multiple kegs psi question

[IPAdrinker]

this is prolly a noob ? but I have 1 corny hooked up as we speak and running about 12psi and it is all good. I recently kegged an IPA and purchased a 4 way co2 manifold to run more kegs. The IPA has been sittin at serving pressure for almost a week now. I just hooked up the out side and tried to pour a glass and all im getting a slightly more than a dribble and its all foam. My ? is when hooking up more than one keg to a single regulator using a manifold, do I need to up my PSI? as each tank is feeding off of the same psi? or do I just keep it at 12-13?? Sorry if this is a dumb ?.

If the answer is leave it at serving pressure, any suggestions on y i am not getting a full pressure pour out of the IPA and have a good pour out of my Coffee Stout??

 

[Yooper]

The pressure can stay the same, so no need to change it.

I wonder if you have some hops debris in your "out" post, or in the diptube that is plugging up the flow.

 

[Walker]

you do not need to up the PSI when you have more kegs attached. they will all be getting the same pressure, as set on your regulator.

What Yooper said is a good thing to check. Also, do you have the connectors possibly swapped (pushing gas into the liquid port and trying to get beer from the gas port)?

edit: on second thought, swapped connectors doesn't make sense. I'd check for a block on the tube or line like Yoop suggested.

 

[IPAdrinker]

hmm...that was my thought as i did dry hop...****...so i gotta pull it out, depressure, take tube out...clean replace hook back up? anything else i should check or can I rack it into another keg?? because i think there is a bit of debris on the bottom and i have a feeling if it happened once already its gunna happen again

 

[IPAdrinker]

can i ruin the beer by racking from this keg to another?? I want to clear it up more from debris..but dont want to wreck the brew...It tastes pretty good now...but still very green

 

[IPAdrinker]

Ok, sorry for the multiple posts, but i took the out diptube out and the popit was clogged with hops. Cleaned and runs great now....Still am curious if carbing a keg and then transfering to another keg is ok? I would never do this unless there is an issue as in too much debris. Just curious now. Thanks all!

 

[motobrewer]

its fine, but you're still gonna get gunk because the dip tube is at the bottom. if you get get a shortened dip tube that'd be better.

or just let it sit still and pull a few pints, it'll probably run clear after a few.

 

[IPAdrinker]

that was my thoughts^^ Ill just have to man up and clean the tube if it gets clogged again...NBD tho

 

[david_42]

I occasionally filter a beer by running it from one keg through a canister filter into a second keg. It's a little tricky if the beer is carbonated, but if you take it slow and only used 2-3 psi extra to push it, no problem.

 

[IPAdrinker]

do not have a can filter....ill just try and push out the extra debris in the first few pours...Also, The IPA is a bit green. I dry hopped in secondary for a week as suggested per recipe. Then straight to keg in my kegerator under serving pressure. It has been under pressure for almost a week. To make this beer clear up and taste better should I remove it from kegerator and let it sit in my closet with my fermenters for a couple weeks then put it back in fridge, or just leave it in kegerator? kegerator temp is about 42ish

 

[cheezydemon3]

NONSENSE.

After the first keg settles,(preferably NOT carbed, but whatever) tilt the keg away from the liquid dip tube, then transfer.

You migh lose a pint, but what is left behind is mostly yeast.

Better yet, tilt AWAY from the liquid dip tube for a few days, THEN tilt back towards it or even just flat, and transfer. You wouldn't lose much at all. The yeast will be on the slant away from the tube

 

[IPAdrinker]

Ive decided not to transfer to second keg unless absolutley neccesary. My question now is..after being under serving pressure for a week in the fridge. is it best to age this a couple weeks in the fridge or in the closet, co2 hooked up or not hooked up??

 

[Yooper]

Ive decided not to transfer to second keg unless absolutley neccesary. My question now is..after being under serving pressure for a week in the fridge. is it best to age this a couple weeks in the fridge or in the closet, co2 hooked up or not hooked up??

I like my IPAs best when fresh, but if it tastes "green" to you, you can try aging it at room temperature. If it was my beer, I'd leave it in the kegerator, on the co2, to settle and age a bit. Beer ages faster at room temperature, but cold conditioning also does nice things for a beer. I guess I'm going back and forth (I don't mean to) to tell you that "it depends". It really depends on how green it is, how much it needs to mellow, and how soon you want to drink it. I'm a big fan of letting the IPAs sit just enough to settle, and then drinking them young to get the big hop flavor and aroma and cold conditioning in the kegerator helps clear it up a bit.

 

[IPAdrinker]

i do like the big hop flavor, It just needs to mellow a bit...reminds me of my last ipa after 2 weeks in bottles...after another 3-5 weeks it was amazing...