poor man's yeast crash

[Hugh Jasper]

I have never crashed yeast prior to bottling and would like to try. However I do not have a fridge to bring a full 5G carboy down to ~30oF. My ider for a solution is a large ice bath. Has anyone used this approach and how much ice is needed to keep 5G cold for 2 days? My hunch is that 5 bags should do the trick.

Also, has anyone baked their bottles as means of serilization without using sanitizers? I know that having some cornys and CO2 is ideal, but I am not set up for that yet. Currently, I clean with H2O or PBW, rinse well, and then seal the bottles with a single sheet of foil and then bake the bottles at 300oF for 30min or so. This should kill most spores, but I would love to hear a second opnion.

[Lufah]

I don't know how much ice you will need, but adding salt to the ice bath should bring the temp down even more.

As for baking the bottles take a look here....

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter2-2-3.html


Travis

[Hugh Jasper]

Travis,

Thank you sir. The carboy is going into a nice NaCl ice bath this evening to drop some Cal Ale yeast. As for the bottles, a little bit of homework on my part would have gone a long way.

dan

[Speyedr]

Travis, you don't look like a sir in that "jane" hat...

[Lufah]

Travis, you don't look like a sir in that "jane" hat...

I don't look like a sir no matter what I'm wearing..