Corney keg for conditioning

[Brian-d]

I usually leave my beer in the primary for 3-4 weeks and have found this works better than moving to a secondary fermentor. My question is this: I just started kegging and love it...if I have a brew ready to move from the primary to a keg, can I rack over and purge out the oxygen in the head space and leave the beer under say 10-15 psi for a period of time without hooking up to co2? I would keep the keg cold 35-38 and just consider it longer conditioning time? I would appreciate your experience and comments

 

[jaycount]

Yep. I do this because my kegerator only holds 2 kegs but I like having a third ready to be swapped in once one is empty. Be sure to check the keg for slow leaks!

 

[TheMan]

Absolutely do this. You can even leave it out at room temp. It will age a bit quicker, so depending on the beer that is good or bad. But many people do this.

 

[TopherM]

I've started just using priming sugar in the keg and letting them condition and carb just like a giant bottle at about 70F in a dark closet. My kegorator also only fits two, but I own 4 kegs. Between the two kegs in the kegorator, two kegs conditioning and carbing, and four cases of bottles that are always in flux, I usually have a pipeline of 3-4 ready to drink beer styles from brewing about once every 2-3 weeks.