Carbonation Keg Lid

[Matt Browne]

Hi guys,

I've always forced carbonated my kegs with great results. I'm wondering if anyone has used these lids. I have some major back issues and rocking the kegs leaves me in a world of pain. I'm wondering if this would make my life easier??

Cheers Matt

 

[blotto]

I haven't used one sorry but I have thought about buying one. If you want to drink your keg as fast as possible without rocking they look like a good thing. I have always just set my keg to around 1 bar and waited a week for the keg to be carbed enough to drink and 2 weeks for full carbonation, same result just slower.

 

[trevgale]

I made one a while ago and it works great. I set it to 30psi for 45min and have a perfectly carbed keg.

 

[Matt Browne]

Thanks for the replies guys!!
Trevgale do you shake/rock the keg or just set it up and let it do its own work?

 

[woodwormm]

I've never used one but I carb set and forget, but when I carb through the liquid post it's a lot quicker than gas post, so there must be something in carbing from the bottom up.

 

[620rossco]

Just got one. Really plessed. You can pull a few beer's as it carbonates. Turn it off when you get to the sweet spot.

 

[trevgale]

I just leave it. I have it standing up in my keezer and just hook it up through the lid at 30psi for 45min. I then hook it up to a tap and see how it pours and to release a little pressure, I sometime give it another 10min, but normally it is right, I think it depends the keg temp at the time. I then hook it up to the normal keg post as serving pressure (12psi).

The lit means that I can go from fermenter to service (if I use a filter) in about an hour if I want to.

 

[DJ_L3ThAL]

Do you leave the lid on as you drink the keg or can you remove and swap for a standard lid (obviously burping the headspace again)?


edit: should have looked closer at the picture, there is no liquid post....

 

[trevgale]

I normally remove it after a couple of days and swap it for a standard lid. There can be a bit of foam if you remove it straight after carbonating.

 

[620rossco]

I leave it in the keg mostly. I have a keg of sanitiser next to the kegerator to clean the lines with, so I take it out of the beer and leave it in the sanitiser. I also have a spare stone so I can change it out when cleaning is needed.

 

[Yob]

An hour? Who has that much time to wait?

 

[DJ_L3ThAL]

So it does have a liquid post? Set and forget is king for me, prevents me f-ing things up!

 

[Matt Browne]

Thanks again for all the advice guys!!
Definitely sounds like the way to go for me!!

Cheers Matt

 

[TSMill]

No liquid post, the one affixed to your keg itself will suffice.

 

[DJ_L3ThAL]

LOL - yep I had clearly lost some brain cells the other day!