Octavius
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Say you ferment your beer in a 5 gal SS corny keg. When fermentation is complete, you would then normally rack off the yeast/trub into a second dispensing keg, put it in the fridge, force carbonate it and enjoy.
What would happen if, when fermatation is complete, the fermentation keg is sealed and then used as the dispensing keg? The first pint or so to be discarded as it would be mostly yeast/trub.
Yeast autolysis would be neglible inside the 4 week time frame and trub degradation may not be a factor.
Now, aside from the fact that this may be considered sloppy brewing, can anyone give me technical reasons before I ruin 5 gal of good beer? Cloudy beer is fine with me so long as it tastes good.
Cheers!!
What would happen if, when fermatation is complete, the fermentation keg is sealed and then used as the dispensing keg? The first pint or so to be discarded as it would be mostly yeast/trub.
Yeast autolysis would be neglible inside the 4 week time frame and trub degradation may not be a factor.
Now, aside from the fact that this may be considered sloppy brewing, can anyone give me technical reasons before I ruin 5 gal of good beer? Cloudy beer is fine with me so long as it tastes good.
Cheers!!