Cold crash after diacetyl rest?

[WaltG]

Nice and slow, yeast still got work to do

Or

Crash hard and kill em all

 

[schmurf]

Im by no means an expert, but my belief/understanding is that the beer can be crashed in most cases as soon as FG is reached and any needed/wanted clean up/diacetyl rest is done. Sometimes you don't even want it to clean up too much. To me it seems like my beer usually reaches FG in 4-5 days. But it may vary depending on the brew I guess.

 

[ebbelwoi]

Cold crashing doesn't kill yeast (maybe you meant that figuratively). But for what it's worth, after fermentation is finished, I go straight from fermentation temp to crash temp, with no steps or ramps in between.

 

[WaltG]

It's a German Pils.

Im by no means an expert, but my belief/understanding is that the beer can be crashed in most cases as soon as FG is reached and any needed/wanted clean up/diacetyl rest is done. Sometimes you don't even want it to clean up too much. To me it seems like my beer usually reaches FG in 4-5 days. But it may vary depending on the brew I guess.

 

[cactusgarrett]

I'm in the "lower 3°F per day" camp. There are numerous arguments across other threads about this, but I'm of the opinion that just because a beer has hit it's FG, the yeast isn't done. To me, there's still some cleanup to do, and I've read things that suggest a fast temp drop could cause the yeast to go dormant (not dead) and not clean up after themselves. I, personally, generally have the time, so I play it conservatively and do it - easier not worry about it.