Crash cool

[rapovt]

I am making Ed Wort's haus pale ale and it says; This ferments out very fast , so I will crash cool and keg after 1 week. What does "crash cool" mean?

 

[Lodovico]

I am making Ed Wort's haus pale ale and it says; This ferments out very fast , so I will crash cool and keg after 1 week. What does "crash cool" mean?

It means to chill the beer so that sediment and trub will drop out of suspension. It's a way of clearing your beer up a little before you keg or bottle it. So if you have room to throw your fermenter in the fridge, that's crash cooling.

 

[phatuna]

crash cool is to put the fermented beer into a refridgerator for a couple of days so the yeast flocks out which will clear your beer prior to bottling or kegging.


edit: yah like Lodovico said ^^^^^^^^

 

[rapovt]

that was quick!!! thanks and this board is great. A ton of info for the beginner