when to gas the keg

[gary.barker]

can anyone tell me after fermenting has finnished and i syphon the brew into the keg. how long do i leave it to settle .because i have been gasing it up straight away and the brew is fine but cloudy.can you tell me your procedure .thanks

[Dogger Dan]

I always gas mine when it gets cold.

Dogger

[Hashie]

I naturally carbonate my kegs. This makes the beer cloudy at first, but always clears up pretty quick.

[Aussie Claret]

Gary,
You don't mention if you rack to secondary or not, but personally I rack to a secondary after about 4-5 days or 3/4 of the way through fermentation. This removes the beer off the yeast bed which help to prevent any off flavours and helps clear the beer. I then let the secondary sit for at least 2 weeks if not longer and depending on the type of beer, cold condition in the secondary; basically the longer you leave the beer in the secondary it gives the beer greater time to clear and condition.
So minimum 4-5 days in primary, 2 weeks in secondary (usually longer), then tranfer to keg. Cold conditioning (in fridge) in the secondary also has another benefit, when I gas my kegs I do them cold which helps the beers absorb the co2 more easily then when the beer is warm.

If you are going straight from primary into keg, the beer probably hasn't had sufficient time to clear.
Cheers
AC

[gary.barker]

thanks for the advise and i havent done secondary yet.dut i will on this next brew .but do i put the secondary on the shelf for 2 weeks .or in the fridge.anyway after the 2 weeks ill drop that brew into keg leave in fridge for 24hours then gas up is that correct thanks.gary

[Shaun]

Gary I rack, then keg and gas straight away. First beer is cloudy the rest are clear and bright.

[Aussie Claret]

Gary,
Secondary really should be stored at the recommended temperature for the yeast type you are using, 18-22c for ales or 8-13c for lagers, as a guide.
I just mentioned the cold storage prior to gasing as the gas is absorbed better when the beer is cold.

Once kegged I store all my full kegs in the fridge to cold condition (I've got five and only two taps) so depending on how much I drink or how many friends come over depends on how long the kegs get to condition, but I try for at least a month especially for lagers, ales doesn't matter so much.
Cheers
AC

[gary.barker]

thanks again for all the advice from all of you .im just about to put another brew down and ill let you know how i go .