Cold Crashing issue

[Aggie_JD]

I have a chest freezer with temperature controller, great for cold crashing beer to help clear it and compact the trub. I want to do it with a blond ale that finished fermenting, but my freezer also acts as storage for other beer that it still maturing in bottles.

I wonder what effect the cold crashing to say 35 would have on the bottles?

 

[BigFloyd]

Bottle conditioning/carbing takes place best at 70-75*F. Mine are in boxes in a closet.

Perhaps you should consider removing the bottles from the unit while you cold crash.

 

[freisste]

If you are just storing the bottles, chilling to 35 will make them cold. If you are aging, it will slow down the aging process. Which could be a good thing if the beer is hoppy or you happened to accidentally oxidize it (cold will help hold hop flavor and keep oxidation issues from progressing).

 

[Aggie_JD]

Sorry should have clarified, they are past carbing stage, probably about 6 weeks at this point. GOod point about the hops, it's an APA in bottles so that might help preserve it a bit longer.

 

[BigFloyd]

Sorry should have clarified, they are past carbing stage, probably about 6 weeks at this point. GOod point about the hops, it's an APA in bottles so that might help preserve it a bit longer.

At six weeks (at the correct temps), an APA ought to be fully matured. Taking it to 35*F won't harm it a bit.