon since it was cold, I insisted that I was cold crashing my bacon.

You say potato.......you get it.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

I dont get it still...?

 

[cheezydemon3]

There is a precedent either way....

Storing any beer cold can be considered lagering.

You can call it "cold crashing" if the term lager offends you.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

Call it what you like, lager, cold crash, cold storing. Whatever!!!

I am also not offended by the term lager. I like many lagers. Best one I had recently was on my honeymoon down in St Lucia. A beer called "Piton". Named after the two twin mountains on the island. Best lager I have had in a long time.

 

[artyusmc]

This thread makes me want to shoot my face off.

i thought the avatar movie was about your avatar

 

[StMarcos]

I lager all my ales. Yeeps!

 

[mordantly]

Why Must The Op Attempt To Shout Via Text??? See How Annoying It Is?????


if it is not actively fermenting, while being held below 50F, it is not lagering. end of story.

 

[Tmeister]

Yes, cold crashing is usually done quick, and the temp is lowered very quickly down to around 35ish or so. This shocks the yeast still in suspension and helps them settle faster. The cold crashing process is usually never more than a week...unless you forget about it. I think when you start making lagers, you will understand more of a difference in the process, like lowering the temp slowly untill it rests around 36. Because the idea is not to shock the yeast (lager yeast strains can withstand those temps)

 

[passedpawn]

Yes, cold crashing is usually done quick, and the temp is lowered very quickly down to around 35ish or so. This shocks the yeast still in suspension and helps them settle faster. The cold crashing process is usually never more than a week...unless you forget about it. I think when you start making lagers, you will understand more of a difference in the process, like lowering the temp slowly untill it rests around 36. Because the idea is not to shock the yeast (lager yeast strains can withstand those temps)

I go to 30 after diacetyl rest of 65. I just turn the dial from 65 to 30, and it gets there less than 12 hours (overnight). My chest freezer develops a layer of ice on its floor around the carboys. 2 weeks. The beer is crazy-clear at the end of this period. Bottles still carb perfectly, and quickly.

I do wonder why the airlocks don't freeze. Maybe the starsan lowers the freezing point.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Look at the above....I know why

You ask a question you want an answer for, it is not the answer you already have set in your head and you argue with these people that probably know 30 times as much as you.