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How long and at what temp should I cold stabilize. I imagine this will also
help tartrate crystals from settling in the bottles.
Louise)

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A week at 27-28f constant is good. If you have to do it at a higher or
fluctuating temperature (such as outside) I would go longer. (2-3 weeks....
all depends on conditions I suppose). Watch your airlocks don't come out or
freeze due to fluctuating temperatures(use vodka etc) and remember that O2
is much more soluble at lower temperatures. HTH
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> A week at 27-28f constant is good. If you have to do it at a higher or
> fluctuating temperature (such as outside) I would go longer. (2-3 weeks....
> all depends on conditions I suppose). Watch your airlocks don't come out or
> freeze due to fluctuating temperatures(use vodka etc) and remember that O2
> is much more soluble at lower temperatures. HTH
> John Dixon


To avoid airlock problems, I'd recommend switching to a solid bung for
cold stabilization - no need to worry about air or suck back or the
airlock breaking.

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I've thought about the solid bung thing, but my experience(especially
outside) is that variances in the temperature and hence pressure push them
out when I least want. I Also question whether under the right conditions a
carboy might implode. I imagine it would work well under controlled
refrigeration though...
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> > A week at 27-28f constant is good. If you have to do it at a higher or
> > fluctuating temperature (such as outside) I would go longer. (2-3

weeks....
> > all depends on conditions I suppose). Watch your airlocks don't come out

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> > freeze due to fluctuating temperatures(use vodka etc) and remember that

O2
> > is much more soluble at lower temperatures. HTH
> > John Dixon

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> To avoid airlock problems, I'd recommend switching to a solid bung for
> cold stabilization - no need to worry about air or suck back or the
> airlock breaking.
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