Belgian on draft

[BS_Rat]

Hi Guys,

Just planning what to brew next and get an order in for the weekend. Going to give the Bombay IPA and Gail Porter from the recipe section a bash but also wanted to brew a nice strong Belgian too. I've made a few Belgians before from extract and bottle conditioned them but now I prefer to spend time all-grain brewing and kegging them. Would it be ok to put a Belgian Trappist style ale in a keg with pub gas, or should it be kegged with CO2 only? Some recipes indicate that it must be bottled, is this actually the case, and why?

Cheers in advance!

[lovelldr]

I can't imagine that they would need to be bottled

I'm sure that when I went to chimay a few years ago, the chimay was actually on tap there, so would imagine a Belgian would be ok draft...

[bod]

i make far too many belgian ales for my livers own good, but i mostly bottle as i like to age them longer than i would care to keep them in a keg, as i want the kegs for other things.....

but you can use kegs just fine for belgians, although ive heard arguments that you cant force carb tot he volumes required/expected for the style sometimes, but i've never had an issue when i have done it, but you might need to play about with your beer line length as the pressure is greater than more of your ales.

[zgoda]

but you can use kegs just fine for belgians, although ive heard arguments that you cant force carb tot he volumes required/expected for the style sometimes, but i've never had an issue when i have done it, but you might need to play about with your beer line length as the pressure is greater than more of your ales.

Or get the tap with compensator knob. I have one and I can serve mild then weizen from the same line. Such taps are common in continental Europe, they cost about €10 when new. Celli (Italian) are the best.

[floydmeddler]

I like bottling so that I can swirl the yeast around and add it to the glass.