MGM

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Apologies if this has been beaten to death, and I'm sure it's an extremely basic question. If I carb a beer, and then take it off CO2, how long will that keg stay viable for use? Is there a different process involved? I ask because I'm brewing a beer for a buddy, and he wants to keg it and keep it at his house, but doesn't want to buy a tank/regulator. Works out for me, because I'll be able to use the keg as well in the long run.

cfonnes

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If he is just storing the keg it will last for years. If he is trying to serve from it he will get a few beers then the pressure will be gone.

phuzle

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You can probably dispense the first 8 pints before you run into problems. I don't know personally, but thats what a friend told me who used those little co2 cartridges to keep his keg with enough pressure to dispense.

MGM

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Excellent, thanks. Bottling it is!

erikpete18

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You could also try one of these if he wanted to spend a little money. If heard they work real well for dispensing a keg during a single day, not sure how they would work as a primary dispenser during an extended time frame. I'd maybe be worried about under/over carbing once the beer got low, but it still might be better than bottling .