Cold Crashing

[pelletben]

Does cold crashing have any benefits, other than clearing the cider?

 

[dinnerstick]

some people use it to stop fermentation at a certain gravity, before the cider has gone completely dry. the cider is then usually either chemically stabilized, pasteurized, or kept cold to prevent restart of fermentation, as it's impossible to get rid of all the yeast even when cold crashing