dry hopping and cold crashing

[attyindaburgh]

So I have 5 gallons of yooper's pale ale and a bell's 2 hearted clone. I threw in my hops into the primary after two weeks and after fermentation was done. The hops have been in there for 3 days and I was thinking of putting the carboys in the fridge to crash. Should I wait for 7 to 10 days then crash? Or can I start now without muting any aromas?

 

[cyanmonkey]

Patience. The hops will dumb down a bit regardless, but contact time with the wort, I believe is essential for the time being. If you drop them out now they're just going to sit in a sludge at the bottom and not be able to do what they're suppose to.

 

[attyindaburgh]

Thanks for the advice. Once you mentioned that the hops would be sitting in the sludge in the bottom, it made perfect sense to wait.