Boil to keg time.

[JCD127]

Brewed a Belgian Blonde using Whitelabs WLP550 Belgian Ale yeast and my OG was 1.064. Now its 1.012 with an ABV of 6.9%, which is right on target for my custom recipe. I added sweet orange peels on day 7 when I dumped the trub and the brew has been sitting in my conical since. Its cleared up significantly and the krausen layer has dropped along with most of the yeast. My gravity readings have been the same for three days now so, would it be wise to cold-crash for two days and carb in my keg or should I let it sit with the peels until about day 14 or so? 10 days seems kind of premature but, I have no more fermentation activity and its pretty clear even before crashing; tasty too. Im eager but dont want to ruin any aging etc. it still may need to go through.

 

[MaryB]

If FG has been stable 3 days you can keg. I have never used orange peel so don't know if the longer it soaks the better it gets...

 

[beerlover77]

This is probably subjective due to beer styles, strengths, etc...

Personally I've kegged early and regretted it as the beer tastes green. The yeast seem to do more then just eat sugar and spit out alcohol. I usually keg most beers around 2.5 weeks and drink them by 3 weeks.

 

[stieg000]

Never used orange peel in the fermenter, only 10min and flameout. Mostly leave coffee or cocoa nibs in for 3-5 days, probably similar for peels.

I prefer to get beers in the keg after about 10 days, let them age and carbonate for a few weeks.

 

[brewcat]

I'd keg it.

 

[JCD127]

I think I will sit tight and transfer it to my keg on day 14 (3 days from now) then crash it. I noticed some of the peels have dropped so, Ill give it a little more time. This is only my third brew and first Belgian so I definitely appreciate the feedback. Cheers [emoji482].

 

[beerlover77]

That is a cool fermentor... looks like its made from pyrex glass but with a yeast/trub trap!

 

[JCD127]

Its made from PET plastic. Its really solid and does an excellent job. Allows me to see whats going on as well.

 

[beerlover77]

Its made from PET plastic. Its really solid and does an excellent job. Allows me to see whats going on as well.

And you screw a mason jar on the bottom. Pretty cool

 

[JCD127]

And you screw a mason jar on the bottom. Pretty cool

Yes! Wide mouth jars. It came with a pint jar but I use larger ones when I dry-hop or do fruit additions. Very convenient. Theres a racking arm addon I may get as well. It came with a funnel that screws on the bottom for bottling.

 

[beerlover77]

I would suggest crashing it first and that will get a lot of particulate out of the beer and keep it out of the keg. Beer also Carb's way better when it's cold

 

[JCD127]

Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do.