Force carbonation question

[Cajunbrewer87]

Got back from the LHBS earlier and immediately kegged my northern english brown. This is my first time kegging and the guy at the LHBS told me to set the psi to 25 the first day, 15 the second day, then 10 on the third day. Do you all recommend I follow his advice? If so, what should I set the temperature to? Thanks

 

[Cajunbrewer87]

Also, I read that the beer is much better if you set the psi lower and leave it on gas for a week or two. If I force carb will it still get better after a couple weeks, or do I need to slow carb it?

 

[Yooper]

Welcome to the world of kegging!

First, I just want to talk about some terminology. "Force carbonation" means using c02 to carb, instead of priming sugar. So you're force carbing in any of the scenarios you mention.

Anyway, what I do is this: if I'm in a hurry, I'll keg the beer and put it in my 39 degree kegerator and set it at 30 psi for 36 hours. Then purge and reset at 12 psi for the next, well, forever. It's drinkable in 2 days, but better by day 4. The first three ounces I pour and then dump, as it's yeast sludge, but the rest is nice and clear.

If I'm not in a hurry, I set it at 12 psi and leave it and it's good in 10 days and better in 12-14 days.

 

[Cajunbrewer87]

Thanks! I get it now. So even if I carb it the fast way it will still get better and condition with time if I let it sit

 

[Cajunbrewer87]

One last thing, when I lower the pressure to 12 psi am I supposed to burp the keg and re set the pressure or can I just turn the nob until it reaches 12? Might be a dumb question but I'm 100% new to this, haha

 

[OleBrewing]

One last thing, when I lower the pressure to 12 psi am I supposed to burp the keg and re set the pressure or can I just turn the nob until it reaches 12? Might be a dumb question but I'm 100% new to this, haha[/QU

If your psi was set high before setting it to serving pressure purge the keg. You don't want 30 psi of beer coming out your serving line.