I'm planning a lager for next weekend. I have a kegerator with Inkbird temp controller that can serve as a fermentation chamber for both fermentation and lagering, but I've not managed to evict the current tenant, a delitious hazelnut porter that I'm trying to keep around as long as I can.
My kegerator can hold two cornys or the 7 gallon fermenter by itself.
My plan is to unhook the porter, store it in a cool corner of my basement, and put the fermenter with the lager in the kegerator for stage 1 of fermentation. When the fermenter comes out of the kegerator for the diacetyl rest, I can put the Porter back in. After the the fermenter rests a room temp a couple of days, I would transfer the lager into a second corny and place into the fridge next to the corny with the porter. The lagering temp would not be ideal for serving a porter, but I could live with it (of course I would compensate the CO2 pressure for the lower temps).
I'm pretty confident the keg with the porter holds pressure well. I replaced all the o-rings recently.
Do you think the plan to unhook the porter and let it sit untapped for a few weeks while the lager ferments could ruin my beer? Maybe unhooking half-used kegs and storing them outside the kegerator/keezer is commonly done, but I'm new at this and need some reassurance I won't screw it all up too badly!
My kegerator can hold two cornys or the 7 gallon fermenter by itself.
My plan is to unhook the porter, store it in a cool corner of my basement, and put the fermenter with the lager in the kegerator for stage 1 of fermentation. When the fermenter comes out of the kegerator for the diacetyl rest, I can put the Porter back in. After the the fermenter rests a room temp a couple of days, I would transfer the lager into a second corny and place into the fridge next to the corny with the porter. The lagering temp would not be ideal for serving a porter, but I could live with it (of course I would compensate the CO2 pressure for the lower temps).
I'm pretty confident the keg with the porter holds pressure well. I replaced all the o-rings recently.
Do you think the plan to unhook the porter and let it sit untapped for a few weeks while the lager ferments could ruin my beer? Maybe unhooking half-used kegs and storing them outside the kegerator/keezer is commonly done, but I'm new at this and need some reassurance I won't screw it all up too badly!