Keg Conditioning

[claphamsa]

I dont have enough lines to carb all my kegs using C02..... Ive been told you can use sugar like a bottle, just use less..... how much should I use? do I need to put any pressure on it? what happens when you put it on tap? will the C02 pressure adjust the carbination?

 

[BigKahuna]

Yes you can use sugar. about 1/3 cup in a 5 gallon cornie. Don't' forget to set the lid with about 5 or 10 PSI from the c02 tank.
Why not just unhook the other kegs, hit your new one with 30 psi for 24 hours, then set to 12 psi, and put it away. It will finish about 80% of your carbonating, and when it's time to tap, hook it to gas, and by the time it hits serving temp, you will have equilibrium and carb level will be right where you want it.

 

[claphamsa]

oh, well I could do that too

Still waiting on my tower... so I dont have a full set up yet. I can get my c02 filled and start carbing the I got yay!

 

[McKBrew]

If you want to carbonate to style use this calculator.

 

[claphamsa]

But I dont know the value of c02 I want

 

[homebrewer_99]

1/2 used for bottling, so somewhere between 2 and 2.5 oz.

 

[claphamsa]

ok I never got hang of the bottling carbing either

 

[Parva]

What do you mean you don't have enough lines? I have seven kegs and only one line. I turn the pressure up for those I wish to carbonate and turn it down for the one keg I am currently drinking. Check the pressure on the carbonating ones for a few days and when static just leave them and continue to serve the one you are drinking at serving pressure. Provided that you have known good kegs there's no reason why they should be permanently connected to gas whilst they are being conditioned / stored.

 

[pfgonzo]

Hang on a sec. For those of us who haven't kegged and are thinking about it, are you saying that you can pressurize Keg1 to, say 12psi, move the CO2 to Keg2, do the same, and so on and so on till you pressurize Keg3, 4, and 5... check their pressure every few days, and in a week or so, they'll all be ready to go?

 

[claphamsa]

yeah... woa!

 

[Parva]

Hang on a sec. For those of us who haven't kegged and are thinking about it, are you saying that you can pressurize Keg1 to, say 12psi, move the CO2 to Keg2, do the same, and so on and so on till you pressurize Keg3, 4, and 5... check their pressure every few days, and in a week or so, they'll all be ready to go?

That's exactly what I'm saying. There is absolutely no need to have CO2 permanently connected to a keg, once it's gassed it's gassed and remains so. This is the whole idea of cornie kegs and why they are so sought after.