Hi all,
This is my first time kegging and I want to make sure i'm doing my line length and serving pressure calculations correctly, and i'm accounting for altitude if needed (as i live around 5500ft). I understand how to determine my carbonating pressure to achieve a specific CO2/volume result using this web calculator/chart, which says I want to put my keg on 11.2psi for 2.5 vols of CO2 at 38* F...which it is sitting at now for about 4 days. I remember reading that I dont need to adjust this PSI for altitude (please correct if I'm wrong).
To find my line length, I used this calculator, using 11.2 as my pressure inside the keg, 2.2 as resistance/ft, and 1.5ft as the height from the center of my keg to the tap. This gives me a line length of ~4.75ft, which is close enough to the line that came in my kit.
I think I've done everything good up to this point (please correct me if I am mistaken), but I'm confused about the process now to put the keg on serving pressure after two weeks (the sheet I used also doesn't account for altitude, does that matter?), should I:
- turn off and remove the gas line from the keg
- purge the excess pressure in the keg (All the way??)
- re-connect the gas line at serving pressure (which I'm calculating to be around 7psi, based on a spreadsheet I found here (4.75ft hose length, 3/16 diameter hose, 1.5ft height, 9 second fill time)
- connect beer line
- pour and enjoy beer??
Thanks for any comments or critiques in advance!
This is my first time kegging and I want to make sure i'm doing my line length and serving pressure calculations correctly, and i'm accounting for altitude if needed (as i live around 5500ft). I understand how to determine my carbonating pressure to achieve a specific CO2/volume result using this web calculator/chart, which says I want to put my keg on 11.2psi for 2.5 vols of CO2 at 38* F...which it is sitting at now for about 4 days. I remember reading that I dont need to adjust this PSI for altitude (please correct if I'm wrong).
To find my line length, I used this calculator, using 11.2 as my pressure inside the keg, 2.2 as resistance/ft, and 1.5ft as the height from the center of my keg to the tap. This gives me a line length of ~4.75ft, which is close enough to the line that came in my kit.
I think I've done everything good up to this point (please correct me if I am mistaken), but I'm confused about the process now to put the keg on serving pressure after two weeks (the sheet I used also doesn't account for altitude, does that matter?), should I:
- turn off and remove the gas line from the keg
- purge the excess pressure in the keg (All the way??)
- re-connect the gas line at serving pressure (which I'm calculating to be around 7psi, based on a spreadsheet I found here (4.75ft hose length, 3/16 diameter hose, 1.5ft height, 9 second fill time)
- connect beer line
- pour and enjoy beer??
Thanks for any comments or critiques in advance!