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Helga

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I corny kegged a batch of 2 week old Alaskan Amber 4 days ago and forgot to purge the air when I hooked up the Co2.
I did run about three glasses of beer through the tap and lines after hooking up the CO2.
I have had the Co2 at about 15 the whole time.
Is my beer hosed?
Will I be saved by the co2 blanketing the top of the beer?

Thank you in advance for any help/comments that come my way.
 
It'll be fine. Most of the oxygen was probably pushed out when you racked it. If you are concerned, just drink it faster :D Oxygen takes time to ruin beer and so do creepy crawleys.
 
+1 to what DB said, plus if you're still worried about it, you can still purge it, repressureize, purge, repressureize a few times and be fine.
 
Relax it will be fine. C02 is heavier than oxygen so it should be blanketed by that. Not to mention a full keg only has small amount of headspace in it.
 
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