There are various enzymes you can use too to help clarify. White labs makes one called clariferm I beleve that you throw in when you cool the wort and pitch to primary. Also there are ones you can pitch in after you keg...
BrewHop wrote:White labs makes one called clariferm I beleve that you throw in when you cool the wort and pitch to primary.
Great tip! I wasn't even aware of the enzymes that White Labs offers. Here is their info page about them: http://www.whitelabs.com/DSM.html Clarity-Ferm does sound quite good for reducing chill haze... I even found a pretty good video of someone trying it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86EfzU88lV8
There are also enzymes you can use to aid in this. I know one is clariferm which you put in right when you pitch yeast into the wort. There is another that you can put in post fermentationwhich is supposed to help also. If you are just worried about particles floatin around then secondary or cold crash. Should clear pretty well in a keg/bottle though on its won. The enzymes are supposed to help with things like chill haze I believe. They are made by white labs...
Thanks everybody, I just opened the first bottle of the IPA that I crashed, clarity was good, not quite that of a production beer, but I was happy with it.
If you do leavevthe airlock in just be aware that the liquid in your airlock might get sucked into the beer because I have seen a suction created from the air inside the fermenter cooling down. I would just be aware of this and be prepared to top off.