Kegging, and leaving for a couple weeks.

[nedrierson78]

Any problem with putting fermented beer in my 5 gal kegs and letting it sit for a few weeks? Would you put a few psi on it over a few weeks?

Do people use kegs as a secondary fermenter?

Thanks.

 

[dbrewski]

If you sanitize the keg and hook up the co2 and purge all the o2 it works fine. I don't really secondary.

 

[nedrierson78]

What psi do you leave it at if you are going to let is sit for a few weeks?

 

[beaksnbeer]

8-12psi depending on style basic Set and Forget method

 

[dbrewski]

Well, we are not talking about carbing are we? Just storing it. I have a three tap kegerator, and a temp controlled freezer that I use to carb kegs. If everything is full, I have filled a keg as I described and let it sit for a week or two. If you want to be carbing during that time, there are plenty of threads about natural and force carbing on here.

 

[dbrewski]

But short story is that at room temp force carbing requires 30psi for set and forget, I'm pretty sure. I don't do it myself.

 

[nedrierson78]

I just want to keg it and forget for a couple weeks. I want the beer carbed after three weeks. Just wondering the psi to store the beer at, and how long I can store the beer in the keg. Storage will be at room temp.

I'm worried about over-carbing if I put too much psi into the keg and leave it for a few weeks.

 

[dbrewski]

28-30 psi at room temp for about 10-12psi at 40F, depending on your room temp. Read this:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/using-force-carbonation-chart-237897/

Google is your friend.

 

[nedrierson78]

Thanks. I will try 30 psi and see what happens after a few weeks.