Kegging day!

Dual regulator

CO2 tank and Keg

Finally picked up my CO2 today and commenced moving the Belgian into the pop keg.  The keg was rinsed with very hot water and then sanitized.  I pushed the sanitizer through the tap line by hooking up the CO2 and giving about an 8 PSI push through the system.  I found the keg to be a little finicky, the lid needs set and locked just right, or it leaks quite a bit.  Hopefully, this is not going to be a problem down the road.  I also noticed a leak out of the connector at the top without the CO2 and party tap attached.  Made a bit of a mess because of this.  It seems to be just fine with the connections on though.

Siphon running full steam

Filling up with liquid gold!

 I had a bit of trouble getting my siphon going due to a leak, but aside from that the beer moved fairly easily and quickly from carboy to keg.  Bathroom may not be the ideal kegging location, but the drop was good and mess was easy to clean up.  Once kegged, I hooked up the CO2 and started force carbonating at 30 PSI. I will check out the carbonation level tomorrow and then back it down to about 10 PSI for normal operation.  Overall, even though this was the first time, this was far less time consuming then bottling.  The whole operation took about 30 minutes even screwing around with the seal.  Thank you very much Santa!

Keg in the fridge

The beer dropped another point during the 3 week secondary ferment.  My finishing gravity clocked in at 1.018.  That puts this beer at just about 7% ABV (thanks Rooftop Brew!)  Took a swig of the sample and there was a little more bite than I expected.  I did not expect that much hop taste, but the nice Belgian ester character was there as well.  Nice alcohol warm to it as well.  Can't wait to taste it cold and carbonated!   Color is a nice yellow brown and it is much clearer than my pale.  Secondary ferment gets all the credit here as I used no finings during the boil.  Stay tuned for the taste test tomorrow!