harrymanback92
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I had an idea: what if I got a plastic trash can, placed my 6.5 gallon glass carboy into the trash can and packed dry ice around the Carboy to cold crash it for a couple of hours (or even days?) before bottling?
I understand that dry ice is about -70F, so i would add in a relatively small amount to bring the over all temperature to around 30-36F(hopefully, I'm not an engineer so I haven't done my math or anything, I'm just talking about what I would like to achieve) to clear my beer up, and possibly even doing a, short, lagering process. To be clear, I will not be placing dry ice in the Carboy, and I won't be adding water to the trash can(or whatever you guys think would be an ideal vessel to do this in)
So, what do you guys think? I dont have the space for a freeze, my fridges won't hold a Carboy, and I don't like wasting water so I don't want to just submerge it in gallons of cold water(not being preachy, just not a wasteful person).
I'm brewing a steam beer and would like to add a brief lagering process to my brew. I use Cry Havoc lager yeast for my steam beer, which just does not drop out of suspension enough for me. I'm brewing another batch with SF lager yeast and will be (hopefully) trying this method of cold crashing with this batch.
Just wanna make sure I'm not gonna crack my Carboy, or have any major mistakes.
And the lid will be laid on top of the can ( not sealed on the can).
:cheers:
I understand that dry ice is about -70F, so i would add in a relatively small amount to bring the over all temperature to around 30-36F(hopefully, I'm not an engineer so I haven't done my math or anything, I'm just talking about what I would like to achieve) to clear my beer up, and possibly even doing a, short, lagering process. To be clear, I will not be placing dry ice in the Carboy, and I won't be adding water to the trash can(or whatever you guys think would be an ideal vessel to do this in)
So, what do you guys think? I dont have the space for a freeze, my fridges won't hold a Carboy, and I don't like wasting water so I don't want to just submerge it in gallons of cold water(not being preachy, just not a wasteful person).
I'm brewing a steam beer and would like to add a brief lagering process to my brew. I use Cry Havoc lager yeast for my steam beer, which just does not drop out of suspension enough for me. I'm brewing another batch with SF lager yeast and will be (hopefully) trying this method of cold crashing with this batch.
Just wanna make sure I'm not gonna crack my Carboy, or have any major mistakes.
And the lid will be laid on top of the can ( not sealed on the can).
:cheers: