voodoobrew
Active Member
So recently I made the leap and got a kegging setup. I picked up four kegs to start with, and am dreaming of more already. I have a dual gauge co2 regulator. I understand force carbing, but have a question about kegs, carbing, aging...
I filled one of the kegs with mead, purged, released pressure and am letting that sit to age in the basement. Feel OK on that one.
The next keg I filled with R.O. water to make my own soda water. I have the keg chilling and preparing to carbonate. I plan on setting and forgetting the co2 for about a week to get the water fully carbonated.
I have a beer in secondary and one in primary, so the last 2 kegs are scheduled to be filled in 2 and 3 weeks. I would like to be able to serve from multiple kegs on the same day (switching gas line over to current serving keg).
Here comes the questions
After a keg has been carbonated completely and is ready to serve, can I then remove it from the gas and store/age it? (without serving from of course)
Is it possible to just 'deal with the hassle' of moving the gas line to the keg that is being carbed/served and have all of my kegs ready for serving on one magical day ( st. paddy's )
Does beer keg age better w/ or w/o carbonation? (still aging vs. carbed aging)
Basically can I store/age one keg that is ready to serve disconnected from the gas while I force carbonate a different keg?
i.e. could I have 10 (dreaming) kegs full of perfectly carbonated beer sitting around aging, not connected to the gas, while I work on filling and force carbonating the next 10 (still dreaming)?
And... if I have a half of a keg left and don't want to finish it promptly, can I apply enough gas to find equilibrium and then let that sit/age without problems?
I filled one of the kegs with mead, purged, released pressure and am letting that sit to age in the basement. Feel OK on that one.
The next keg I filled with R.O. water to make my own soda water. I have the keg chilling and preparing to carbonate. I plan on setting and forgetting the co2 for about a week to get the water fully carbonated.
I have a beer in secondary and one in primary, so the last 2 kegs are scheduled to be filled in 2 and 3 weeks. I would like to be able to serve from multiple kegs on the same day (switching gas line over to current serving keg).
Here comes the questions
After a keg has been carbonated completely and is ready to serve, can I then remove it from the gas and store/age it? (without serving from of course)
Is it possible to just 'deal with the hassle' of moving the gas line to the keg that is being carbed/served and have all of my kegs ready for serving on one magical day ( st. paddy's )
Does beer keg age better w/ or w/o carbonation? (still aging vs. carbed aging)
Basically can I store/age one keg that is ready to serve disconnected from the gas while I force carbonate a different keg?
i.e. could I have 10 (dreaming) kegs full of perfectly carbonated beer sitting around aging, not connected to the gas, while I work on filling and force carbonating the next 10 (still dreaming)?
And... if I have a half of a keg left and don't want to finish it promptly, can I apply enough gas to find equilibrium and then let that sit/age without problems?