Kegging Clarification

[RedRaiderDavid]

Hello, I'm new to kegging and have been reading a ton of great information but have a few questions to clarify. Please correct me if any part of my plan is incorrect.

I currently have a Kolsh that has been in the fermenter for a few days and primary fermentation is slowing down. Normally if I was going to bottle I would wait until the primary phase completed (1-2 weeks) and then transfer to the secondary getting the beer off of the trub and wait a few more weeks before bottling.

Since I am kegging my plan was to skip the secondary fermenter and go straight to the keg and then carbonate with the set it and forget it method. Should I leave the beer in the primary fermenter any longer to let it condition or would kegging it after 2 weeks be OK?

Since the beer is being kegged during the conditioning phase will putting the keg in the fridge hooked up to CO2 affect this process? Assuming it will slow it down but will the beer still condition at serving temp? I'm not in a hurry to drink it but if I have space in the kegerator I would rather just put it in there and forget about it.

 

[billl]

Personally, I wait until the beer has dropped clear before kegging. Whether you wait for that to happen in a primary or secondary is really up to you. How you package the beer shouldn't really impact how you brew it 99% of the time.

You can transfer it to keg right away if you want, but anything that is in suspension will just settle to the bottom of your keg. Not a huge deal, but you will get a couple pints of sludge before it dispenses clear.