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[TeiaMarcus]

Looking for some insight about a cream ale. I finally found a beer my wife adores....a simple cream ale with sweet orange peels (10min boil). I love the fact she loves it so much, that I have dedicated one of our taps to ensure she always has her favorite flowing. The cream ale is friendly enough for almost everyone. Here lies the problem....we are running through 5gal batches pretty quickly.

Currently, we are frequently brewing the orange cream ale to ensure a backup keg. Brewing the cream ale is very simple and I am not doing a secondary for the ale. Question- After a week of primary, could I rack to keg and set under pressure for a week before serving? Would this allow enough time for this simple cream ale to further settle and also carb at the same time?

If this is the case, ensuring a happy wife/life would be a little easier. Thoughts appreciated and welcomed.... I appreciate the feedback from this group.

 

[hunter_le five]

Sure, as soon as you reach your target final gravity, you can transfer to the keg and start carbonating it. I might recommend cold crashing it a couple days first so you can leave most of the sediment behind in the keg, but you can always do the clearing in the keg and just dump the first couple pints.

My beers generally take about 2 weeks to carb up using the set-and-forget method, so if your'e trying to get it done in 1 you'll have to use one of the accelerated methods. Just take care not to over-carbonate the beer.

 

[TeiaMarcus]

Sure, as soon as you reach your target final gravity, you can transfer to the keg and start carbonating it. I might recommend cold crashing it a couple days first so you can leave most of the sediment behind in the keg, but you can always do the clearing in the keg and just dump the first couple pints.

My beers generally take about 2 weeks to carb up using the set-and-forget method, so if your'e trying to get it done in 1 you'll have to use one of the accelerated methods. Just take care not to over-carbonate the beer.

Thanks Hunter- much appreciated for the reply. I took note of your comments about clearing the keg. I kegged a Citral Pale Ale last week and I suffered from a clogged dip tube. After clearing it, I am finding small amounts of hops in my glass- little floaties. I am assuming these will clear out pretty quickly. I've only had 2 glasses of the god stuff- pretty delicious!

Thanks again for the reply

 

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do you have the option to do 1 gallon batches?