Lagering in a keg...
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:47 AM
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:54 AM
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:56 AM
#4
Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:02 PM
After the first few beers, you will be pulling clear ones, true enough. However, you will never get rid of all of the yeast sediment by pulling beers. It will stay there in the bottom, and if the keg gets moved or bumped, you have to let the yeast settle out again for period of time, and then pull another cloudy pint or two to get the beer to clear again. I like to have as little yeast sediment as possible in my kegs, because I move them around occasionally. Sometimes I take a keg over to friend's house. If your kegs never get disturbed, it won't be an issue.Edit: cleaned up my grammar and spelling the best I could before I got caught again by the grammar policeHoly crap. I was just about to come on here and post this very question......So regarding the yeast thing. why couldn't one just dispose of the first few beers or so until the beer runs clear?
Edited by stellarbrew, 03 August 2009 - 12:10 PM.
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:04 PM
You can and I dispose of the first few beers by drinking them. No problems lagering in a kegerator. This is how I do it all the time. It also allows you to taste the beer from time to time to time. I'ts really just a prolonged cold conditioning the way I see it.Holy crap. I was just about to come on here and post this very question......So regarding the yeast thing. why couldn't one just dispose of the first few beers or so until the beer runs clear?
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:12 PM
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:16 PM
You can do all those things simultaneously.How about putting it on gas? Can you condition and carb it at the same time, or do you have to condition then carb?And if I were to dry-hop a lager... can you dry hop the lager in a keg and carb at the same time or or will have have to condition, then dry hop, then carb?
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:20 PM
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 02:00 PM
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 04:53 PM
That sounds sweet Chad. Sounds pretty cool that you can have two taps and lager a third. Can you brew lagers as well with whatever your setup is for fermentation? I am sure you are excited. Look forward to hearing how you like it. Good Luck!!So here's what I'm thinking with my new kegerator only a day away. Based on the dimensions, I have room for three kegs plus the Co2 tank. I'll be able to keep two kegs tapped and a third aging/lagering. The anticipation is killing me....
#11
Posted 03 August 2009 - 05:02 PM
Have you thought about putting your CO2 tank outside? It is much more convenient, and may give you enough room for another keg!So here's what I'm thinking with my new kegerator only a day away. Based on the dimensions, I have room for three kegs plus the Co2 tank. I'll be able to keep two kegs tapped and a third aging/lagering. The anticipation is killing me....
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 06:50 PM
Have thought about it. But where I plan on putting it, I don't know if I'll have the space to place the Co2 tank outside. I'll just have to see tomorrow....I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve!!!Have you thought about putting your CO2 tank outside? It is much more convenient, and may give you enough room for another keg!
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 06:54 PM
I have incorporated the swamp bucket with frozen bottles of water...which I can get down to about 56-58 degrees for primary fermentation. So I've had success using the WYeast Kolsch and Cal Lager yeasts because you can ferment those "warm"...at least warm for a lager yeast. No deep freeze for to drop carboys inCan you brew lagers as well with whatever your setup is for fermentation?
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