Kegging question

[Riverevir]

Sunday night, I kegged with a very small amount of table sugar dissolved in water included. Sealed the keg and purged the headspace a few times. Left it at room temperature for two days.

Today I hooked up the keg to my regulator and put it to 30 PSI with no hiss. Is this likely because the head space had all of the CO2 since it was still room temp? There is zero chance it is carbonated to 30 PSI in two days. It’s less than 2 oz of sugar.

 

[4of7]

I use 1c of sugar, boil insome water,dump in keg.Transfer brew ,put lid on,purge, Hook up gas Purge, while gas line is still on,. Shake the keg., put in fridge..wait,then try

 

[Maylar]

Did you pull the relief valve after the last purge? Sounds like you left it pressurized.

 

[Riverevir]

Yep relief valve was pulled before it was hooked up to the CO2. There’s definitely pressure in the keg.

I guess I’m trying to understand why pushing 30 PSI from the CO2 tank wouldn’t lead to hearing it groan and push some gas in... I expected to hear it happen like it normally does when I’m carbing up.

If my pressure in the keg is definitely less than 30psi, which I know it is, is most of the existing pressure in the existing headspace since it was room temp ?

 

[Maylar]

Well, a bit of sugar isn't gonna carb up to 30 psi in a couple days, so something is not as you think it is. If you bled the keg after the last purge cycle you should definitely hear gas flow when hooking up the tank. Try purging one more cycle just to confirm that all connections are free flowing.

Silly question - is your gas flow valve on? Been there, done that.

 

[Riverevir]

I completely agree there’s no way it’s carbed that high. It was under 2 oz of sugar for 5 gallons though I did not measure but I know the container I was using did not have more than 2 oz.

I’ll double check it tonight but the gauge was moving as I cranked the pressure up to 30, but I didn’t know if I could have a clog since I wasn’t hearing anything. I’ll report back but that’s for at least confirming that it seems odd.

Cheers!

 

[krenshaw]

just curious, do you prefer the bottle conditioned taste over force carbing? being able to force carb is one of my favorite reasons to have a keg setup.

 

[4of7]

I am doing both, I will also fill bottles up off the keg

 

[Riverevir]

Most of my CO2 is coming from the gas. I’ve only done this one time previously, so I don’t know that I’m good barometer for preference yet. I kept it low in hopes that it would help scavenge any O2 introduced in the transfer process. I was under the delusion I read this somewhere but when I went back to reference it I can’t find anything saying this actually occurs.

If anyone approaches it this way and can comment the benefits they’ve seen (or tell me I’m full of crap/delusional) just let me know! Haha

 

[auburntsts]

What's the purpose of adding the sugar to the keg? I don't keg yet so please forgive my ignorance.

 

[krenshaw]

What's the purpose of adding the sugar to the keg? I don't keg yet so please forgive my ignorance.

you can treat a keg just like a bottle and condition it the same way for carbonation.. add priming sugar, rack into the keg, purge the co2, then wait at room temp

 

[auburntsts]

you can treat a keg just like a bottle and condition it the same way for carbonation.. add priming sugar, rack into the keg, purge the co2, then wait at room temp

OK. I guess there's reasons for wanting to do that, but it seems to be an unnecessary step to me.

 

[Riverevir]

It carbed fine- it has to all normalize but in a week it’ll be good to go.

Tastes damn good for a quickie brewed on Thanksgiving morning!

Don’t know if I’ll keep doing it this way... but I don’t think it’s worse?

 

[4of7]

OK. I guess there's reasons for wanting to do that, but it seems to be an unnecessary step to me.

I have done both.the sugar will speed things up

 

[krenshaw]

yeah I'm kinda confused at it too.. the only practical way to force carb is at serving temperature.. but the only way to keg condition is at room temperature.. they both work at different temperatures so i can't see how one would help out the other..

you can force carb in hours if you take the time to do it.. but mine are ready in 3 days or so with putting a lot of pressure on for 24 hours or so, then dropping it down a bit for 2 days..

 

[4of7]

Inline carb