Keg to Bottle

[Llama]

Morning all,

Apologies if this question has already been answered, but I couldn't find it on the forum.

I recently kegged my first porter. It has been conditioning for just over a week and should be up to the 2 week recommendation from the kit instructions by Friday. I tried a small sample of it last night and found it to have a very distinct porter taste, which is pleasing, but it had a very delayed chalky after taste.

I'm worried this is a defect, but hope it could be something that will age out - Any advice on this? Will it improve and this off flavour disperse?

Also, back to the main topic, I have kegged the beer, but need the space for my next batch, so want to move the porter in the keg over to bottles.

Can this be done? If so, do I need to prime the bottles, as I did add a primer to the keg.

Thanks all!

Llama

 

[Maffa]

Hi

The longer you leave your kegged beer the better it will taste. Young beers pretty much always have some strange taste to them so give it a few more weeks if you can.

On to your main question. So you've kegged your porter but want to have somewhere to put your next batch? Why would you want to move one that is kegged and conditioning into bottles, just so you can keg the next?

Can't you just bottle the new batch? If you haven't got a second FV to batch prime you will need to prime each bottle with half a teaspoon of sugar but that extra effort will be worth it.

Personally, I had a leaky keg once and decided to re-prime and move to bottles. It was never half the beer it had started out at so I would definitely say no.

 

[mcc111]

Exactly what Maffa said. Don't move the beer from a barrel to bottles, you run the risk of infection and oxydising the beer. Much better to bottle this new batch your making instead.

Also, never go by the instructions on the kit. They always say the beer will be ready much earlier than it actually will be. Leave it at least a couple of months until you try your next pint.

 

[Llama]

Thanks both, some very good advice there.

To clarify, I had worried my first batch would be off due to a large number of rookie mistakes, so I had figured it would be best to bin it and get my 2nd, less fudged batch, into the keg to condition.

I will persevere with the first batch and have planned to visit the local home brew shop today to get some bottles so I can move the second batch into them.

Thanks all!