Is Cold Crashing Worth It at 42F-44F?

[jalgayer]

I am trying to cold crash but only can get it to 42-44 with ice. Am I wasting my time?

 

[Teufelhunden]

I cold crash colder than that, but I now have temp control. When I was using a cooler I did it at the temps you are talking about and let it go for a few days. I found that it made quite a bit of difference. So I think it would be benificial for you.

 

[kwaidonjin]

what is cold crashing?

 

[Monty420th]

what is cold crashing?

drops a lot of the sediment still floating in the precious to the bottom so when you bottle/keg, you beer has more clarity. Typically done 3 days before you bottle/keg

 

[KayaBrew]

I am trying to cold crash but only can get it to 42-44 with ice. Am I wasting my time?

It can't hurt! I "cool crash" at those temps for a week or more before bottling.

 

[kwaidonjin]

can you cold crash in bottles?

 

[Monty420th]

can you cold crash in bottles?

if you dont cold crash the primary/secondary before you bottle it won't drop out some of the particulate, I guess though when you put the bottle in the fridge it will drop everything to the bottle, but then you have to make sure you leave around .25-.5 of an inch in the bottle when you pour to make sure you don't get any of the particulate matter in the beer.

however if you are brewing a stout, WHO CARES!!!!

 

[kwaidonjin]

drops a lot of the sediment still floating in the precious to the bottom so when you bottle/keg, you beer has more clarity. Typically done 3 days before you bottle/keg

so you basically pack the carboy in ice /or fridge for 3 days then bottle? do you bottle cold or let it warm back up? thanks
I have a Muntons IPA Bitter in my secondary I may try this to try and clear it up.

 

[Monty420th]

I would just bottle it cold, keep in mind you are going to be adding a bit of boiling water to the vessel (assuming you are using corn sugar or something which needs to be dissolved) which will help warm it back up a little. I have not had a problem doing it cold, typically because I am transferring it into a keg which gets thrown in the kegerator at 36 degrees and hooked up to CO2

 

[Monty420th]

for got to mention, make you are you bottle conditioning at regular temps or else it wont carbonate

 

[kwaidonjin]

for got to mention, make you are you bottle conditioning at regular temps or else it wont carbonate

I would be bottle conditioning with carb tabs.

 

[Monty420th]

you are still fine (unless one of the master brewers has something else to add), just make sure you are conditioning at regular temp and you will be fine

 

[kwaidonjin]

you are still fine (unless one of the master brewers has something else to add), just make sure you are conditioning at regular temp and you will be fine

O.k. Can you condition at to warm a temperature? I put some bottles on a heating pad in a big box, I put a temp gauge in with it and forgot to turn it down, the next day the temp was 85 degrees in the box. did I ruin these beers?

 

[Monty420th]

never tried that, I wouldn't do it but that is just me...

put them in a closet, I am lucky enough to have an understanding SWMBO who lets me take over her wine fridge and I age them at 60 degrees and in my history, they have carbonated in 3-5 days (not that you would want to drink them that soon)

as far as the 85 degrees, I will have to bow to a higher authority on that matter. I doubt you did, you may just have to wait longer to drink them is all. read the story by Revvy, good stuff if you haven't

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/ne...virtue-time-heals-all-things-even-beer-73254/

 

[kwaidonjin]

O.K. It carbaonated in about 24 hrs. plastic bottles are as hard as a rock.