Aging in corney kegs

[NAZZ]

I am going to age a batch of beer in a corney keg to later give to a friend. My question is, should the keg be carbonated 1st or just stick it right into the closet and carbonate later.
Thanks NAZZ

 

[buzzkill]

yes... or yes. just make sure you purged it good. dont think it will matter.

me, I would carb it if I had room in the fridge.

 

[mojotele]

If it is going to be sitting around you might as well carb it with priming sugar. Saves you time and gas.

 

[DirtyPolock]

I would say both (at least that is what I started doing, I haven't tasted i tyet). I primed it with some sugar, and purged it with CO2. Then I hit it with about 15 PSI and let it sit there so that there is some pressure to keep the lid sealed.

 

[humann_brewing]

I used gas on an ager I have going, I didn't want the extra sediment in the corny from the carbing.

 

[RugenBrau]

That brings a question to mind. I primed a nut brown ale in a corny and was pulling off sediment the whole time. Finally I just used a counter prressure filler and bottled it and left the sediment inthe bottle. Should you bend or cut the dip tube to keep it off the bottom??????

 

[MilehighBrew]

I cut 3/4" off my tube and never get any sediment and have poured off the waste when the keg was empty and is it less than 12 oz glass. I have a RIS aging in a cornie right now, but I am going to transfer to a fresh one when I goto carb it.

 

[mojotele]

It's funny, I never have a problem with sediment when I prime my kegs. It's there, to be sure. When I kick a keg and open it up, there's always some sludge left over. Or if I accidentally overcarbonate and shake up the keg to knock some of it out, the beer is cloudy for a couple days. But, it clears back up after those couple of days.

I do let my beers ferment for at least 4 weeks and age for at least 3 weeks, though. So perhaps that has something to do with it.