Not sure where to post so I'll drop it here...
I'm planning another RIS that will take a solid month plus to complete fermentation and then age for a year or longer.
Previously it was fermented "normally" in a bucket/carboy and transferred to a keg for long term (year plus) aging, leaving all the trub and oak chips behind. I use a couple/few ounces of oak chips in the fermenter.
Since I've moved into "ferment & serve from same keg" for most all my beers...my question is what concerns or issues will I face by dumping everything, including OAK CHIPS, into the keg and let it ferment and then leave everything in the keg (trub, yeast cake, oak chips) for over a year before I then serve the same keg.
I do use a floating dip tube and the oak chips will drop to the bottom along with everything else.
Primarily I'm concerned with the oak chips being in the beer for a year or longer. I see breweries doing imperials in old oak barrels for long term so I'm guessing/hoping that having oak chips in the serving keg all along up until the last pint is drunk will be fine.
I'm planning another RIS that will take a solid month plus to complete fermentation and then age for a year or longer.
Previously it was fermented "normally" in a bucket/carboy and transferred to a keg for long term (year plus) aging, leaving all the trub and oak chips behind. I use a couple/few ounces of oak chips in the fermenter.
Since I've moved into "ferment & serve from same keg" for most all my beers...my question is what concerns or issues will I face by dumping everything, including OAK CHIPS, into the keg and let it ferment and then leave everything in the keg (trub, yeast cake, oak chips) for over a year before I then serve the same keg.
I do use a floating dip tube and the oak chips will drop to the bottom along with everything else.
Primarily I'm concerned with the oak chips being in the beer for a year or longer. I see breweries doing imperials in old oak barrels for long term so I'm guessing/hoping that having oak chips in the serving keg all along up until the last pint is drunk will be fine.