Keeping a Keg Cold

Collecting gear and looking for stuff to buy and I have a question.

I was planning on only using a single chest freezer to ferment and to keep the keg cold. I would do this by fermenting a Carboy until its done, then transfer the contents to the Keg and adjust the temperature. Once the keg is low and I am ready to start another batch, I would take the keg out and readjust for fermenting.

Question is... will the beer in the keg go bad if I leave it out of the cold for a couple of weeks while the next batch is coming?

Alternately I suppose that once the keg comes out I can bottle the rest of it and throw it in the house fridge.

What do do you guys think? TIA

UnBrewsual said:

Question is... will the beer in the keg go bad if I leave it out of the cold for a couple of weeks while the next batch is coming?

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No if your sanitation practices are good, your beer will not go bad in a keg kept at room temperature.

I do the same, but brew double batches and fill 2 kegs. If I get the itch to brew again before the kegs are kicked I empty the kegs into bottles. Bottle into cold bottles before you take the keg out though. If you move the keg and then bottle you'll have lots of sediment and foam when bottling.

Why not just leave the keg in the chamber? It will be warmer than I would want for serving but......

kh54s10 said:

Why not just leave the keg in the chamber? It will be warmer than I would want for serving but......

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That isn't a terrible idea either, I guess I could do that depending on the ambient temperaturethanks

I convinced myself that I needed a kegerator =) I found a Sanyo mini fridge for 60 bucks, 4433S is the model. I will start gutting it out next weekend.