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sandovalch
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Link Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject: Shelf life |
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Hi, I have a question:
Assuming you have a used 5 gallon Cornelius beer keg with whatever beer you are drinking. You have it at 41 deg F all of the time. 12psi CO2 carbonation.
What shelf life would you give this product? Meaning: what time the beer stays the same flavour and color before it changes?
Thanks in advance.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11121 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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All beer changes all the time, how fast depends on what kind of beer it is. What kind of beer is it? What are it's properties? (ABV, IBU, style, lager? Ale? etc). Posting the recipe would be good too.
Hop forward beers are best drunk young as they use their hop "punch" and freshness. Some like Stone Enjoy By IPA even have the best before date as part of the name. The higher the ABV, the fresher it should be consumed too (ie: IIPAs before a Pale Ale). I find my Electric Pale Ale at 4.3% is great for 6+ months (but it doesn't last that long) but IIPAs I try and get rid of within a couple of months.
Wheat beers like Belgian Wit's and Weizens are also best consumed fresh.
Some strong beers like a Russian Imperial Stout (RIS) or a Barley Wine can take a year before they're considered "acceptable" to drink and can further age/change for 10+ years. I have a RIS on tap now that I aged 1 year before putting on tap and a Barley Wine that's 3-4 years old.
Some other low ABV/low IBU/low malt flavour coloured beers like light American lagers will not tend to change much over 6-12 months.
Because of all this, I plan ahead. The colder you can keep it before it's consumed (put on tap) the better. I like to keep all of my beers near 32F.
For more info, see our recipes. I talk about this too in some places there: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/recipes
Kal
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jphussey
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Kal, or others...
If you brew a 10G batch and put it into 2x 5G kegs, do you keep both kegs cold at all times? Give you'd likely only have one of those two kegs on tap at any given time, where is that 2nd keg? In another holding freezer? If so, is it carbing up while sitting in that other freezer?
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I carb my second 5 gallon keg in basement temps (around 64 degrees). Once the first keg goes I move that one to the fridge. I used to bottle beer and leave it in the basement for 6 months plus before so I don't feel like I have any concerns with leaving the second keg at room temp.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11121 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Link Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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jphussey wrote: | If you brew a 10G batch and put it into 2x 5G kegs, do you keep both kegs cold at all times? |
Other than some very rare occasions like possibly a 12% barley wine, I always keep all my kegs cold. Keep them as cold as you can (close to 32F) and don't allow the temperature to swing. I don't make beer if I can't immediately tuck it away at a stable ~32F after kegging. I find it makes a big difference if you can keep beer cold at all times. I don't seem to be the only one - Stone Brewing, for example, is very strict about keeping all their beers cold from brewing to consumption and even mandates chilling during storage and during delivery on their trucks: http://www.stonedistributing.com/stone-difference
Quote: | Give you'd likely only have one of those two kegs on tap at any given time, where is that 2nd keg? In another holding freezer? If so, is it carbing up while sitting in that other freezer? |
It's in my conditioning fridge carb'ing up:
My keezer also holds 10 kegs and with 8 taps, I can have 2 in the wings waiting. My 2-tap kegerator also holds 3 so there's an extra one possible in there.
More info in the "Ferment and Package" part of my BREW DAY STEP BY STEP article: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/brew-day-step-by-step?page=11
Kal
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jphussey
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Hah! That's like 19 Kegs full of beer at all times, Kal. /bow
I am not worthy. Time to up my game!
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kal Forum Administrator
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