re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread

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you won't. Let it sit at 35 overnight, then in the morning bleed off the pressure and set it to whatever you serve it at and leave it.

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This.

But this will only work if your beer is already cold. If it's 65 when you keg it, you'll need more time for it to carbonate.

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Thanks for all the rocking advice, but the keg will just be sitting for 4 days anyway. I'd rather not take the chance of overcarbonating it with the rocking method. I know it's a possibility and just doesn't seem worth it given that it will sit for 4 days anyway.

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I understand but it's just the way I've always done it. Not for everyone.

I'd rather completely carb the beer immediately then let it settle out over the next day or two while taking samples occasionally

Be very careful force carbing fresh super hoppy IPAs. If you shake them to hell then purge the headspace to serve you'll blow all your aroma and citrusy flavor away and/or lose hop oils to particulates that then settle. I suggest no shaking at all. I purge my keg with co2 before transfer, then I just put it in the keg, carb to 5 psi, purge 2x to get rid of any O2, then 30 psi for 24 hours in the kegerator just with the co2 in the headspace. Then drop the pressure to 12 and just let the beer reach perfect carbonation over a week by pouring a pint every day.

Dont

I rarely rack a beer. I did this week because of the excessive trub and pending dry hopping. Otherwise I'd only rack if leaving it in the fermenter for an extended period of time

I always secondary in a carboy to dryhop ipas, but that's 3-5 oz hops and I like to work the siphoning/rack to put it in the keg without hops residue. For stouts and Belgians I usually rack into a keg and cellar it til drinking day.

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I am on the opinion that secondary for normal beers only increases the chances that I screw something up. I try to transfer my beers as little as possible to decrease the exposure to O2 or bacteria.

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:kige:

Anyone brewing over the holiday weekend?

My plan is to brew a Trippel on Friday/Saturday. If I brew on Friday I may try to get another batch in on Sunday.

I have the opposite problem; I can't brew more until I keg the batches of stout and hard cider in my fermenters!

Yes...
Check bargain fittings though for ball valves etc.