Lagering.

[yardy]

gday B) ,

moving my Vienna Lager from secondary today for lagering and wondering what the preffered process is, should I burp the keg and just sit the beer under a bed of CO2 or force carb and lager for a month once it's gassed ?

cheers
Yard

 

[wambesi]

gday B) ,

moving my Vienna Lager from secondary today for lagering and wondering what the preffered process is, should I burp the keg and just sit the beer under a bed of CO2 or force carb and lager for a month once it's gassed ?

cheers
Yard

I've previously lagered either in the primary or secondary, but then I have only just 'upgraded' to kegs.
Using kegs I guess would be similar in naturally priming them, I'm happy to be corrected but I think simply lagering under a CO2 layer in the keg would be good, and carb up later.

 

[Tony M]

I dont think it will make a great difference. Depending what temp you fermented at, you could already have half your required dissolved CO2 in the beer. I lager in gerrys with the air squeezed out which leaves the expensive kegs free.

 

[yardy]

gday guys,

ferment was @ 8*C approx with a 24 hr diacetyl rest, chilled back to 4*C, transferred to 2ndary and now it's in the kegerator at the same temp, i would leave it in the 2ndary but i prefer to have a bed of CO2 over it, I'll keg, force carb and leave it i think.

thanks for the replies fellas

cheers
Yard