Gop
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Hi.
I've been making my brews (mead and cider) in a 20ish litre plastic linda beer keg, and a few weeks after it stopped bubbling, putting it straight into bottles and leaving those to mature. So far the results have been acceptable (I prefer dry cider and don't care if it's got bubbles or not).
I've been thinking on getting a nice oak cask to put the brew in after it finishes in the plastic beer keg. I'd use the keg like in ye olde times but the plastic keg has an airlock, rubber seals etc. and might be a better and cleaner bet so the brew wasn't contaminated while the yeast worked.
Questions:
1. I read folks often remove their brew to a secondary keg and let it age some before bottling. This would add a step to my procedure. Is this necessary? I guess it would allow you to remove more of the sediment. I'd have to buy another plastic beer keg for this :lol:
2. Can the brew go straight from the plastic keg to eg. an oak cask and happily mature in that up to the drinking stage?
3. After the oak cask was empty, would it be necessary to clean this out if it was kept sealed? Could the next batch be poured in, or would a good hose out be in order? Would it need a proper star san cleanout?
I've been making my brews (mead and cider) in a 20ish litre plastic linda beer keg, and a few weeks after it stopped bubbling, putting it straight into bottles and leaving those to mature. So far the results have been acceptable (I prefer dry cider and don't care if it's got bubbles or not).
I've been thinking on getting a nice oak cask to put the brew in after it finishes in the plastic beer keg. I'd use the keg like in ye olde times but the plastic keg has an airlock, rubber seals etc. and might be a better and cleaner bet so the brew wasn't contaminated while the yeast worked.
Questions:
1. I read folks often remove their brew to a secondary keg and let it age some before bottling. This would add a step to my procedure. Is this necessary? I guess it would allow you to remove more of the sediment. I'd have to buy another plastic beer keg for this :lol:
2. Can the brew go straight from the plastic keg to eg. an oak cask and happily mature in that up to the drinking stage?
3. After the oak cask was empty, would it be necessary to clean this out if it was kept sealed? Could the next batch be poured in, or would a good hose out be in order? Would it need a proper star san cleanout?