mdc
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Hi all:
I am getting married in a couple of months and have made four 5-gallon batches for the event. Unfortunately I only have one kegerator that can hold two at a time. So I have some procedural questions about carbonating ahead of time.
Thus far, I only have experience carbonating in the fridge over the span of 3-5 days at 12psi. But in this case, I need to carbonate ahead of time, keep the kegs out of the fridge, then ice them the day of the event for swapping into the kegerator when the first two kegs run out.
So I have two questions:
1) How should I carbonate them? Carbonate at 12 psi in the fridge (@40degrees) then take two kegs out 5 days ahead of time, then ice them? Or carbonate at room temp according to the dissolved CO2 calculations for the right amount of carb, then ice them the day of.
and
2) How long does it take to chill a corny-keg with ice?
There are four styles of beer: Hefe, Imperial Stout, IPA, and Saison. I think the Imperial stout might be a bit much for the crowd, and I seem to be drinking the Hefe. So maybe I should do another quick hefe
-Mark
I am getting married in a couple of months and have made four 5-gallon batches for the event. Unfortunately I only have one kegerator that can hold two at a time. So I have some procedural questions about carbonating ahead of time.
Thus far, I only have experience carbonating in the fridge over the span of 3-5 days at 12psi. But in this case, I need to carbonate ahead of time, keep the kegs out of the fridge, then ice them the day of the event for swapping into the kegerator when the first two kegs run out.
So I have two questions:
1) How should I carbonate them? Carbonate at 12 psi in the fridge (@40degrees) then take two kegs out 5 days ahead of time, then ice them? Or carbonate at room temp according to the dissolved CO2 calculations for the right amount of carb, then ice them the day of.
and
2) How long does it take to chill a corny-keg with ice?
There are four styles of beer: Hefe, Imperial Stout, IPA, and Saison. I think the Imperial stout might be a bit much for the crowd, and I seem to be drinking the Hefe. So maybe I should do another quick hefe
-Mark