Brewno Marz
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Are you sure it's 40psi & not 40 kPa? 40 kPa = flat beer
The beer in the keg is so fizzy that the bulk of the carbonation gets agitated out of solution while you're pouring itThe Flyingscrapyard said:Poured heaps of foam, and flat beer.
This answered a long held question I wanted to ask about whether you'd 'ruin' a keg of beer if you stuffed the carbonation levels.Black Devil Dog said:I'd say it's definitely over carbonated and speaking from experience, I've found that almost totally de-carbonating it is your best option.
I suspect that recently, I carbonated a keg twice :huh: and had massive foam issues like I'd never experienced before.
The way I de-carbonated was to attach a length of silicon tube to a gas quick connect and put the loose end of the tube into a 3 litre milk bottle with sanitiser, essentially making a blow off tube for my keg.
Be prepared for a shit load of foam to escape as well.
I left it connected overnight.
The next morning I connected the co2 at serving pressure and later that day it was fine.
Any time I've over-carbonated in the past, I've tried to rectify it by releasing the PRV numerous times, or poured foam until the beer glass is full and both of those ways have been a pain in the arse.
grott said:The set and forget method of setting the pressure at dispensing pressure and leaving it ensures you won't over carb but you need to leave that set up for 7 days plus to achieve the required carbonation.
Fine if you have a few kegs or you don't drink much but I like to have all my cold kegs carbed and ready to go so I force carbonate to a set method each time that requires 24 hours at dispensing pressure to finish carbonation process ( therefore I don't have over carb problems as the force carb method has just left the kegs slightly undercarbed).
The are numerous threads on force carbonation if you want to go down that path.
here's an easier way. it works and is mess-free:Black Devil Dog said:I'd say it's definitely over carbonated and speaking from experience, I've found that almost totally de-carbonating it is your best option.
I suspect that recently, I carbonated a keg twice :huh: and had massive foam issues like I'd never experienced before.
The way I de-carbonated was to attach a length of silicon tube to a gas quick connect and put the loose end of the tube into a 3 litre milk bottle with sanitiser, essentially making a blow off tube for my keg.
Be prepared for a shit load of foam to escape as well.
I left it connected overnight.
The next morning I connected the co2 at serving pressure and later that day it was fine.
Any time I've over-carbonated in the past, I've tried to rectify it by releasing the PRV numerous times, or poured foam until the beer glass is full and both of those ways have been a pain in the arse.
RipperLiam_snorkel said:
Have you considered just doing a couple of kit and kilo brews for the other 2 kegs? Using decent malt, yeast and you can get a top drop.Lord Raja Goomba I said:I just drink stuff from bottles or buy commercial beer if the other keg is either SWMBO beer or nearly empty. I have yet (around my 5 kids) managed to brew enough to fill three drinkable kegs at the same time.
I've yet to find a K&K I really like.grott said:Have you considered just doing a couple of kit and kilo brews for the other 2 kegs? Using decent malt, yeast and you can get a top drop.
With my force carbing of all my kegs it is not designed for immediate drinking as they usually sit carbonated in the fridge for 3 to 4 weeks before used, it jousts suits me this way and have the "process" down pat.
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