A well sealed keg should hold pressure if I remove the CO2 for a couple of days right? As long as no beer is dispensed from it?
Yes it should. If the beer is not carbed already and it is cold, then some of the CO2 will go into the beer until it equalizes.
I agree with MullerBrau. A properly sealed keg will hold pressure. I find that after I force carb my kegs, even after a week, it seems that my kegs lose pressure. I mostly have two kegs going at the same time. I always shut off the CO2 at the bottle after the kegs are at the correct pressure. I will turn on the tank every so often to bring up the pressure.(I do this mostly because I have a small leak somewhere that I can’t find.) It seems that the keg that has been on the longest will take a small amount of CO2. The newer keg Will take a larger amount, which tells me that the beer is still carbonating. I have a keg of Belgian triple sitting in my workshop that will be ready in June. About once a month or so I will hook up the CO2 and pressurize to 35 pounds. It is sitting at room temperature. It hardly takes any CO2 to reach pressure.so that keg is sealed real good.
Thanks guys! I got my second keg and had a blonde ale ready to keg up but didn’t receive the tee I ordered to split my CO2 lines soooo…I just wanted to get the second keg carbed before Friday as we’re having a few people over this weekend. It’s now been kegged on gelatin and rolled around on the floor a bit under pressure. I’ll try a pint later on tonight and see if the gelatin helped clear it.
Appreciate the quick replies! :cheers:
I was going to split my single regulator with a "y"so it can feed two kegs. I thought about it for a while then decided to buy a dual regulator incase I have two brews that run on different pressures. I mostly run between 5&8 pounds, but a heavier lager may need 12 pounds.
I would roll your keg again tonight after putting more CO2 to it. Are you letting it sit at room temperature? Checkout the carbonation charts on the web. I found several, they tell you amounts of CO2 in relation to temperatures depending how much carb you want in your beer.
[quote=“Bier brauer”]I was going to split my single regulator with a "y"so it can feed two kegs. I thought about it for a while then decided to buy a dual regulator incase I have two brews that run on different pressures. I mostly run between 5&8 pounds, but a heavier lager may need 12 pounds.
I would roll your keg again tonight after putting more CO2 to it. Are you letting it sit at room temperature? Checkout the carbonation charts on the web. I found several, they tell you amounts of CO2 in relation to temperatures depending how much carb you want in your beer.[/quote]
No I cold crashed at 34 for a couple days kegged it and put it back in the fridge. For now I’ll keep a couple similar beers on the one reg and co2 bottle as I’m getting a 3rd keg and nitro system for stouts soon. Quick force carbed it the same way I did my last one and it worked out well.
Man it would be great to be set up with nitro for stouts. I have no room in the kegerator for another tank. Can you run a stout on CO2? If so, then I just may brew one.
[quote=“Bier brauer”]Man it would be great to be set up with nitro for stouts. I have no room in the kegerator for another tank. Can you run a stout on CO2? If so, then I just may brew one.[/quote]oh you most certainly can run a stout on CO2. I do it and just like my porters, it cascades very nicely as you are pouring a pint.
Thank you! I would love to do a porter. Think I’ll give that a try.
Thank you! I would love to do a porter. Think I’ll give that a try.[/quote]
I’m bottling the Rebel Rye Porter today. Tasted it earlier when I took a gravity reading. Man that’s one tasty brew! I made it for my oldest son for his wedding in October. I think it will taste awesome after conditioning for 6 months!
