Am I right?

[underwaterdan]

I have a keg I am going to put my hefe in ( just cleaning it now). I am waiting for my other C02 supplies to come in, so all I have now is my C02 tank hooked up to my keg dispensing my Pale Ale.

Am I right to assume I can keg my hefe, then disconnect my Pale Ale and give my hefe a shot of c02, bleed the air out of the keg, give it another shot then reconnect my pale ale. I will put the hefe keg in the fridge and let it sit for a bit until I get all the other stuff settled?

Make sense?

 

[Evan!]

Yeah, you can do that. Don't expect it to carbonate the beer, but the shot of co2 (after the oxygen is bled out, of course) will protect it from oxidation until you get the rest of the setup installed.

 

[kirscp]

The hefe will absorb all of the CO2 that you put in, so it won't carb. As long as no air gets in you are fine to let it sit.

 

[underwaterdan]

Should I continue to "shot" it with c02 every week or so... or just let it be.

 

[ombre42]

you could do that, but with very little head space it would take quite a few shots and/or very high pressure.

 

[WhiskeyScroggins]

I have a similar situation except I don't have any Co2 yet. I just kegged my beer and closed it up real tight. Provided I get some Co2 on it within a week or so do I run the risk of oxidation? I assume since the keg is airtight then it's no different than if it was still in the secondary?

 

[cubbies]

Were it me, I would keep the gas on the hefe and only attach it to the pale when it needs pressure to serve. You can probably pour 5+ pints of the pale before you notice any loss of carb. At that point, attach the gas to the Pale again for a day, move it back to the hefe and so on.

 

[BierMuncher]

I have a similar situation except I don't have any Co2 yet. I just kegged my beer and closed it up real tight. Provided I get some Co2 on it within a week or so do I run the risk of oxidation? I assume since the keg is airtight then it's no different than if it was still in the secondary?

For you and the OP, no CO2 or no additional CO2 will probably be fine. If your kegs are sitting at room temp, it’s likely that you’ve already had some residual CO2 production and you can probably give the bleeder valve a quick pull to burp out an O2. Once you’ve hit a keg with CO2 an bled the O2 out, there’s no need to repeat.

 

[eggraid101]

I'm glad I read this thread; I've got a lager in a keg that I should probably hit with CO2. Just to be safe.