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Offline EnkAMania

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Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« on: May 22, 2020, 12:25:51 pm »
Greetings,

I'm doing my first fermentation in the keg.  Does anyone also serve from that keg, or does everyone transfer to a serving keg.
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2020, 12:45:26 pm »
I've done both and I prefer the xfer.
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2020, 05:12:52 pm »
I've done both and I prefer the xfer.
Same here, better to get it off the trub for serving

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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2020, 07:57:58 pm »
I don’t keg but my good pal Die Beerery and many others from our forum transfer to serving vessels to spund and dispense the beer.

He will chime in for sure.

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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2020, 07:25:06 am »
I've done both and I prefer the xfer.

Did you notice any off flavors from yeast autolysis when served from he keg it was fermented in, Denny?
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2020, 07:43:08 am »
I've done both and I prefer the xfer.

Did you notice any off flavors from yeast autolysis when served from he keg it was fermented in, Denny?

Nope.  I try to blow out all the trub I can first.
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2020, 09:01:12 am »
I'll rig up a jumper.  I have 20 miles of various tubing, but never seem to have the size I need.  I have been spunding, the gas release woke the dog up at 3 am one day.  I do have the clear draught system (floating dip tube), so maybe that would help if I decide to serve in the same keg.
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2020, 01:36:33 pm »
I don’t keg but my good pal Die Beerery and many others from our forum transfer to serving vessels to spund and dispense the beer.

He will chime in for sure.

Yea you’d think he would have popped up by now. I wonder if there is something wrong with his account?

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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2020, 03:31:22 pm »
I don’t keg but my good pal Die Beerery and many others from our forum transfer to serving vessels to spund and dispense the beer.

He will chime in for sure.

Yea you’d think he would have popped up by now. I wonder if there is something wrong with his account?

Not I'm aware of.
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Re: Serving from keg that was used for fermenting
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2020, 02:17:45 pm »
i ferment in the keg sometimes,i tilt the keg so most of the sediment leans to opposite side of the pick up and when it was finished i jumped it to a fresh keg and straighten the keg slow you pick up some yeast, i managed to recirculate it pretty good in the kettle which reduced the over all sediment from the start so that helped, to answer your question i would rack it off personally
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