SleepySamSlim
Grandmaster Brewer
I've got a Blonde Ale in the 2nd week of secondary fermentation - Its been unseasonably warm the past week with temps in the upper 80s. We are using the AC but the Blonde ale has been at 70 - 73deg for several days -- I've got bubbles forming on the surface - and its not as clear as I would like. Normally I secondary around 65deg, but this temperature spike is a surprise.
This ale did ferment to completion in the primary - in fact target was 1.014 and I hit 1.012.
I hope to bottle next weekend (June 6-7) --- so I decided to try something I've not done - cold crash it for a few days in a clean plastic trash can with ice water. Hopefully this will help things settle down and clarify a bit - and we're due for a bit of cooling later in the week.
How many of you have cold crashed an ale ? Any words of wisdom
This ale did ferment to completion in the primary - in fact target was 1.014 and I hit 1.012.
I hope to bottle next weekend (June 6-7) --- so I decided to try something I've not done - cold crash it for a few days in a clean plastic trash can with ice water. Hopefully this will help things settle down and clarify a bit - and we're due for a bit of cooling later in the week.
How many of you have cold crashed an ale ? Any words of wisdom