off7spring
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I recently made a kettle soured hoppy ale that I racked onto frozen pineapple and pineapple juice and then dry hopped. Super excited to see how the final product turns out.
I recently swapped out my keg at my local homebrew store and didn't realize until last night after I had filled it with my new (hopefully) delicious beer, that the keg they had given me has pin lock connectors, not the ball lock ones I always use.
I don't have any pin lock adapters and of course the LHBS is closed today due to snow. Last night after kegging, I opened it up and tried to put a blanket of CO2 in the headspace. After that, I was able to push the pin in on the gas input and get some gas in there enough to purge it a few times (I sanitized everything beforehand).
This morning when I checked, it looks like the CO2 leaked out overnight. So I adjusted the lid and was able to fill it again and am hoping it holds until I can get to the homebrew store tomorrow.
My question is: how much should I be worrying about oxidation? The volume of the keg is 5 1/4 gallons or so...which leaves about 2.5 inches of headspace.
Any advice or stories to help my nerves would be much appreciated!
I recently made a kettle soured hoppy ale that I racked onto frozen pineapple and pineapple juice and then dry hopped. Super excited to see how the final product turns out.
I recently swapped out my keg at my local homebrew store and didn't realize until last night after I had filled it with my new (hopefully) delicious beer, that the keg they had given me has pin lock connectors, not the ball lock ones I always use.
I don't have any pin lock adapters and of course the LHBS is closed today due to snow. Last night after kegging, I opened it up and tried to put a blanket of CO2 in the headspace. After that, I was able to push the pin in on the gas input and get some gas in there enough to purge it a few times (I sanitized everything beforehand).
This morning when I checked, it looks like the CO2 leaked out overnight. So I adjusted the lid and was able to fill it again and am hoping it holds until I can get to the homebrew store tomorrow.
My question is: how much should I be worrying about oxidation? The volume of the keg is 5 1/4 gallons or so...which leaves about 2.5 inches of headspace.
Any advice or stories to help my nerves would be much appreciated!