Update...I opened one of the bottles over the weekend and it's already quite carbonated. I'm thinking somewhere between 2.5 and 3 volumes of CO2 with only one week of carbonation. I am leaning towards waiting another two weeks and then just throwing the lot into a fridge. It's pretty damn...
So I brewed an Orval clone with mash temp 152 and initial gravity 1.059. Fermented in primary for a week with a free rise from 57 F to 72 F, then transferred to secondary, added two bottles of Orval dregs and let it sit for three weeks at 59 F. The final gravity was 1.008.
I did a few things...
As the subject line says, I've got a 3 gallon ball lock and want to trade it for two 5 gallon ball lock kegs or $70. I'm looking to increase my kegging capacity. Local only, please.
The keg is a single plastic handle style keg. It holds pressure and I just cleaned and sanitized it. You will...
You can pull it off if you skip the lager phase. Make your wort and chill to pitching temps...a little less than 50 F. Have a large starter of lager yeast and chill it to a couple degrees lower than your wort...somewhere around 46 F to 48 F. The WLP 820 / Wyeast 2206 seems to fit the style, but...