Hi,
Tried my first cold-crashing on an all-grain Pilsner a few weeks ago. Single-temp fermentation, then after it was done I cold-crashed at 1-2 degrees for a week. Bottled in 345ml bottles, using carbonation drops (because I had some), then left 2 sit for 2 weeks at around 20 degrees, and so far another week under the house.
So I opened up a couple for an initial taste-test. A bit of chill haze, so a bit disappointed with that but no biggie. However, those I've opened are quite flat, with very little carbonation.
Given the carbonation should come from leftover yeast acting on the sugar, but the purpose of cold-crashing is to get yeast and everything else out of the beer, have I taken too much yeast out? If there's only a little bit in there, will it just take longer to achieve carbonation, so I should just cellar for longer?
Interested to know if this is common (I'm still new at this, one of my first all-grains and first cold-crash, so not upset if it doesn't work, it's a learning experience!) or if I could have done anything differently? First pilsner too, but as I have a fridge I'd like to try more pils and lagers so keen to improve on any errors.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Darren
Tried my first cold-crashing on an all-grain Pilsner a few weeks ago. Single-temp fermentation, then after it was done I cold-crashed at 1-2 degrees for a week. Bottled in 345ml bottles, using carbonation drops (because I had some), then left 2 sit for 2 weeks at around 20 degrees, and so far another week under the house.
So I opened up a couple for an initial taste-test. A bit of chill haze, so a bit disappointed with that but no biggie. However, those I've opened are quite flat, with very little carbonation.
Given the carbonation should come from leftover yeast acting on the sugar, but the purpose of cold-crashing is to get yeast and everything else out of the beer, have I taken too much yeast out? If there's only a little bit in there, will it just take longer to achieve carbonation, so I should just cellar for longer?
Interested to know if this is common (I'm still new at this, one of my first all-grains and first cold-crash, so not upset if it doesn't work, it's a learning experience!) or if I could have done anything differently? First pilsner too, but as I have a fridge I'd like to try more pils and lagers so keen to improve on any errors.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Darren