laserghost
Well-Known Member
hi guys,
would love some opinions here. i just brewed a 1.055 saison on 8/30 with WY3711 and mashed 148149 for 120 minutes, and it's going to be my last brew in this apartment/region. in 34 weeks i'm moving across the country from cambridge, ma to austin, tx (a long way). the beer will be on it's 3rd or 4th week by then. i usually keg, and do so at week 3 or 4, but i was strongly considering bottle conditioning this batch (because it's a saison). the problem is, i'm not sure i'll have the time / resources to do it if my apartment is mostly packed up at that time.
from previous saison experience with this yeast, it gets most of the job done in the first 12 weeks, and then over the next 2 weeks it continues to chow on remaining sugars to a very low FG. i'm not sure that it will be completely finished by the move, though probably very close. i was thinking of just kegging it when it's close to done as a "secondary", and bringing a little chunk of yeast along for the ride, then transporting it in the car to the new place and give it a little burp now and then, but leaving some pressure on it. then when i get there and settled, it will be done fermenting and i could either bottle or just keep in the keg and carb it.
am also considering priming in the keg and letting it carb up in the keg after the 34 weeks in primary, but would this be too soon? maybe it would be the perfect time. i have a beergun, so i could bottle it if i wanted to, or just leave in the keg and serve it.
thoughts? better ideas? thanks!
would love some opinions here. i just brewed a 1.055 saison on 8/30 with WY3711 and mashed 148149 for 120 minutes, and it's going to be my last brew in this apartment/region. in 34 weeks i'm moving across the country from cambridge, ma to austin, tx (a long way). the beer will be on it's 3rd or 4th week by then. i usually keg, and do so at week 3 or 4, but i was strongly considering bottle conditioning this batch (because it's a saison). the problem is, i'm not sure i'll have the time / resources to do it if my apartment is mostly packed up at that time.
from previous saison experience with this yeast, it gets most of the job done in the first 12 weeks, and then over the next 2 weeks it continues to chow on remaining sugars to a very low FG. i'm not sure that it will be completely finished by the move, though probably very close. i was thinking of just kegging it when it's close to done as a "secondary", and bringing a little chunk of yeast along for the ride, then transporting it in the car to the new place and give it a little burp now and then, but leaving some pressure on it. then when i get there and settled, it will be done fermenting and i could either bottle or just keep in the keg and carb it.
am also considering priming in the keg and letting it carb up in the keg after the 34 weeks in primary, but would this be too soon? maybe it would be the perfect time. i have a beergun, so i could bottle it if i wanted to, or just leave in the keg and serve it.
thoughts? better ideas? thanks!
