Does cold crashing count as contact time for dry hopping?

[kimosabby]

Dear all,

I usually do 3-4 days drying hopping towards the end of brew; then 2 days in fridge for cold crash but it takes a day to get down to 1-4 degrees.

Does the time cold crashing count as contact time on hops as that would make 6-7 days total if it did

Kimosabby

 

[Stu's Brews]

I do pretty much the same (3 days dry hop, followed by 4 days cold crash) and have always assumed that at cold crash temperatures there is much less extraction from the hops compared to normal fermentation temperatures so it isn't equivalent to leaving them in for 7 days at 18-20degC.

 

[kimosabby]

That’s what I was seeing with them dropping out during cold crash