kegging using dme instead of corn sugar

[pauldog28505]

i am about to keg "holiday cheer". i have read that i can use DME instead of using corn sugar for primming the keg. i have read that i use 1 1/4 cup DME and 1 pint of water and boil for 5 mins. will this be enough or is it to much DME and enough water or not enough water. if any suggestions please let me know. thanks a bunch.

primary "holiday cheer"
secondary "nothing"
bottles "nothing"
keg #1 Keller
keg #2 empty awaiting this holiday cheer

 

[benbradford]

how much beer?

5 gallons at 2.5 volumes of co2 calls for 5.67 oz dme. I would dissolve it in as little water as necessary.

 

[boist]

There are plenty of online calculators to allow you to figure out how much corn sugar, cane sugar, or DME to use for a given volume of beer and CO2

 

[Dogphish]

why not force carb? i personally hate having yeast in the bottom of my keg.

 

[theonetrueruss]

Be careful that you use enough water so that your priming solution isn't too thick. The one time I used DME I tried to use minimal water and wound up with too much sticking to my pot and my beer was a little under carbonated.

 

[boist]

why not force carb? i personally hate having yeast in the bottom of my keg.

I'd have to second the notion. If you're kegging, why don't you just force-carb the thing?

 

[TromboneGuy]

The amounts stated in the OP sound OK if you're bottling five gallons. I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that kegging takes a much smaller amount of priming sugar, though. Not sure on how big the difference is offhand.

 

[boist]

On the other hand, kegging has the advantage of adjustments on the fly. If you over carbonate, you can bleed some of the pressure out later, whereas with a bottle you stand the risk of making bottle bombs