Question

What do you mean by cold conditioning?

(a) High-temperature storage

(b) Low-temperature storage

(c) Low-pressure storage

(d) High-pressure storage

The question was asked in an interview for internship.

The doubt is from High Gravity Brewing and Glossary in chapter SCADA System for Bioreactors, Beer and Brewing of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) Low-temperature storage

The explanation is: Cold conditioning is the low-temperature storage for flavour maturation and attainment of colloidal stability. Conditioning refers to the degree of carbonation in beer after secondary fermentation.