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I was wondering if a week of sitting in a keg at room temperature, would the batch be carbonated and ready or would it be 2 weeks?
I was wondering if a week of sitting in a keg at room temperature, would the batch be carbonated and ready or would it be 2 weeks?
Golddiggie said:Keep in mind, you use LESS priming sugar when you put it into a keg to carbonate. The better carbonation calc sites have selections for using kegs, instead of bottles.
Right. But if I'm carbing only a half batch in the keg (other half in bottles) wouldn't it make sense that I would use more primer in the entire batch?
I'll check the carbing calculators, but wanted to see what folks here thought.
Keep in mind, you use LESS priming sugar when you put it into a keg to carbonate. The better carbonation calc sites have selections for using kegs, instead of bottles.
Unfortunately I didn't realize or research enough the proper amount of priming sugar to use when keg carbonating so we ended up using the same amount as we would for bottles. Does this mean I need to purge the keg at all, or what are the drawbacks to using the same amount for bottles? Also where can I find a carbonation calc site, is there one on hbt forums or a link?
we kegged a cream ale with priming sugar this time around because the last batch of Kolsch we CO2 carbonated was a little flat to the taste even after the giant head of foam went down after pouring it in a glass, now this might have had to do with me not replacing the o rings on the used keg system I bought, which were replaced for this cream ale batch, and also because I didn't let the keg sit long enough at the proper CO2 level
we kegged a cream ale with priming sugar this time around because the last batch of Kolsch we CO2 carbonated was a little flat to the taste even after the giant head of foam went down after pouring it in a glass, now this might have had to do with me not replacing the o rings on the used keg system I bought, which were replaced for this cream ale batch, and also because I didn't let the keg sit long enough at the proper CO2 level
How'd it turn out? Or still carbing?
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