DME/cornsugar carbing in Keg

[exc503]

Due to time constraints I have been sitting on a Saison in a carboy for 2 months, my original plan was the bottle and carb with DME/corn-sugar, but was thinking in the interest of saving time, just dump it in the keg, and add DME/corn-sugar, let it carb up and then either serve from keg, or bottle.

Any thoughts on this route for a Saison?

I think it may make more uniform carbonation across the batch, and save me a few hours. Let it sit in the keg for 2 weeks then drop it in the kegerator to cold crash.

 

[Revvy]

Add a pack of this, and you'll be golden.

 

[exc503]

How does this interact with any yeast currently in the beer that will "wake up" when primed?

 

[Revvy]

They'll have a gang fight like the sharks and the jets in West side story, and the winner gets the turf (your beer) ....

They'll work together and get your beer carbed faster than if you were relying on just the older, more tired yeast.

 

[exc503]

If I hear snapping coming from that keg....

Ok, sounds good. Ordered a pack. Hopefully get this beer moving along again.

 

[Revvy]

If I hear snapping coming from that keg....

Ok, sounds good. Ordered a pack. Hopefully get this beer moving along again.

It's a fun yeast to play with... that and different sugars (dme, corn or table) are what I mess with when natural carbing some beers in the keg to try to recreate a Cask Ale.