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Hello! I brewed my first ever beer last weekend. It is fermenting in a carboy and I've taken a gravity sample and everything seems to be going surprisingly well. I'm using a Kveik yeast which calls for six days of fermenting. Brewfather app estimated about 6% ABV and I'm already at over 5% after a few days. I did not really plan on what to do when I got this far into the process, what do I do on day six?
I have read about "cold crashing" to stop fermentation and help clear up the beer, which sounds like a good idea to me. However, the carboy is too big to fit into my fridge. However, I was thinking of breaking it into two batches anyway because I wanted to bottle some and bottle condition it, and I wanted to bring some to a gathering to share and get feedback and for that I was thinking of putting it in 2L soda bottles and force carbonating it as it would make it easier to share with a group of people that way than in smaller bottles, and also faster than waiting for natural carbonation. I could transfer it into two smaller containers and those would fit in my fridge, is that advisable?
I have read about "cold crashing" to stop fermentation and help clear up the beer, which sounds like a good idea to me. However, the carboy is too big to fit into my fridge. However, I was thinking of breaking it into two batches anyway because I wanted to bottle some and bottle condition it, and I wanted to bring some to a gathering to share and get feedback and for that I was thinking of putting it in 2L soda bottles and force carbonating it as it would make it easier to share with a group of people that way than in smaller bottles, and also faster than waiting for natural carbonation. I could transfer it into two smaller containers and those would fit in my fridge, is that advisable?