question about kegging

[Bruce3]

Im new to the hobby of home brewing and have a couple of questions about kegging with a cornelius keg. After force carbonation you bleed off the the excess pressure down to serving pressure. Do you keep the CO2 tank attached to maintain the serving pressure or do you detach it?

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

attatched and set to the desired serving PSI usually around 8-12 psi depending on the type of beer

 

[Yooper]

I keep my pressure the same all the time- I don't really have a "carbonation" psi and a "serving" psi. I set my pressure according to a carbonation chart, and it my case it's 11 psi at 39 degrees. I leave it on at all times. If you turn it off, the beer will go eventually go flat if you're serving from the keg.

 

[Bruce3]

I keep my pressure the same all the time- I don't really have a "carbonation" psi and a "serving" psi. I set my pressure according to a carbonation chart, and it my case it's 11 psi at 39 degrees. I leave it on at all times. If you turn it off, the beer will go eventually go flat if you're serving from the keg.

how long does it take for it the beer to get to full carbonation using this method ?

 

[Scut_Monkey]

The green line in Bobby Ms post will be the technique Yooper is discussing. It takes about 2-3 weeks total.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/keg-force-carbing-methods-illustrated-73328/

 

[philrose]

Here's a handy illustration that bobby_m made. Its not an exact how-to, but does give you an idea of how force carbing works. The thread is a sticky in the kegging and bottling section.

I can't speak for everyone but seeing this graphed out made the little lightbulb go off in my head on how this works.

The method that yoop mentioned is the green line. This isn't saying that you'll only have carbed beer at 2 weeks, although its probably the best time to drink it. 2 weeks is just where the bottle's pressure at ~12 psi matches with the beer's pressure.

the same either way

 

[philrose]

The green line in Bobby Ms post will be the technique Yooper is discussing. It takes about 2-3 weeks total.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/keg-force-carbing-methods-illustrated-73328/

dude, thats uncanny. great minds