Hello,
I currently have a 2-week-old Porter in the brite tank (brite, but not sterile filtered and carbonated), which I am holding at 2oC or so to 'age'. The request from the bar is 'get it on tap as soon as possible'! I am considering racking one keg off so as to keep the bar happy, however I am not convinced the beer is at it's best yet.
My question is, is there any difference between cold aging in the brite tank or in kegs? In other words, should I keep as much as possible in the brite tank for as long as possible, only kegging as I need to, or should I just keg it all in one hit and keep the kegs in the coolroom to achieve the same aging effect? There is no further filtering or processing required, so it's really just a matter of keeping the beer in one big 'keg' vs. in individual serving kegs ... or not?
I currently have a 2-week-old Porter in the brite tank (brite, but not sterile filtered and carbonated), which I am holding at 2oC or so to 'age'. The request from the bar is 'get it on tap as soon as possible'! I am considering racking one keg off so as to keep the bar happy, however I am not convinced the beer is at it's best yet.
My question is, is there any difference between cold aging in the brite tank or in kegs? In other words, should I keep as much as possible in the brite tank for as long as possible, only kegging as I need to, or should I just keg it all in one hit and keep the kegs in the coolroom to achieve the same aging effect? There is no further filtering or processing required, so it's really just a matter of keeping the beer in one big 'keg' vs. in individual serving kegs ... or not?
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