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Hooking up a primed keg (possibly a stupid question)

Discussion in 'Bottling/Kegging' started by marcycaulkins, Jul 30, 2011.

 

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    marcycaulkins

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    OK, so soon I hope to have my keezer ready to go. I've got 4 kegs that have been primed (with a shot of gas added to pressurize the kegs at kegging time) and conditioning now for almost the full 3 weeks, and I'm starting to get a little anxious about the actual hooking them up. I figure they should be pretty well pressurized and I'm hoping to NOT have a bunch of beer shoot up into the gas lines, because I'd hate to have to clean that.
    I figure step one is to actually leave the kegs in the keezer for a day or two to properly chill, then should I hook up to the "out" line first, and then attach the gas? Should I release pressure first? What do you guys do? I am most worried about my stout keg, which is very very very full.
     
  2. #2
    Yooper

    Ale's What Cures You! Staff Member  

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    Hopefully you have check valves to avoid beer backing up into the regulator. But even so, I'd purge the pressure, then hook up the beer and not worry about it. I'd set the regulator to 12 psi (that's the pressure for my system to be 2.5 volumes of co2) and not worry. The beer should be fine.
     
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    marcycaulkins

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    Yes I do have check valves, so my regulator is safe. And yes, I realize that I am probably just being overly neurotic because I'm new to the kegging world.
     
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    Baldy_Beer_Brewery

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    Unless you overfilled the keg, the gas in dip tube should be far enough the beer that it won't backup into the gas line. I've never had check valves on mine and never had a problem. That isn't to say that check valves aren't a good idea, it is just not much of a worry IMHO.
     
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    marcycaulkins

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    I do believe I overfilled the stout keg.. the star san bubbles obscured how full it was getting... the others should be fine.
     
  6. #6
    Agentaaron

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 30, 2011
    I always purge off the gas in the keg before hooking it up to the gas at serving pressure...
     
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