Crash cooling ales before bottling

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Does anyone cool their ales down after fermentation before bottle conditioning? Would this leave enough yeast in suspension to bottle condition?

[Dmac08]

I keg most of my beers. However I did bottle an RIS that I had crashed at 40 degrees for about a week and it carbonated just fine.

[TampaBrew]

When i bottled, i crash cooled all my beer before bottling. There is plenty of yeast hanging out to carb.

[beerocracy]

Everything I've heard is that enough yeast stays in solution to carbonate the beer. If you are worried you can always pitch some new yeast when bottling.

[ColdBraue]

Yeah I think if you were to crash for more than a month you MAY end up with a problem, and obviously if you filter your beer you would have a problem. But you should be AIGHT

[JediHopTrick]

I crash all my beers before bottling or kegging. Makes for a brighter, more stable product.

[noremorse1]

Unless you use a cold crash/filter method, there will always be some yeast in suspension within your beer. What ColdBraue said is true, the amount of time you crash a beer also has something to do with it. Now that I keg, I crash cool my beer before kegging for 24 hours. However, you should be fine bottling it too this way. I wouldn't let it sit cold for more than 2 days though.

[BadRock]

You'll more than enough yeast to bottle condition. I did an old ale a while back, had like 4 months in the secondary, then I crashed it for a month, and it still carbed. I did take a little longer but after a month it was perfect.