Fridging the beer before bottling?

[Mishkin]

Ok so my mexican cerveza finished fermenting. I bottled half the beer in the fermenter but it was a bit cloudy so I thought "I want to make the rest of it clear". So I left the other half of the beer in the fermenter and stuck it in my beer fridge in the garage because I heard that cooler temperatures separates the yeast more and makes the beer more clear. So anyway the fermenter has been sitting in this fridge for about a week at 1 degree Celcius (34 degrees Fahrenheit). Is this ok for the beer to be exposed to such cold temperatures for so long?

 

[rewster451]

It should be fine, as long as it doesn't freeze. Basically you're talking about lagering it, sort of. I'd go for it, but, and this is just an educated guess, I would imagine that you would want to let it acclimate to 65-70F again before you bottle it, so the yeast isn't shocked. I'd leave it in the fridge for a week or more, and then bring it out for at least 24 hours prior to bottling. Someone else may come along and say I don't know what I'm talking about, and I might not, but this is my "gut feeling" on the situation.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I have 3 batches of lagers in the garage. They've been there for months. It's almost a constant 44F.

When I get to bottle I'll bring them up to room temp and prime.

Once the carb level is where I like I'll refridgerate.

That's the process.

 

[Mishkin]

Also there is no bubbles left in the fermenter. You know how the sugar and yeast slightly carbonate it in the fermenter. All the bubbles are gone. But this is normal right? Since it's been sitting there for so long it kind of goes flat again. As long as you prime them with sugar in the bottles it'll be fine wont it?

 

[homebrewer_99]

Even though you see no activity doesn't mean there's nothing going on inside the carboy.

The fermentation process has slowed, but the melding of flavors are changing. The malt and hops are mellowing.

When you decide it's time to bottle just transfer the batch to a bottling bucket and add your priming sugar then.

Sounds lke your beer is doing fine.