cold conditioning

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  1. cpjtr9559

    cpjtr9559 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2007 New York

    new to home brewing and wondering what the point of cold conditioning is
    thanks
     
    #1 cpjtr9559, Oct 5, 2012
  2. tngolfer

    tngolfer Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2012 Tennessee

    The temperature slows everything down which encourages particles to fall out of suspension... leads to clearer beer.
     
    #2 tngolfer, Oct 5, 2012
  3. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    At lower temps many of the haze causing substances will coagulate into bigger particles. Stokes law says those will settle out much faster. Since particle size is the R^2 term, it has the big term in this.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes'_law
     
    #3 hopfenunmaltz, Oct 5, 2012
  4. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    Cold conditioning also increases the shelf life of a beer. I'm not sure why.
     
    #4 inchrisin, Oct 5, 2012
  5. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
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    #5 HerbMeowing, Oct 5, 2012
  6. warchez

    warchez Zealot (545) Oct 19, 2004 Massachusetts

    Simply slows down staling/oxidation reactions in the beer.
     
    #6 warchez, Oct 5, 2012
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