Earlier I posted here that it was a PITA to vent the Sanke keg (in order to stabilize an overcarbed beer). In particular, a Sanke coupler without manual PR Valve. If your Sanke Coupler does have a manual PR valve, as Im told most do, then this post is two minutes youre never getting back.
Heres the old PITA method.
However, There Is (as The Crystal Method asserted back in 1996) Hope.
The first time you vent your 30PSI beer, youll have to use the old PITA method, I have been informed, in order to avoid a beer shower. (I haven't risked it myself.)
Once you know the pressures already low, (reading say 10PSI from the regulator), but the beers still coming out like angry ice-cream, you can simply do the following:
You can do all these steps 1-6 without messing about with hose-clamps and check valves, and of course the coupler, so it saves time and hassle, particularly over multiple iterations.
My first iterations were 2 mins, then 10 mins, then 20 mins. I'm just about to do 40 mins. So far, I've gone from this:
...to this:
Finally, my regulator seems to be (touch wood, fingers crossed) reading the correct pressure much more quickly. Any comments on managing regulator readings much appreciated.
There Is Hope.
Heres the old PITA method.
- Turn Off the Gas at the Bottle
- Remove the Coupler
- Unscrew the Gas In Hose Clamp at the Coupler, and Disconnect the Hose
- Remove the Check Valve on Gas In at the Coupler
- Reinsert and Press Down the Coupler (HISS!!)
- Remove the Coupler Again
- Replace the Check Valve on Gas In
- Reattach the Gas In Hose and Clamp
- Replace the Coupler
- Turn On the Gas Again
However, There Is (as The Crystal Method asserted back in 1996) Hope.
The first time you vent your 30PSI beer, youll have to use the old PITA method, I have been informed, in order to avoid a beer shower. (I haven't risked it myself.)
Once you know the pressures already low, (reading say 10PSI from the regulator), but the beers still coming out like angry ice-cream, you can simply do the following:
- Twist the outlet on your gas bottle to closed.
- Twist toward the open position the nut circled in red (mines actually a finger-grip type rather than the spanner / wrench type pictured) until you hear it hiss.
- Leave it for 10 mins
- Tighten it up, turn the gas back on to serving pressure, and pour a pint to see if its changed into lovely beer, gratefully giving you appropriate head (it wont have changed the first time, BTW).
- Repeat until it has changed to your desired carbonation
- RDWHAHB (albeit in various stages of carbonation)
You can do all these steps 1-6 without messing about with hose-clamps and check valves, and of course the coupler, so it saves time and hassle, particularly over multiple iterations.
My first iterations were 2 mins, then 10 mins, then 20 mins. I'm just about to do 40 mins. So far, I've gone from this:
...to this:
Finally, my regulator seems to be (touch wood, fingers crossed) reading the correct pressure much more quickly. Any comments on managing regulator readings much appreciated.
There Is Hope.
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