Pale Man Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Hello brewers. I'm after some cold crashing advice. My pub lager has been sitting at 2 degrees C for 3 days. I was meant to keg tonight but a few things got in the way. I'll keg tomorrow . Is a 4 day cold crash ok? Its a Coopers Fermenter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 8 minutes ago, Pale Man said: Hello brewers. I'm after some cold crashing advice. My pub lager has been sitting at 2 degrees C for 3 days. I was meant to keg tonight but a few things got in the way. I'll keg tomorrow . Is a 4 day cold crash ok? Its a Coopers Fermenter. 3 days to 40 days, and beyond is fine for a cold crash IMHO 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) @Pale Man I have done (cold crashed) lagers in the Coopers FV for more than a week. Helps with clarity when you finally get them into the keg. Got a current Carlton Draught 44 L clone that's been nearly 3 weeks cold crashed simply because I have run out of kegs (I have 13 of them) and it has to wait until three of them are MT & cleaned & sanitised. Plus, I have not had time to cube up another 44 L batch of the same beer to drop onto the DL yeast trub. Edited February 28 by iBooz2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, kmar92 said: 3 days to 40 days, and beyond is fine for a cold crash IMHO Much appreciated thanks fella. Im worried about a beer sitting around with no yeast activity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Man Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 Just now, iBooz2 said: @Pale Man I have done (cold crashed) lagers in the Coopers FV for more than a week. Helps with clarity when you finally get them into the keg. Got a current Carlton Draught 44 L clone that's been nearly 3 weeks cold crashed simply because I have run out of kegs (I have 13 of them) and it has to wait until three of them are MT and cleaned & sanitised. Plus, I have not had time to cube up another 44 L batch of the same beer. Thanks fella. Relieved a bit. I'll keg her tomorrow anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 It will be fine. The longer the cold crash the better with lagers (up to a point), a bit different with ales. It drops more yeast out the longer it is cold crashed and the clearer it becomes. Sort of like conditioning the lager before it goes into your keg. Next time you do a lager, cold crash it for 14 days and you will see the difference. You will be able to put it on tap much sooner as against one that has not been cold crashed for as long. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 40 minutes ago, Pale Man said: Thanks fella. Relieved a bit. I'll keg her tomorrow anyway. I had a Saison in the Coopers fermenter cold crashing for close to a month when I was waiting for my kegerator to arrive I didn’t want to bottle again It was a beautiful clear beer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 It'll be fine. My pilsner has been sitting there for about 3 weeks or whatever it's been. It will be kegged on Saturday and I expect it'll be nice and clear and probably taste better than the usual week and a bit they get. Only reason being that I've been a bit lazy/haven't actually had any time to get the empty kegs cleaned up. They are still in the kegerator though so they won't be horrid. I think if it gets left for a period like that at around fermentation temperature it's more of a risk of developing off flavours than it is chilled down though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 13 hours ago, Pale Man said: Hello brewers. I'm after some cold crashing advice. My pub lager has been sitting at 2 degrees C for 3 days. I was meant to keg tonight but a few things got in the way. I'll keg tomorrow . Is a 4 day cold crash ok? Its a Coopers Fermenter. All good mate. I usually CC for 5-7 days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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