Cold Crash

I took a gravity reading of the Pilothouse Pilsner on Friday that came in at 1.012. The 1.012 reading was perfect, but the beer was extremely cloudy. I decided to "cold crash" the beer before I bottled it. Cold crashing is as easy as just putting the fermenter into your refrigerator. Some people do it for a couple days, some at least a week. The drop in temperature makes a lot of the yeast fall to the bottom of the fermenter, ultimately making a clearer beer. I only cold crashed for two days and definitely noticed an improvement when I bottled. With a final gravity of 1.012 the beer has an ABV of 6.0%.