Interesting info on real ale in corny kegs

[Whorst]

Most of them don't do it right because they can't. Port Brewing, or Pizza Port uses a cask breather. You never get the air induction, so the flavor never peaks. You have to really move it to not use a cask breather. With the amount of hops they use, I'm not sure it matters anyway. I'm trying to create that insane malt & hop profile with a beer that's 3.5-4%+ that's English in nature. My Landlord clone didn't taste like the same beer served two days after it was tapped. The flavor change was dramatic, and being that I don't really brew for my own consumption, more for entertaining, the air thing is not a problem.

[Madbrewer]

My Landlord clone didn't taste like the same beer served two days after it was tapped. The flavor change was dramatic, and being that I don't really brew for my own consumption, more for entertaining, the air thing is not a problem.

OK I'm going to try this ...... I'm going to use my mini corny for dispense and allow a small amount of air in when i transfer and see what it's like two days later. Would a method like this work do you think? .... open small corny lid, connect liquid disconnect, connect other disconnect to BIG corny, apply pressure, let it flow until half full, disconnect disconnects & put lid on small corny (no gas yet). Leave 6 hours. Then Gas up 5psi with co2. Then taste two days later?

[Whorst]

That sounds like it would work. I'm just going to pull a couple of pints and seal it back up, being it'll have natural co2 in solution. I just attach the gas side, which allows the air to flow inside the corny.

[Madbrewer]

Doesn't the keg have to be pressurized to transfer?

I want to transfer some first so as to 'not' turn 3/4 of a corny into drain fodder. But attaching the disconnects the greater pressue will force the liquid through whatever low pressure area there is. In this case it will flow through to the bottom of corny number 2.

[flytact]

I just attach the gas side, which allows the air to flow inside the corny.

Before I got my breather I would simply pull up the relief valve and twist the ring-ding so it stayed up during the session.
When finished, release the relief valve and hit it with a bit of CO2, never knowing when I might have another round. But that's another topic.