I kegged and put my new brew in the Kegerator about a week ago. It has been chilling at about 35 degrees since Saturday. I just went to check it out, and realized I never turned on my CO2 tank to carb it. Did I screw up a batch of beer? I sure hope not, the ingredients cost me about 50 bucks. LOL. It has been cold and sitting in the keg, so I think I am ok, but thought I’d throw it out to the experts. Thoughts?
It should be fine. If you never purged the keg there might be a small amount of oxidation but that won’t ruin the beer.
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Unless you took oxidation countermeasures, it’s probably oxidized.
But many don’t care or even like oxidation so carbonate and let us know.
I didn’t, i put it in the keg, sealed it up and put it in the kegerator, so I am going to hope for the best. LOL. If not, well then I guess another brew day will be sooner than I thought. LOL.
Just curious, what was the beer? You probably might be OK if it is not a really light beer like a pilsner.
IPA clone. I am going to let it sit for a few days. I have to work starting tomorrow anyway, so I won’t be able to drink it. LOL
As Tommy said, it won’t ruin the beer. You need to eliminate the head space of oxygen by purging the head space of the keg as soon as it is filled and then put at least a small amount of pressure to keep it sealed (and it’s best to purge the keg with Co2 before filling too). So if you didn’t do that you will have some oxidation. Keeping it cold slows down the effects of oxidation so you have that going for you. At worst it may shorten the shelf life of the beer but $20 says you will never notice it.
Thank you. When I realized it, I filled it with CO2 and let it out, then filled it again, so hopefully that will help. I will keep you all posted