Naturally Carbonating in Keg

[Stealthcruiser]

If you carb "naturally" in the keg, using sugar, you will have "some" CO2 pressure to move a "few" beers.

You will need CO2 and a regulator to push your beer to serve.

You can rig up a hand pump to push your beer, but only if you plan on finishing the keg at one "event" or evening or whatever.

Hand pumping it will contribute to, and accelerate oxidation of your beer.

 

[kdog93]

ok so far its looking like im too broke for a keg and everything that comes with it. i stumbled across the party pig & TAD systems and did a little reading, its looking like theyre both suitable for what im trying to do (when i was considering buying a corny i was stuck between a 2.5 gal and 22" 5 gal to put in my fridge).
i know theres already a couple threads on here i was reading them and other reviews around the web and i believe im going to invest in a tap a draft. if anybody is a die hard enemy of TAD please convince me not to buy it now before i waste the money haha. i know about the potential leakage during priming and am willing to get teflon tape for it.

 

[newbee17]

I know there's probably a thread that covers this but I need help a.s.a.p.
I've kegged my first beer in a corny today and there is an air leakage in the lid I've changed the rubber seals and it's still leaking does anybody know a quick fix for this as I don't have time to go and bottle it now.

Thanks for your help

 

[Yooper]

I know there's probably a thread that covers this but I need help a.s.a.p.
I've kegged my first beer in a corny today and there is an air leakage in the lid I've changed the rubber seals and it's still leaking does anybody know a quick fix for this as I don't have time to go and bottle it now.

Thanks for your help

I have a couple of kegs like that. They don't seal on their own, even with new seals and keg lube.

If that is the case with yours, turn up your regulator to 30 psi and give the keg a big blast of c02. That usually would do the trick quickly and easily.

 

[newbee17]

I've just finished setting up my tap with undercounter cooler bt all I'm getting is suds what am I doing wrong??

 

[newbee17]

I just finished setting up my tap with an undercounter cooler but all I can get is suds what did I do wrong anybody know?

 

[number40fan]

Serving pressure too high? Hose to short?

 

[newbee17]

Hose is about 1.5mtres is this 2 short what should be the minimum hose length?

 

[mbbransc]

Neither!

It has to do with the amount of headspace, actually. In a keg, there is quite a bit of headspace. But not as much that there is in 53 separate bottles!

Because of this, the relative lower amount of headspace in a keg compared to the same volume in separate bottles, you only need 1/2 of the priming sugar that you would in bottles.

I'm no scientist, but it works!

What if I wanted to bottle 1/2 my batch? I think I like the idea of adding sugar, rack beer to keg, purge oxygen. Then with low pressure, fill a case of bottles to let carb there. Should I add sugar at regular bottling rates? Then when I'm ready to drink the keg, just check the pressure and see if I need to lower it to appropriate levels?

Interesting ideas learned on this board every day. Thx all.

 

[Yooper]

What if I wanted to bottle 1/2 my batch? I think I like the idea of adding sugar, rack beer to keg, purge oxygen. Then with low pressure, fill a case of bottles to let carb there. Should I add sugar at regular bottling rates? Then when I'm ready to drink the keg, just check the pressure and see if I need to lower it to appropriate levels?

Interesting ideas learned on this board every day. Thx all.

With the headspace in the keg, only filling it halfway would mess up the carbing. I'm not sure how to get around that, except by force carbing the keg.

 

[fantomlord]

What if I wanted to bottle 1/2 my batch? I think I like the idea of adding sugar, rack beer to keg, purge oxygen. Then with low pressure, fill a case of bottles to let carb there. Should I add sugar at regular bottling rates? Then when I'm ready to drink the keg, just check the pressure and see if I need to lower it to appropriate levels?

Interesting ideas learned on this board every day. Thx all.

1. keg
2. force carb
3. bottle with BMBF

 

[mbbransc]

I did that with a saison recently and after a month tried a bottle. It still had carbonation but not enough for a saison. Still may be the best method but I was looking for alternatives.


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[DU99]

try this
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html

 

[mbbransc]

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. The saison was perfect in the keg but the few bottles I filled came out a bit flat.


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