Cold Crashing

[Yammel]

This is my first batch and I want it pretty clear. So I transferred to a secondary after 10 days of fermentation (Northern Brewers American Wheat extract Kit w/ US-05 Yeast). Then I cold crashed it a couple of days later for 3 days. Today I transferred to the bottling bucket and bottled. There was a lot of trub on the bottom of the primary bucket and a little trub on the bottom of secondary bucket. Will there be enough yeast left in it to properly carbonate this beer? I just ask because the beer seemed really clear when I was bottling and I cant imagine there being enough yeast left.

 

[billym99]

Yes, you'll be fine. Many people have success using the same process you describe, and adding more to clear like gelatin finings and such, still leaving enough yeast to carbonate.

 

[BlackGoat]

Three days is a long time to cold crash, most do it for maybe 24 hours. Nevertheless, you should have plenty of yeast left to carbonate, it doesn't take much to do the job.

 

[BansheeRider]

I tried whilfloc in my last batch and man was that beer clear. No need for cold crashing.

 

[DanaDana]

It should carb up well, even after lagerring I have bottled without adding more yeast and that still had yeast to go (although it was a lager yeast, so was happier cold) but that's not important.

 

[Yammel]

thanks everyone. Sounds Like I will have some good carbonated beer in a couple of weeks.