When a beer is carbonated...then what?

[spikbeatz]

So I forced carbed my speckeld heifer for the game tonight and it is good to go. Do I release the CO2 that is in the headspace of the keg then set it to serving pressure?

Or should I keep feeding it like 10psi for another few days to stabilize the volume in the beer?

I forced carbed @ 30psi for about 17hrs then reduced it to 10psi for about 2hrs then served a test glass and it was good to go. I did a “3 spurts” from the relief valve and left it there throughout the game tonight. No one complained about it being too carbonated.

Thanks.

[takehiko]

Set your regulator to your serving pressure and leave it hooked up to the keg. 10-12 PSI for serving seems to be about the norm. If you don’t leave the gas hooked up you’ll eventually run out of pressure to push the beer out.

[spikbeatz1]

Ok so don’t release the pressure from the valve and keep 10psi ish pressure to feed the beer through the tap?

Thanks

[the_professor]

[quote=“spikbeatz”]Ok so don’t release the pressure from the valve and keep 10psi ish pressure to feed the beer through the tap?

Thanks[/quote]

Opinions will vary I’m sure…but after force carbing and assuming I haven’t used the “shake the hell out of it” method, I do release the pressure and reset the regulator for around 10psi.
That works for me, and gives me a good idea on the first pour where my carb level is.

[spikbeatz1]

Gotcha. Thanks. Yeah it seems to be getting better now. Last night was way better then super bowl night. I’ve got it coming out at 10psi.

Thanks everyone.