yehaww
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I'm carbing my first keg. I've had enough of the bottle messes. I opted to get one of those small hand chargers and a picnic tap for the first few kegs before jumping up to a co2 tank. So I primed my batch and kegged it. I connected the gas quick connect and then attached the hand charger to that. I hit it with a blast and released pressure and repeated a few times to get the oxygen out. Then I hit it with another quick blast and let it set for 10 days. I guess my main worry is launching beer across the room when I attach or detach something. Right now the hand charger is still attached to keg 1. I'm getting ready to fill keg #2 with another batch. I read to NOT unscrew the gun from the quick release valve or beer will shoot out the valve. So I assume I should just detach the quick release from the keg, gun still attached? Then I can move it to keg #2 to do the same?
My next question is, when I go to sample keg #1, I should snap on the picnic tap and just pull the trigger and see what happens right? I have no way of knowing what sort of pressure is inside due to the natural carbonation and the blast of co2 I shot in there to top things off. Might it be smart to release all the pressure that's in there and THEN attach the picnic tap and THEN shoot a few blasts of co2 into it with the hand charger?
My next question is, when I go to sample keg #1, I should snap on the picnic tap and just pull the trigger and see what happens right? I have no way of knowing what sort of pressure is inside due to the natural carbonation and the blast of co2 I shot in there to top things off. Might it be smart to release all the pressure that's in there and THEN attach the picnic tap and THEN shoot a few blasts of co2 into it with the hand charger?