cold crashing

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  1. langdonk1

    langdonk1 Initiate (0) May 16, 2014 South Carolina

    Can I cold crash in my primary and then bottle? My concern is that there won't be any yeast to carb bottles
     
  2. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    You should still have some yeast in there, but if you want some insurance get a less attenuative strain, or use the same strain you fermented with, and add some back to the bottling bucket with your priming sugar.
     
  3. CBlack85

    CBlack85 Pooh-Bah (2,762) Jul 12, 2009 South Carolina
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    there will still be plenty of yeast in there for bottle carbing. I cold crash most of my beers and have never had a problem
     
  4. langdonk1

    langdonk1 Initiate (0) May 16, 2014 South Carolina

    What's your method for cold crashing?
     
  5. CBlack85

    CBlack85 Pooh-Bah (2,762) Jul 12, 2009 South Carolina
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    I usually just wait until I am sure that fermentation is complete and I am ready to bottle, then I turn my temperature down to about 35 degrees for a couple of days.
     
  6. langdonk1

    langdonk1 Initiate (0) May 16, 2014 South Carolina

    Have you heard anything about double cold crashing?
     
  7. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    I always go from primary to bottling without crashing with no problems. I do wait 4 weeks though.
     
  8. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    What the hell is double cold crashing?
     
  9. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Never heard of that term, but some crash the yeast, dry hop warm, and crash again to aid dropping out the hop tannins/polyphenols. That could be it.
     
  10. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    Never heard of the term either . . . and this is my technique!

    For the OP: unless you're cold crashing over a month there will be plenty of yeast for bottle conditioning.
     
  11. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I haven't. Is it anything like double secret probation?
     
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  12. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    When I bottled, I worried about whether yeast would be able to carbonate. Sometimes I supplemented yeast at bottling with some dry yeast. But sometimes I didn't have that extra insurance available. I came to realize it wasn't necessary.
     
  13. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Peter, do you cold crash your beers?

    Cheers!
     
  14. sarcastro

    sarcastro Savant (1,133) Sep 20, 2006 Michigan

    It is another term for Imperial cold crashing.
     
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  15. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Yes I do.
     
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