My primary fermenters are all in my basement. I wanted to move them into my garage to crash, which is upstairs. I have a feeling it'll get shaken up quite a bit. Is it worth it to crash if everything is getting mixed around? Should I just rack into the keg in my basement and skip crashing?
Moving fermenter upstairs without disturbing sediment
- Thread starter LamIAm
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Are you saying you want to crash upstairs and then move it back down for kegging? You still have something to be gained from crashing even in that case. The sediment will compact when cold and be resistant to being stirred back up when you move it again. Crashing also improves the flavor profile.
No worries.
When you want to be careful about not sloshing it around is AFTER crashing as you set it up to rack it to the keg. You will likely notice that the trub layer in a crashed batch (I do mine 4-7 days @ 35-36*F) is more firm and harder to disturb.
fartinmartin
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Just move it, it's only the top that sloshes around, at the bottom it's quite stable.
