Storage in a Keg

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Storage in a Keg

Post by vansrv7a » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:33 am

I'm going to be leaving in October until Christmas. Can I store carbonated beer in a keg that long? I would like to have some sitting in my fridge upon my return. If not cold in the fridge, at least in a keg and ready to go in the fridge.

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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by Graham.C » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:36 am

Depends on the style but almost certainly yes.
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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by vansrv7a » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:00 am

Thanks Graham,

It will more than likely be a light ale that I'll make prior to leaving.

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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by mr x » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:15 am

It'll store fine so long as your sanitation is good.
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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by chalmers » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:46 am

I sure hope beer can keep for 3 months in a keg, I've got homebrew close to a year old on the go now. :)

Just beer sure all of the seals are tight, so nothing leaks while you're away.

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Post by BBrianBoogie » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:56 am

chalmers wrote: Just be sure all of the seals are tight, so nothing leaks
Excellent advice :thumbup:

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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by KMcK » Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:18 pm

It also depends on how many room mates you have.
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Re: Storage in a Keg

Post by LiverDance » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:39 am

BBrianBoogie wrote:
chalmers wrote: Just be sure all of the seals are tight, so nothing leaks
Excellent advice :thumbup:
Yeah, you don't want to have to call the Keg rescue unit in :lol:
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.

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