Nubiwan
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2018
- Messages
- 584
- Reaction score
- 364
All my fermentors are plastic pails with an S-Airlock rubber bung type contraption on top.
So I carefully moved my D-rested lager from 62 degrees into a porch that will drop it down to 45 degrees, give or take. I have another fermentor giving off CO2 that I could collect in a balloon and use on my cold crashing fermentor. Is it worth it? Is a single inflated balloon adequate? How long before some suck back starts to happen in that cold crashing bucket.
I also wanted to add gelatin. It means removing the airlock, and air (O2) getting in. Is gelatin worth it? Is removing the airlock temporarily negating all my effort with the balloon?
Further, considering I will use a bottling bucket to bottle, and the entire wort will be O2 exposed at that time, should I even bother with the balloon at all? Is it more about minimizing any O2 exposure time helps a bit?
Is cold crashing at around 45 degrees adequate to clear my beer, and for how long should I leave it. Not interested in lagering. It can lager in bottles. Its going to be drunk in 2-3 months. Really just hoping to clear a little.
So I carefully moved my D-rested lager from 62 degrees into a porch that will drop it down to 45 degrees, give or take. I have another fermentor giving off CO2 that I could collect in a balloon and use on my cold crashing fermentor. Is it worth it? Is a single inflated balloon adequate? How long before some suck back starts to happen in that cold crashing bucket.
I also wanted to add gelatin. It means removing the airlock, and air (O2) getting in. Is gelatin worth it? Is removing the airlock temporarily negating all my effort with the balloon?
Further, considering I will use a bottling bucket to bottle, and the entire wort will be O2 exposed at that time, should I even bother with the balloon at all? Is it more about minimizing any O2 exposure time helps a bit?
Is cold crashing at around 45 degrees adequate to clear my beer, and for how long should I leave it. Not interested in lagering. It can lager in bottles. Its going to be drunk in 2-3 months. Really just hoping to clear a little.