Fett327
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
So I'm tryin to get around some confusion between various things I've been readin about a keg shelf life. Basically, I'm wondering how long a keg will last if it is pressurized and unrefrigerated (e.g. just sitting in the garage).
I know from readin the forums that many of us bottle or keg condition our beers for months at a time before refrigerating, so I am assuming that as long as you have good sanitary practice and you dont let oxygen get in there, your beer will be good for months without refrigeration.
The thing is that I've read in various other places that store bought kegs will not last more than a couple weeks unrefrigerated (I'm talkin about an untapped or CO2 pressurized keg, not one that has been hand pumped with oxygen). So what gives? Seems like a large discrepancy in shelf life time.
The main reason I ask is that I plan on buying a full keg of beer (15.5gal) for a party and then transferring the contents into three 5gal corneys. My kegerator only holds 2 corneys at a time so i wanted to let the last one sit unrefrigerated in the garage until i had space.
Anybody got a learned opinion on this?
Thanks!
So I'm tryin to get around some confusion between various things I've been readin about a keg shelf life. Basically, I'm wondering how long a keg will last if it is pressurized and unrefrigerated (e.g. just sitting in the garage).
I know from readin the forums that many of us bottle or keg condition our beers for months at a time before refrigerating, so I am assuming that as long as you have good sanitary practice and you dont let oxygen get in there, your beer will be good for months without refrigeration.
The thing is that I've read in various other places that store bought kegs will not last more than a couple weeks unrefrigerated (I'm talkin about an untapped or CO2 pressurized keg, not one that has been hand pumped with oxygen). So what gives? Seems like a large discrepancy in shelf life time.
The main reason I ask is that I plan on buying a full keg of beer (15.5gal) for a party and then transferring the contents into three 5gal corneys. My kegerator only holds 2 corneys at a time so i wanted to let the last one sit unrefrigerated in the garage until i had space.
Anybody got a learned opinion on this?
Thanks!