IPA quick questions

[Totem]

Hey all got my ipa just about to go into secondary after a week. My question is about keging. Do I really need to prime seeing as bitter should be flat? I could just use the co2 that I bought to pump it out of my king keg top tap? As the drink is going to be flat would it be good to rack a few times and use finings to really make the drink look nice. As I won’t be using the yeast anymore there is no need to keep so much in the suspension going into the keg? If anyone can clear these points up, yay!

Cheers.

[oxford brewer]

I never prime my beer when i keg as i like the "real ale" effect.I do however use a S30 canister to purge the o2 from the keg.I will rack the beer once into secondary and again into the keg.Then the keg gets left in my garage for 2-3 weeks then is ready for drinking.
There is a small amount of yeast left in the keg afterwards but only minimal.

[Totem]

Would is be worth using finings? With wine is best to degas before adding them, is it a different process with beer?

[steve_flack]

If you've got time then beer should drop bright eventually. It depends on what yeast you used etc how quick it will be. Finings are obviously faster but you really need the real liquid finings for real results (IMO). You don't need to degas to use finings.

[mysterio]

'Real ale' goes through a secondary fermentation in the keg so you're not doing anything un-authentic by barrel priming, which is normal practice. The pressure valve on your barrel is set fairly low so that no significant carbonation builds up - just what you'd expect in an ale.

It's up to you though, I'm sure many dont bother priming and it also means you'll be able to drink it quicker.

You could try household un-flavoured gelatin dissolved in water and heated gently for 10 minutes to fine your beer.