SevenSeaScourge
Well-Known Member
...so i filled my keg, purged the headspace, tossed into spare fridge, hooked up the gas and...
how the hell do i know when force carbing is "finished"? i'm referring to the slow-forced carb chart from kegerators but i've checked all the stickies and can't find my answer. do i just wait "three to five days" and it's magically delicious?
i set my psi to 12 but the regulator gauge seems to be fluctuating between 10-14 at the various times i've checked it. in hindsight, maybe i should have let the beer sit overnight in the fridge before putting carb pressure on it, but live and learn. would this explain the variance or should i continue to expect some sort of slight differences from what my psi is set at (i also noticed that when i pressurized an empty keg the needle would climb a little higher [1-2psi] when the co2 reached equilibrium)?.
and finally, how does one set a regulator to a lower pressure? this should seem obvious to me but it ain't. i tried backing the screw out and the needle just parks itself at the set psi..the only way i figured out how to do it is to vent the pressure until my needle reads right. this cannot be the correct way, is it? do i release all the headspace pressure before setting my serving psi?
all this craziness better be worth the carbed beer...i'd hate to be the only one to revert to bottling...
how the hell do i know when force carbing is "finished"? i'm referring to the slow-forced carb chart from kegerators but i've checked all the stickies and can't find my answer. do i just wait "three to five days" and it's magically delicious?
i set my psi to 12 but the regulator gauge seems to be fluctuating between 10-14 at the various times i've checked it. in hindsight, maybe i should have let the beer sit overnight in the fridge before putting carb pressure on it, but live and learn. would this explain the variance or should i continue to expect some sort of slight differences from what my psi is set at (i also noticed that when i pressurized an empty keg the needle would climb a little higher [1-2psi] when the co2 reached equilibrium)?.
and finally, how does one set a regulator to a lower pressure? this should seem obvious to me but it ain't. i tried backing the screw out and the needle just parks itself at the set psi..the only way i figured out how to do it is to vent the pressure until my needle reads right. this cannot be the correct way, is it? do i release all the headspace pressure before setting my serving psi?
all this craziness better be worth the carbed beer...i'd hate to be the only one to revert to bottling...