Secondary to Bottles: Cold Crashing Method

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  1. Jeffries55

    Jeffries55 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2013 New York

    Ok, so a couple weeks ago I cold crashed and racked my stout into two 5 gallon fermenters. Tonight I just cleaned and prepped a couple cases of bottles and turned the temp on my keezer down to 37°F, planned on cold crashing until Friday morning where I will turn the temp back up to 65°F-ish. The only reason I'm doing this is because the tubing is quite difficult to work with because it hardens when cold wort is flowing through it, and I've had issues with my siphon & air bubbles because of this. Will raising the temp back up negate the effects of cold crashing the prior 36 hours or so?
     
    #1 Jeffries55, Aug 28, 2014
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Not really. But I wonder what kind of tubing you are using that has problems at 37F.
     
    #2 VikeMan, Aug 28, 2014
  3. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
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    The point of cold crashing is to precipitate suspended particulates.
    Raising the temperature from 37°F (275.9K) to 65°F (291.5K) won't reverse the process.
     
    #3 HerbMeowing, Aug 28, 2014
  4. Jeffries55

    Jeffries55 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2013 New York

    Well, I bought a hundred foot roll of PVC vinyl tubing (clear) and usually run hot water through it when I am racking my beers because otherwise it is stuck in a permanent coil.... it tends to revert back to a coil and miss the bottom of the bucket (thus splashing against the bottling bucket etc...), It's just generally easier to work with when the wort isn't near freezing temps.

    That's what I thought, thanks! Was wondering if anyone else does this, or if you just bottle at the temp at which you cold crashed?
     
    #4 Jeffries55, Aug 28, 2014
  5. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
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    10-point toss-up:
    @what temperature is the priming sugar's weight calculated for cold-crashed beer?
     
    #5 HerbMeowing, Aug 28, 2014
  6. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I would use the highest temperature the beer reached after active fermentation to compute the residual CO2.
     
    #6 VikeMan, Aug 28, 2014
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  7. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I'd recommend getting some tubing that won't recoil from one of the online LHBSs. Or better yet, use a racking cane with the proper tubing. You shouldn't have to be running hot water through it to relax it.
     
    #7 VikeMan, Aug 28, 2014
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