mandoman
Well-Known Member
Hey you helpful and friendly homebrewers!
So I lu cked into a very common (I'm guessing) keg setup with a 5 lb tank, regulator with gages for the tank and the brew, some ball-lock cornies, and a picnic faucet. Standard 'kit' setup that I'm hoping many of you have or have used. I have mine set up in a standard fridge with the CO2 tank setting right next to the keg with their bases on the bottom of the fridge. My gas line is about 3' and my beer line is 2'. I'm guessing this is the 'way it comes' if you ordered a kit. I've seen the tap ht. hose length calculators and these seem to apply more to custom setups/bars, etc. I dispense my brew a few inches higher than the top of the keg - like most. I'm having trouble with carbing. I'm getting ready to keg/carb (slow carb, not force shaking) my 4th brew and am wondering if I should lengthen the beer hose a bit - so far my heads have been highly variable set on 12 psi for ipas. Also, it seems like not much CO2 is actually dissolved in the beer.
any suggestions I wouldn't have read about yet????????
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So I lu cked into a very common (I'm guessing) keg setup with a 5 lb tank, regulator with gages for the tank and the brew, some ball-lock cornies, and a picnic faucet. Standard 'kit' setup that I'm hoping many of you have or have used. I have mine set up in a standard fridge with the CO2 tank setting right next to the keg with their bases on the bottom of the fridge. My gas line is about 3' and my beer line is 2'. I'm guessing this is the 'way it comes' if you ordered a kit. I've seen the tap ht. hose length calculators and these seem to apply more to custom setups/bars, etc. I dispense my brew a few inches higher than the top of the keg - like most. I'm having trouble with carbing. I'm getting ready to keg/carb (slow carb, not force shaking) my 4th brew and am wondering if I should lengthen the beer hose a bit - so far my heads have been highly variable set on 12 psi for ipas. Also, it seems like not much CO2 is actually dissolved in the beer.
any suggestions I wouldn't have read about yet????????
mm