BrewMehr
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When primary fermentation has stopped, I cold crash, rack into a keg and immediately apply CO2. I then allow my brews to naturally carbonate for about 2 weeks at 50°. I'll also do any dry hopping in the keg during these two weeks. This allows me to easily sample through draft as the beer matures and carbonates.
Is there any downside to the CO2 addition on secondary vs racking into a carboy for secondary and then racking again to a keg for carbonation? Besides the dry hopping on CO2, this method seems to very closely follow what bottle conditioning would do except I'm doing it through applied CO2 and in a keg.
Also, if I were to cellar a keg, should I do it before or after carbonation?
TIA
Is there any downside to the CO2 addition on secondary vs racking into a carboy for secondary and then racking again to a keg for carbonation? Besides the dry hopping on CO2, this method seems to very closely follow what bottle conditioning would do except I'm doing it through applied CO2 and in a keg.
Also, if I were to cellar a keg, should I do it before or after carbonation?
TIA
