Leave in FV or Rack to Keg?

[dlowe1992]

Hi all,

Latest brew (4% blonde / pale) is currently in the FV. This will be the first brew I'll transfer to a shiny new corny keg that's eager for action.
I took a SG sample last night I was concerned fermentation may have stalled. It has in fact already fermented down to the target FG of 1.008 (from OG of 1.040) and is bubbling again today.

I wasn't planning to keg until next weekend (having brewed last Saturday). However, I'm now wondering whether to rack sooner or just leave it in the FV?

If I transfer sooner, I'd essentially be racking this weekend, purging and leaving in the keg for a couple of weeks before carbonating (planning to drink around Christmas).
Any danger to the beer in this scenario? It would be kept in the shed so nice and cold in this weather. I only have the one corny so can't do a second transfer once it's cleared...

Fairly sure I'm pretty safe with either scenario, but any advice welcomed.

Ta,
Dan

 

[The Baron]

Leave it until your projected time to keg it will give the yeast time to clean up impurities and also to let the beer drop clearer before kegging

 

[Stevieboy]

yep leave it in

 

[ChilledGecko]

Yeah, don't rush things. As Baron says, let everything tidy up and settle down.

 

[Sadfield]

Doing either is fine. By transferring you'll be using the corny as a maturation tank. Try it, see which suits your work flow.

 

[Twostage]

I'm assuming you are carbonating with CO2 rather than priming with sugar ?

 

[dlowe1992]

Thanks, consider it left!

I'm assuming you are carbonating with CO2 rather than priming with sugar ?

Yup, plan was to CO2 carbonate…