dpalme
Well-Known Member
I was talking with a couple of the guys at the local brew store and they gave me a new method of force carbing a corney keg.
Hook the CO2 line to the OUTBOUND side of the tank, crank the pressure to 30 lbs of pressure and rock the tank back and forth for 2 1/2 minutes. Let the tank site for 45 minutes to allow the head to clear, bleed off the CO2 and reset to serving pressure.
I'm trying it, but I found one issue, after about a minute of rocking the keg I started to get a lot of back pressure on the CO2 line and it was spitting out where the screw on valve is attached to the hose. I was able to hold it and still allow the CO2 to fill the tank....
Then, when I was done I had to really use some pressure to get the CO2 dispensing valve to come off. I know that using the beer one on the CO2 side will result in it getting stuck and not coming off....but I was worried this one wouldn't come off.
The idea behind this method I was told, is the CO2 is bubbling from the bottom and can be absorbed quicker and easier....now if it wasn't for those two glitches I'd say I'm gonna like this method.
Thoughts?
Hook the CO2 line to the OUTBOUND side of the tank, crank the pressure to 30 lbs of pressure and rock the tank back and forth for 2 1/2 minutes. Let the tank site for 45 minutes to allow the head to clear, bleed off the CO2 and reset to serving pressure.
I'm trying it, but I found one issue, after about a minute of rocking the keg I started to get a lot of back pressure on the CO2 line and it was spitting out where the screw on valve is attached to the hose. I was able to hold it and still allow the CO2 to fill the tank....
Then, when I was done I had to really use some pressure to get the CO2 dispensing valve to come off. I know that using the beer one on the CO2 side will result in it getting stuck and not coming off....but I was worried this one wouldn't come off.
The idea behind this method I was told, is the CO2 is bubbling from the bottom and can be absorbed quicker and easier....now if it wasn't for those two glitches I'd say I'm gonna like this method.
Thoughts?