marke14
Beer Enthusiast
Hello folks
I am pretty new to home brewing, and I've recently purchased a Kegland kegerator. My main reason for the purchase was to have a way to easily control the temperature of the 5 gallon glass carboy I use for fermentation. I love the kegerator thus far for this purpose, as it has replaced my poor man's water-with-frozen-bottles-and-temp-controller-with-fan setup.
I am about to purchase some 5-gallon Corny kegs so I can get into the actual kegging of my beer.
I am curious, for those of you out there who use their kegerators in this way, what happens in this scenario:
You've brewed & kegged one or more keg's worth of beer, and you have it chilled pretty cold in your kegerator (maybe around 45 degrees F, give or take?). Now, you're brewing a new batch of ale and you need to keep the carboy between 65-70 degrees F for the fermentation.
I guess my questions, related to such a scenario, are, a) will the previously kegged beers be affected (in terms of flavor/aroma, carbonation, and shelf life) beyond obviously becoming warm over time, and b) is there anything I need to consider when using my kegerator in this dual-purpose way?
I am pretty new to home brewing, and I've recently purchased a Kegland kegerator. My main reason for the purchase was to have a way to easily control the temperature of the 5 gallon glass carboy I use for fermentation. I love the kegerator thus far for this purpose, as it has replaced my poor man's water-with-frozen-bottles-and-temp-controller-with-fan setup.
I am about to purchase some 5-gallon Corny kegs so I can get into the actual kegging of my beer.
I am curious, for those of you out there who use their kegerators in this way, what happens in this scenario:
You've brewed & kegged one or more keg's worth of beer, and you have it chilled pretty cold in your kegerator (maybe around 45 degrees F, give or take?). Now, you're brewing a new batch of ale and you need to keep the carboy between 65-70 degrees F for the fermentation.
I guess my questions, related to such a scenario, are, a) will the previously kegged beers be affected (in terms of flavor/aroma, carbonation, and shelf life) beyond obviously becoming warm over time, and b) is there anything I need to consider when using my kegerator in this dual-purpose way?