Cold Crashing - Sort Of

[Raider]

Hi Guys

 

As my fridge doesn't work I have been trying to cold crash my beer after it reached FG by adding as many frozen bottles as I can. It has dropped about a degree a day and is now sitting at 12c. Do you think this will help clear up my beer at all or would I be better off just bottling it now?

 

Cheers

[Smithy]

I think it will, but just take longer. If it's an ale yeast then it'll most likely start to fall out once it gets down below 15C ish.

[Raider]

Yeah it is an ale yeast. I figured it can't hurt but wasn't sure if it was worth the effort and time.

 

I wonder if it would help having a small desk fan in the fridge to blow around the cold air? It is a fairly big fridge and I have 2 FV's in there.

[Hairy]

I wouldn't bother. It sounds like a lot of work just to get it to 12 degrees.

 

Once you have left it for some extra time to clean up then just bottle it.

[Guest]

would not bother without the fridge working, there is a HUGE thermal mass in there and the time and effot required just kind of rules it out in my book

 

Yob

[Raider]

Well I will see how these turn out and if there is no noticeable difference to my other beers I won't bother doing it again.

 

I have a Centenarillo Ale and a Toucan Stout in there at the moment so I will see how the ale looks, guess I won't be able to tell much from the stout[lol]