I need advice on where to buy keg stuff!!

[elmetal]

if you happen to get it all thursday and keg it thursday, I would set the psi to 30-35, shake the hell out of it for like 2-3 minutes, put it in the freezer/cooler/whatever you use to chill kegs (keezer or kegerator whatever).

let it get cold.

come back in maybe 4 hours, purge headspace, try a pour at 12 psi, if beer is still flat, shake at 30 again for another minute or so.

force carbing is really trial and error, but be sure to not overcarb, overcarbing takes a long time t ofix, undercarbing is a quick fix (or not if you wann set and forget)

 

[jhonda00]

if you happen to get it all thursday and keg it thursday, I would set the psi to 30-35, shake the hell out of it for like 2-3 minutes, put it in the freezer/cooler/whatever you use to chill kegs (keezer or kegerator whatever).

let it get cold.

come back in maybe 4 hours, purge headspace, try a pour at 12 psi, if beer is still flat, shake at 30 again for another minute or so.

force carbing is really trial and error, but be sure to not overcarb, overcarbing takes a long time t ofix, undercarbing is a quick fix (or not if you wann set and forget)

I know that this is in other threads, but I've got a couple of questions. Using your method I'd set it at 30 psi, shake for a couple minutes, put in fridge, leave at 30 psi for 4 hours, let excess air out and set at serving pressure (like 10-12 psi,) then taste. If It's not carbed then, set to 30 psi again for a minute or so.

Ok, after I reset it at 30 If it isn't carbed enough on the first time, how long do I leave it at 30 psi? would I just shake it for a minute then let excess gas out and leave it at serving pressure?

Also, I've read that this can make the beer taste weird. Have you ever had that problem from using this method?

Thanks a lot,
Jacob

 

[shortyjacobs]

I do the shakey method when I'm impatient, and it works fine.

If your beer isn't cold, it won't work very well.

If, after you taste it, it needs more CO2, then yes, go back to 30 PSI, and give it one or two more shakes, then drop it back down.

Typically, I set it to 30 PSI and stick it in the fridge to chill. I wait 24 hours, pull a sample, taste, and then shake as much as needed to bump it up more if required.

This is, of course, only if I'm impatient.

 

[elmetal]

T can be there and it cannot. I don't taste it. Others do.

Leave it at 30 after shaking.

It's all up to you really..

I'm not an expert don't ask me

 

[jhonda00]

T can be there and it cannot. I don't taste it. Others do.

Leave it at 30 after shaking.

It's all up to you really..

I'm not an expert don't ask me

Lol alright. Thanks. I'll do some more research.

 

[dontman]

To answer your question about it tasting weird. If a beer gets overcarbed it can have a carbonic bite, i.e. harsh, club soda-y. Once you purge that extra carbing it goes away. This is the danger of force carbing.

Set and forget is by far the best way to carb up a keg. With a nice pipeline it is also very easy to do.

For the brand new kegger you almost have to force carb that first one so you can be pulling pints fast.

 

[jhonda00]

To answer your question about it tasting weird. If a beer gets overcarbed it can have a carbonic bite, i.e. harsh, club soda-y. Once you purge that extra carbing it goes away. This is the danger of force carbing.

Set and forget is by far the best way to carb up a keg. With a nice pipeline it is also very easy to do.

For the brand new kegger you almost have to force carb that first one so you can be pulling pints fast.

Ok, so what would your method be if you were going to force carb a keg?

 

[dontman]

Elmetal already told you exactly how. He got it right.

 

[jhonda00]

Elmetal already told you exactly how. He got it right.

I'm typically the type of person who will go buy a six pack if I still need another week in the bottles, but I seriously can't wait to pour my own pints. I hope I don't ruin this brew, but I think I need some fuel for my Saturday brew.

 

[dontman]

Force carbing won't ruin it. Or overcarbing. That is one of the beauties of kegging. You can adjust carb levels in the beer, both up and down, to suit your tastes. I love that.

One thing that did surprise me is that once I started kegging it still seemed that my beer hit its peak at 3 weeks, just like in the bottle. Don't know why. But time and time again, a beer will be okay, seem carbed fine, and then boom, come three weeks and it just taste perfect.

 

[jhonda00]

Force carbing won't ruin it. Or overcarbing. That is one of the beauties of kegging. You can adjust carb levels in the beer, both up and down, to suit your tastes. I love that.

One thing that did surprise me is that once I started kegging it still seemed that my beer hit its peak at 3 weeks, just like in the bottle. Don't know why. But time and time again, a beer will be okay, seem carbed fine, and then boom, come three weeks and it just taste perfect.

I wonder if it tastes perfect to us at three weeks b/c our tastebuds are pre-tuned to enjoy beers at that maturity.

 

[jhonda00]

Lol, I just found out a friend of the family who works at a Fire Extinguisher company said he could've made me a Co2 tank for free. WTF! I'm thinking about sending mine back. Even if I don't, he said that he could fill my tanks for free! CHA-CHING!

 

[dirt55]

Kegconnection.com all the way!!!

They have SO many packages, and I even wanted to tweak the one I choose a bit and they even gave me a deal on it (cheaper then buying the part and changing it out).

 

[elmetal]

I Wish I got free refills

 

[SevenFields]

Im getting ready to buy my 1st keg setup and I think I am going to use kegconnection and go with this one:

http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=324

 

[jhonda00]

Im getting ready to buy my 1st keg setup and I think I am going to use kegconnection and go with this one:

http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=324

Yeah, I looked at that one, but I decided to go with mine b/c a two tap tower is going to run you $100 and if I'm going to buy one of those any ways, why not just get them to hook everything up. That's a good kit though man.