Long lager in the keg...should I jump?

[nostalgia]

Greets, gang. My Oktoberfest has been lagering since May, most of that time in a corny keg. I'm going to start carbing it up this week, but before I do, I'm wondering if I should I rack it to another keg with a jumper.

At first I figured that the dip tube would just suck the sediment off the bottom, but when I kicked my last keg I noticed a good bed of goop at the bottom of the keg. This is going to be served at a party, so I'd like it to be as sediment-free as possible. Is it worth the effort, or should I just dump the first pint and call it good?

Thanks,

-Joe

 

[DutchK9]

You can let it sit for awhile and then serve as is after discarding the first glass or two, or rack to another keg. I wouldn't transfer through the valve because it will suck up sediment through the long stem into your new keg. Use a auto-siphon if you have one.

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

I picked up a stainless steel filter that fits around the dip tube of the corny- I am going to be brewing today, and fermenting in a corny. I was going to put this on before syphoning my brew in (everything sanitized in starsan right now, and yes, I have a ferment bubbler/bung).

The plan is fermenting in there, and then racking it into another keg for further conditioning. Ideally, all the grog should be left in the ferment keg.