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Ster

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I am going to go ahead and rack to a secondary for this brew. The reason: I sugar carb in mini kegs, and ever racking befire filling the kegs, I get huge yeast cakes on the bottom that affect taste, and make the first few beers cloudy.

So, I am not sure the best order. My plan is after FG, rack to 2ndary, and dry hop.. then cold crash in 2ndary a few days before bottling. Is that order correct, or shoukd I drop hop in the primary?
 
And I'd wait for 4 weeks or more before dry hopping, then transfer to your mini kegs. That extra time in the fermenter lets more yeast settle out for less yeast in the mini kegs.
 
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