Cold Conditoning

[MVZOOM]

Gents,

OK, cold conditioning makes a big difference in the clarity, smell and taste. I understand that during that period, yeast falls out of suspension, causing clarity and taste changes - but what else happens to cause the major differences that are achieved?

Ie.. if it was just a matter of yeast in suspension, we'd all just filter before bottling / kegging. There's more to it - care to enlighten me?

And yes, I searched, to little avail!

Cheers - Mike

 

[BrissyBrew]

The process of conditioning and aging beer is not well understood however there are theories that abound. Good places to start for advocation of cold conditioning , New Lager Brewing by Noonan, and George Fix's Principles of Brewing Science.