Jekster
Well-Known Member
I'm expecting to get a RDWHAHB here, but I'm asking just to make sure.
The other day I kegged a batch of gumball head clone and accidentally forgot to purge the Corney of O2. When I finished I put the keg into my fridge and let it chill overnight and then hit it with 30 PSI that day. While I was at work I realized what I had forgotten to do and when I got home (about 8-10 hours later) I simply released all the pressure from the keg, opened the top and hit it with co2 for a few seconds making sure there was only co2 left in the keg. I then put the top back on and placed it back at 30 PSI to keep carbing.
My question: Did I just force a ton of O2 into my brew and ruin the batch or will it be ok? I didn't shake the corney at all during the entire process and I'm hoping that if anything got forced into solution it was only co2 and any o2 (lighter) was forced against the top of the corney. I'm not a chem major though and don't know the exact science behinds pressures so a more specialized expert would be helpful.
Thanks as always fellow brewers for helping out.
The other day I kegged a batch of gumball head clone and accidentally forgot to purge the Corney of O2. When I finished I put the keg into my fridge and let it chill overnight and then hit it with 30 PSI that day. While I was at work I realized what I had forgotten to do and when I got home (about 8-10 hours later) I simply released all the pressure from the keg, opened the top and hit it with co2 for a few seconds making sure there was only co2 left in the keg. I then put the top back on and placed it back at 30 PSI to keep carbing.
My question: Did I just force a ton of O2 into my brew and ruin the batch or will it be ok? I didn't shake the corney at all during the entire process and I'm hoping that if anything got forced into solution it was only co2 and any o2 (lighter) was forced against the top of the corney. I'm not a chem major though and don't know the exact science behinds pressures so a more specialized expert would be helpful.
Thanks as always fellow brewers for helping out.