Have been kegging for awhile now and don't even beer gun entries for comps much anymore. Question?: should I be worried? Have a scotch ale and a barleywine I want to bottle. The scotch ale should be no problem, it's been forced carbed for months now, but the barleywine is only 3 weeks old...2 weeks in primary fermenter with OG 1.090 and (F)G of 1.019. The BW also sat at room temp for ~ 1 week to dryhop in the keg and to finish up. The BW is currently cold crashing in the keg. So...should I be worried? I only took the 1 FG gravity...I know..RDWAHAHB : ) ps I plan on using some old carb drops in the BW ( 2 per bomber) because they are there : )
As long as you still purge the bottle with CO2 before filling, a beer gun isn't required. I use a shortened racking tube with a picnic tap.
I suppose I could, but did I mention the keg was @ 30psi? (I always raise the pressure to ensure the keg seals and for cold crashing)
For some reason, I'm really tempted to sanitize a few bottles overnight. I'll put them down into the bottom of a keg, (after carbonating), and I'll just pull them out when the keg kicks. I'll have full beers that are ready for competition.
I'd degas like @MrOH suggested. Also, I would avoid carb drops personally. Anytime I have used them in the past they leave flakes in the beer floating around. They don't drop out of solution either, just float around and make it ugly. I have beers in the cellar that I used them in and years later it is a flake fest when I pour them.
That would work. If he didn't keg/cold crash right after taking that first reading, in which case it could read the same but still might not be done. ETA: you could force ferment test the sample first.
Update: Pulled BW out of cold crash and shit canned yeast from bottom of keg. Keg to remain at room temp for 10 days and then dh hops will be pulled and keg cold crashed again. Will bottle in about a month...unless you can think of any better ideas : )
