Hi Forum, hope everyone well. Random question from a first time kegger and a farily new home brewer, on my 5th batch at the moment. I decided to keg as opposed to bottle which I've done with the others (using a balihoo pressure keg, https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/balliih...r-keg-with-lcd-temperature-indicator-p-8.html) It's a fairly small batch (about 15 litres) due to a few yield issues and it approx half fills the keg. I primed it with sugar to carbonate/secondary ferment last Sunday (5 days ago). I couldn't resist taking a sample from the tap last night to see how it was getting on - it was only a thimbleful but didn't seem to be particularly carbonated. So a few questions, if anyone has any advice/thoughts/wisdom it would be much appreciated!
1. Am I just being impatient? i.e. will it carbonate more over the next couple of weeks?
2. Does the keg being half full make a difference to carbonating?
3. If it doesn't work, would it be OK to force carbonate instead?
4. If so, I've got some 8g bottles of CO2 that came with the keg - any ideas of how many I should use for ~15 litres?
5. Any general wisdom over the benefits of kegging vs bottling. I've got to say I like how easy kegging is comparatively but I like the portability of bottles
Thanks in advance, sorry if these are dumb questions!
Dave
1. Am I just being impatient? i.e. will it carbonate more over the next couple of weeks?
2. Does the keg being half full make a difference to carbonating?
3. If it doesn't work, would it be OK to force carbonate instead?
4. If so, I've got some 8g bottles of CO2 that came with the keg - any ideas of how many I should use for ~15 litres?
5. Any general wisdom over the benefits of kegging vs bottling. I've got to say I like how easy kegging is comparatively but I like the portability of bottles
Thanks in advance, sorry if these are dumb questions!
Dave