Secondary Fermentation in Corny?

[Moose777]

I suffer from a problem I would bet many do, impatience. I have a temperature controlled fermentation area for two carboys..

I need to brew more beer so can I use some of my emplty corny kegs to put the beer in and just bleed out the o2 with c02?
If so I can either store in my keezer at 45 degrees or at room temp...70-80.

Any feedback appreciated.

 

[tidehouse]

I've seen airlocks on corny kegs. Maybe remove one of the input/output posts and replace it with an airlock, then switch it back when you want to carbonate?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/airlock-corny-118243/

 

[android]

if the beer is done fermenting, you can definitely do a secondary in the keg. you can store it at room temp for a few weeks, or cold condition it. to limit the amount of stuff you get in the keg, i would recommend cold crashing the primary for a few days before you rack into the keg.

 

[Moose777]

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah it's only been in primary a week but hyrdometer readings have been the same for three days and I need the fermentation area space to brew a new batch.

 

[Poindexter]

You're good to go man. I primary in Cornies with Notti Yellow and #56 Chico with good temp control.

Not a stunt I would try with a hefe yeast of course.

With stable gravity leave the keg fully assembled, take the lid off, burp some CO2 through the black post, rack, re-apply lid, put a piece of hose on an otherwise empty grey post, stick the end of the hose in a beer bottle with some water in it, leqave it for months and months and months, no worries about UV. Handy handle on that carboy also.

 

[Moose777]

Poindexter, your post and even better, your Gallery, was an epiphany.

THANK YOU.

 

[sunblock]

My only worry would be extra sediment when it comes time to serve out of the keg, but you could also saw a little bit of length of the pickup line to help with that.

 

[tidehouse]

Anyone ever tried to secondary in an unmodified corny and just burp it every now and then?

 

[Moose777]

Anyone ever tried to secondary in an unmodified corny and just burp it every now and then?

This is what I'm doing.. racked to the sanitized corny keg, connected the c02, burped it off a bit, disconnected c02 and it's stored ..

 

[david_42]

If you think yeast is going to be a problem, you can either filter or draw off enough beer to get clear flow, then use a transfer coupler (out to out) to move it to a new keg.

 

[petep1980]

I've had a batch lagering in my corney for weeks and I plan on letting is sit until Oktoberfest. I haven't burped it yet.

You may want to just put the usual 5psi on it though when you seal the o-ring though.

I can fit 2 corneys in kegger, so I use it to tap one, and lager another. It's a pretty good set up. You do need backup bottles though because using set & forget for every 6 weeks with something tapped your down for 2 weeks.