Kegging/Conditioning Question

[Petrolhead]

I have a brew coming up to 2 weeks this weekend and I was going to bottle it, however, I have bought some kegging kit and would like to use this brew to kick start my kegging. Problem is the kegs are arriving this week and my regulator and CO2 next week. What are my options?

Keep the brew in the FV for a few days longer or keg it with some priming sugar and if the latter should I add a bit extra priming sugar so that I can vent the keg a couple of times to get rid of some oxygen?

I'm leaning towards waiting but with work commitments it could easily run on for another week.

All suggestions welcomed. Plus I guess if I leave it in the FV I'll have a little more time for the Six Nationsaunsure....

 

[Bigcol49]

Hi @Petrolhead
I would leave it in the FV a little longer.
If you have the facility, chill it down until your rig is ready for the transfer.

 

[Ghillie]

Agree with @Bigcol49.

Use the extra time waiting on parts to cold crash your beer, it will clear it up nicely. Stick it in the garage or shed until you're ready to keg. You'll be good to -1C.

 

[phildo79]

I wouldn't advise adding to the keg with priming sugar unless you have the ability to seat the lid. Which you will need co2 to do. Without pressurising the keg, you could lose carbonation, which would defeat the purpose. Furthermore, you probably wouldn't even notice the leak.

 

[Petrolhead]

I think you are both right on the nail. The FV is in my shed, sorry Brew House, in a brew fridge so if I pop it on the worktop for a week it'll be a great cold crash in this cold spell and frees up the fridge for my next brew.

Cheers both.

 

[Ghillie]

I think you are both right on the nail. The FV is in my shed, sorry Brew House, in a brew fridge so if I pop it on the worktop for a week it'll be a great cold crash in this cold spell and frees up the fridge for my next brew.

Cheers both.

Exactly right. I have two brew fridges in the shed that need cold crashing next week. I'm just going to turn the temp controller off and open both fridge doors.