Beer0clock
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Noobie kegger here.
How do I know how much pressure is in my keg?
For example suppose I force carbed by sending 30 PSI to the keg for 2 days. Now I want to turn the keg down to 10 PSI for serving. I'm told the proper way to do that is to disconnect the CO2, Hit the pressure release on the keg, and then re-attach the CO2 at 10 PSI. I'm told you need to release the pressure in the keg before turning the CO2 down to 10 otherwise the higher pressure in the keg will shoot beer into the regulator (is that true?).
But doesn't this method bring the PSI in the keg from 30 down to 0 then back up to 10? I assume that will create foam in the beer. Wouldn't a better method be to simply hit the release valve on the keg lightly until it goes from 30 down to 10? Therefore skipping the dip down to 0 PSI?
Of course you would need to know the PSI in the keg in order to do this. Does anyone attach a regulator temporarily to the keg to do this? Or is this just a dumb idea?
How do I know how much pressure is in my keg?
For example suppose I force carbed by sending 30 PSI to the keg for 2 days. Now I want to turn the keg down to 10 PSI for serving. I'm told the proper way to do that is to disconnect the CO2, Hit the pressure release on the keg, and then re-attach the CO2 at 10 PSI. I'm told you need to release the pressure in the keg before turning the CO2 down to 10 otherwise the higher pressure in the keg will shoot beer into the regulator (is that true?).
But doesn't this method bring the PSI in the keg from 30 down to 0 then back up to 10? I assume that will create foam in the beer. Wouldn't a better method be to simply hit the release valve on the keg lightly until it goes from 30 down to 10? Therefore skipping the dip down to 0 PSI?
Of course you would need to know the PSI in the keg in order to do this. Does anyone attach a regulator temporarily to the keg to do this? Or is this just a dumb idea?