Too early to keg?

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So pitched a brew on Thursday with a decent pitch of Nottingham ale yeast.

OG 1:050
By Saturday it's down to 1:011 and that's pretty much bang on what I was after.

Now the question is, do I

A) leave in the primary for a couple of weeks as per normal?
B) keg now, add priming sugar then leave for a few weeks?

Hoping that while the beer is carbonating the keg is also acting as a secondary fermenter.

Thoughts guys?
 
No need to leave for a fortnight but give it a couple of days and taste. If there's no diacetyl or acetaldehyde and the yeast looks to be dropping out, I'd consider packaging. Make sure gravity is stable too.
 
I'm with Mants on this one, you're going to condition with a secondary fermentation anyway. So I can't see how leaving it in the fermenter is going to help. Just give it an extra week in the keg before serving if you want it to condition further.
 
Think I'm going to go the gelatine option in a secondary, chucked it in the keezer yesterday to get it cold.

I'll keg/bottle after that. Have high hope for this beer :)
 

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