freshbrew07
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So what I have been doing is kegging all my beer, because I have heard how horrible bottling is. With that said, I usually keep my two kegs around 15psi with no co2 tank connected, until I reset it back to 15 after I dispensed a few beers.
When I am rolling over to someone's place or when I bring a sample up to the brew bar, I just dispense into like a 20oz water bottle and put the cap on quickly, leaving about an inch of head space in the water bottle. Mind you you can see a wave of carbonation try and escape to the top of the bottle from the beer, not the head.
Carbonation at this point looks great, you can see it in the beer, and the best part is I've waited sometimes four, five hours before I actually get where I am going to drink it and you can hear the crisp carbonation sound when you take the cap off.
Where I am going with this is I told my buddy I really want to bottle this double IPA but, I don't have time to bottle it the legit way. I was wondering if I conditioned a keg perfectly with forced carbonation over the course of a couple days and then obviously dispensed a few - for drinking purposes - could I fill say a 12 pack of sanitized bottles, capping each one with the quickness - and have them still remain at original (carbonation) quality for say a month? ?
My goal is to not mess with all out bottling, while being able to save a couple for about a month or two, and still getting to keep my kegs full!
Let me know what you guys got...
Thanks
When I am rolling over to someone's place or when I bring a sample up to the brew bar, I just dispense into like a 20oz water bottle and put the cap on quickly, leaving about an inch of head space in the water bottle. Mind you you can see a wave of carbonation try and escape to the top of the bottle from the beer, not the head.
Carbonation at this point looks great, you can see it in the beer, and the best part is I've waited sometimes four, five hours before I actually get where I am going to drink it and you can hear the crisp carbonation sound when you take the cap off.
Where I am going with this is I told my buddy I really want to bottle this double IPA but, I don't have time to bottle it the legit way. I was wondering if I conditioned a keg perfectly with forced carbonation over the course of a couple days and then obviously dispensed a few - for drinking purposes - could I fill say a 12 pack of sanitized bottles, capping each one with the quickness - and have them still remain at original (carbonation) quality for say a month? ?
My goal is to not mess with all out bottling, while being able to save a couple for about a month or two, and still getting to keep my kegs full!
Let me know what you guys got...
Thanks