First time Kegging successful!

[Coy-Boy]

I kegged for the first time tonight. To bad this one will need to age for a YEAR! OG 1.100 FG 1.028. My hydrometer sample was TASTY!! It's going to be hard to leave this one alone.
Should I let it bulk age or do you guys think I should carb it and let it sit in the kegerator for the next year?

 

[kip]

You are going to age it for a year in a keg? I would think maybe a month and it should be good and even that is being patient

 

[Coy-Boy]

I don't want to wait that long but everything I have read says that something this big should age for a year minimum. I am sure I will sample in a couple months to make sure its okay!

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

First time Kegging successful!

Did you purge all the oxygen out? If not, it ain't making it a year. My first keg was good, until about the last two or three days then the oxygen damage started to become apparent.

 

[Coy-Boy]

No I didn't. THANKS for the warning. I will go do that now. How many times do you need to purge, just a couple? Should I just hook it up to the gas and then pull the relief valve?

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Yup- two to three times should be plenty. I think a year is overdoing it a little, but I would age it... Toss it in the closet where it's out of site and at a constant temp (or some place that meets those requirements).

 

[Coy-Boy]

Thanks for the input. I didn't want to wait that long anyway! Just going by what the recipe said in "Brewing Classic Styles". It said to wait 1 to 3 years. I will try it in a couple months.

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Another wonderful thing about a keg- Try some, even drink half of it, take it off tap, age it, and come back to it later! Enjoy your draft!

PS If you need a second opinion on it aged, check out 'we don't need no stinking beer gun' thread and I will PM my address haha