Borneogoat
Active Member
I'm new to kegging and making 4x cornies worth of APA for a wedding. I'm brewing in 2x batches, because I have a system that can only make 10gal at a time. Then the kegs will travel in my pickup to the wedding, a multi-day drive away. Therefore the beer will travel warm and be kegged a few weeks to a month in advance. The beer will be served by jockey box on the big day.
My questions concern carbonation. My normal procedure is: beer goes in keg, keg goes in kegerator, CO2 is put at 30psi for a few days, and then turned down down to serving at 6psi. Mmm, cold bubbly beer!
In this wedding situation, should I just chill and carbonate the beer as normal? This would mean traveling with warm over-carbonated kegs. I presume when the kegs warm up in the truck (not hot, I have A/C, but maybe 70F/21C) the head space CO2 pressure will increase over 6pis, because warm beer = lower CO2 in solution. Also I can only carb 3x kegs at a time due to fridge capacity, so 2x kegs carbed and then removed to room temp and then carb the other 2x. The other option is to just keg the beer, flush with CO2, and then shake/force-carb at the destination. I worry about foamy beer with this scenario...
I'm probably over-thinking this, but I don't have any easy way to test my options and a wedding is big pressure for a good result!
My questions concern carbonation. My normal procedure is: beer goes in keg, keg goes in kegerator, CO2 is put at 30psi for a few days, and then turned down down to serving at 6psi. Mmm, cold bubbly beer!
In this wedding situation, should I just chill and carbonate the beer as normal? This would mean traveling with warm over-carbonated kegs. I presume when the kegs warm up in the truck (not hot, I have A/C, but maybe 70F/21C) the head space CO2 pressure will increase over 6pis, because warm beer = lower CO2 in solution. Also I can only carb 3x kegs at a time due to fridge capacity, so 2x kegs carbed and then removed to room temp and then carb the other 2x. The other option is to just keg the beer, flush with CO2, and then shake/force-carb at the destination. I worry about foamy beer with this scenario...
I'm probably over-thinking this, but I don't have any easy way to test my options and a wedding is big pressure for a good result!