How long will beer last in a pressure barrel

[boody227]

Hi, Im new to this, and i am going to ferment the youngs bitter in a fermenting bucket for 1 week then siphon it to a plastic pressure barrel.
Does anybody know how long the beer will last in it?
Regards Luke

 

[BrewDan]

Had mine in a king keg over 6 months without any issues


That was a youngs bitter kit made with with a brewing sugar/spraymalt mix

 

[Frisp]

depends how quick you can drink it !!! as long as you keep it under pressure with Co2 it should remain fine..

 

[evanvine]

BrewDan is right, and as Frisp says, it rather depends on you!

 

[boody227]

Thanks all, well i rarely drink due to operating rail vehicles as weekends so i only have a couple of pints a week, but i homebrew to save money. So i will invest in some co2 cartridges and keep it topped up with those when its starts to get a little flat.

 

[RobWalker]

It's said that beer starts to lose quality (unless it benefits from age) after 3 months. I can't see it being noticeable though. 2 years and you might wanna be careful.

Answer b - depends how often you have your friends round :P

 

[boody227]

dont worry, 6 months is max, less if i go camping haha, i know some age their beers for 6 months so hopefully it will be fine

 

[Frisp]

Not being funny but why go down the barrel and co2 route when you can blag some empty magners bottles for free from your local boozer, Get a cheap capper from your homebrew shop along with a bottle buddy. And bottle it all....

If you are brewing to save money bottling is by far the cheaper option and will keep your ales in tip top fettle.....

 

[boody227]

well i plan on doing both, what i was going to do is do 2 batches, one in bottles one in a keg and see which tastes better

 

[Frisp]

well i plan on doing both, what i was going to do is do 2 batches, one in bottles one in a keg and see which tastes better

Bottles

 

[boody227]

well im going to our wilkinsons today so if they have a bottler i will buy that and a spigot for my bucket and then bottle it