Bottle or Keg?

[bassmosphere]

I've brewed a chocolate stout (2nd week fermenting), and the fermentation activity has slowed down so there is maybe one set of bubbles every five or ten minutes.

I think it is ready to bottle or keg. Now, I don't really want to bottle it. I have 4 corny kegs for the purpose of dispensing beer, however I haven't gotten the C02 tank or quick release valves yet. Should I leave it in the carboy until I am ready with the CO2, Bottle it now, or put it in the keg now?

 

[samc]

You need to take a hydrometer sample and find out your FG number. You can certainly leave it in the primary waiting for keg parts to show up. Many of use do extended primary aging.

 

[spiny_norman]

If it was me, I'd leave it in the carboy. I'm in the camp of longer primaries (I do 4 weeks routinely), but, personally, I wouldn't want to keg it without being able to purge the head space with CO2.

 

[motobrewer]

leave it in the primary for 2 more weeks.

 

[brrman]

4 week primary is my usual. Use a hydrometer.