I want to try and skip the racking from fermentor to keg step.
This is a theoretical concept I am kicking around. The small details can wait for later.
Remove the spear from a fully functional sanke keg.
Place 10 gallons of wort into the sanke keg.
Hook up a blow off tube.
A 15 gallon sanke keg would provide 5 gallons of head space.
After three weeks fermenting remove the blow off tube, put the spear back in and seal up the keg, then the following:
Dropping the temperature to 35 degrees sends the yeast in the yeast cake into hibernation. No Autolysis???
I'm thinking of a NEW idea here.
The benefits to this, is that if would allow you to skip one step in the brewing process: racking to the keg.
Looking for reasons why this would work or not work.
This is a theoretical concept I am kicking around. The small details can wait for later.
Remove the spear from a fully functional sanke keg.
Place 10 gallons of wort into the sanke keg.
Hook up a blow off tube.
A 15 gallon sanke keg would provide 5 gallons of head space.
After three weeks fermenting remove the blow off tube, put the spear back in and seal up the keg, then the following:
- chill the keg/fermentor to 35 degrees,
- pressurize to 12PSI from a CO2 tank,
- 3 weeks later hook up to a tap,
- run tap until clear,
- drink right out of the primary and enjoy
I'm thinking of a NEW idea here.
The benefits to this, is that if would allow you to skip one step in the brewing process: racking to the keg.
Looking for reasons why this would work or not work.