ferminting

[pisshead]

hi all when my lager as finised fermenting shoul i put it straigt in to my keg or leave for a bit help :

 

[Parva]

A little more detail would help but I'll assume that you are going straight from the fermenting vessel to the keg and not going to secondary. Assuming I'm correct, 10-12 days in the FV then just keg it along with priming sugar (assuming a plastic keg and not cornie) and leave in the kitchen or wherever at ambient temperature for a week then cool and hold off drinking it for as long as you can. :)

 

[jackmorgan]

Just a question but what if it was a corny, could you not prime using sugar or is this not the done thing as you would prime with co2 anyway ??. I just got some new corny's and have an ale in primary. Should I just rack to the corny condition for a month or two and then pressurise prior to drinking. Sorry for hi-jacking thread :?

 

[Parva]

Just a question but what if it was a corny, could you not prime using sugar or is this not the done thing as you would prime with co2 anyway ??. I just got some new corny's and have an ale in primary. Should I just rack to the corny condition for a month or two and then pressurise prior to drinking. Sorry for hi-jacking thread :?

Whilst you can prime a cornie with sugar you're defeating the object of having them. They are able to withstand high pressure so you can therefore force-carbonate your beer rather than relying on the sugar to create that carbonation. An added bonus is that because you haven't used sugar (or whatever) to do a secondary ferment (to get the carbonation) you are not introducing more sediment into the beer. Keg the beer, give it 12PSI or so and leave it under pressure for a few days or alternatively turn the gas on and back off each time you pass. After that, store the keg wherever you want until it's ready for drinking.

 

[jackmorgan]

Thanks :thumb:

 

[Wez]

I've primed my last batch (3x cornies) with spraymalt - it's an experiment really to see if I can tell a difference between natural and force carbonation - probably not but for the sake of pulling off 2 or 3 pints of cloudy beer I thought i'd give it a crack.

Good pressure is built up already and they will be dropped into the keggerator tomorrow and hooked up to the Beer Engine in a few weeks.