Forced Carbonation Or Prime The Keg ?

[Tony]

Hi all

I am considering trying to prime my kegs and let them sit for a while to gass up and just use the bottle to pour.

I have been force carbing for a while now with great sucess but i love a bottle conditioned beer.

I figure this might give me the best of both worlds.

Does anyone have any opinions, experience or coments?

please let loose

cheers

 

[vlbaby]

Should work ok tony. But you may need to shorten your pickup tube to stop it picking up the sediment, plus maybe you'll still need the co2 to apply some 'push' to the tap, especially when the keg starts to get low.

It would be interesting to know what the difference in taste will be between two identical beers.

cheers

VL.

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

I've done both, but now stick with force carbonation due to wanting to drink it sooner than later

Priming the keg works fine, but as you can imagine from the end of my statement above you just have to wait longer for it to be ready.

I personally find there to be a distinct difference between the two and much prefer the non-primed keg beer, but each to his own.

Try priming some of the same brew you have been making instead of force carbing it and see what you think I reckon......it's alll about what you as the brewer/drinker likes :beer:

PZ.

 

[Darren]

and make sure your seals are very good or you may end up with a flat beer after all. The lid is usually the problem.

cheers
Darren

 

[pint of lager]

All the kegs here are bulk primed. The pickup tube is standard length, but the first few glasses pull a bit cloudy.

Make sure if you do this method, you burp the keg and apply a bit of pressure to seal the lid and oring. Check with some water that it is sealed up.

 

[Ross]

tony,

You should have got in on the aspirator bulk buy - exactly what you need...

cheers Ross

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Make sure if you do this method, you burp the keg and apply a bit of pressure to seal the lid and oring. Check with some water that it is sealed up.

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Do this regardless of whatever method you use....you can't havve all the kegs on gas and in the fridge at once...........unless you have one massive fridge! :super:

PZ.

 

[Tony]

well i have a few kegs on the way if all goes to plan (8 of them) (50L) and figure i can brew beer, prime it in the keg and let them sit for however long.

the first couple being cloudy doesnt worry me when there are 114 odd schooners in a keg.

cheers

 

[FNQ Bunyip]

Tony I also use 50lt kegs , and bulk prime them . You need to reduce the bulk amount of dex as over carbing can be a problem. with 12 kegs they get plenty of time to condition nicely. However I got 8 cornnys last year and have found it a lot ezyer to just force carb them .

? for U re 50lts .. do U remove the dip tube each time U use a keg .
How many times have U used the same keg?
I'm starting to have a few isuess with kegs sealing and have started to rotate my stock . I found that if U store kegs on there side after filling and burping U dont get any suprizes with a flat one months later. Also keep an eye out for rubber ants , had them eat all the way through the seal in the middle of dip tube..
:beer:

 

[Tony]

I have not had any problems with leaking seals yet but i think the square section seals in them can be got through mobs.

I have replaced one with a regular round section oring and its sealing fine.

I remove the dip tube each time to clean adn refill.

No rubber ants yet though i will keep an eye out.

cheers

 

[warrenlw63]

I find it to be six of one and half a dozen of the other... Both methods work similar if not the same.

I'll occasionally prime my English style beers just for a bit of psychosomatic authenticity. Also comes in handy for conditioning a keg if your fridge space is at a bit of a premium. :beerbang:

Could once again be my imagination but I tend to find the head looks a little bit better on a primed keg too. h34r:

Warren -

 

[delboy]

I always prime my kegs regardless they take upto 6 weeks to come nice .
i did shorten the dip tubes on the cornies 10mm and fitted a piece of 9.5 mm beer line on the to increase the lenth if i decide to force carbonate .

i am looking at 50 ltr jobbies next .

also as a bit of an idea when kegs are sealed i give the lids and sealed areas a qick squirt of sodium met bi sulphate and this seems to peave the rubber ants off and they keep away.BUT THE PLASTICS SNAKES ARE A BIT OF A WORRY


DELBOY

 

[Ross]

Could once again be my imagination but I tend to find the head looks a little bit better on a primed keg too. h34r:

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You could well be right Warren - When I bought my ventmatic taps from the USA, the guy there was horrified I used the shake method to carbonate the keg, he reckoned it destroyed the head, against carbonating by natural infusion.

Can't say I have an issue with head retention, so I've never compared the 2 ways...

cheers Ross...

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

rubber ants

rubber ants

rubber ants

Rubber ants? :unsure:

 

[warrenlw63]

rubber ants

rubber ants

rubber ants

Rubber ants? :unsure:

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A new brand of condom? :unsure:

Warren -

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

That'd bring a new meaning to the term "ants in your pants" :lol:

PZ.

 

[delboy]

white ants, black ants, red ants, solder ants, bull ants, fire ants

sounds very human to me white ants hate black ants and red ants there are solder ants in all of the speicies .bull ants and inch ants are just big greedy buggers and fire ants light fires everywhere. :blink:

so why not rubber ants you get rubber spiders, snakes and cock roaches LoL

MAY IT WAS JUST A TYPO AND WAS MEANT TO SAY RUBBER PANTS !!!

delboy

 

[FNQ Bunyip]

ROFLMAO

Rubber Ants Atack rubber ,plastic and the softer types of pvc (like cable insulation) We have had damage to power leads ,phone lines and my bloody keg seals. (only 1) ..
Maybe only in the far north...

:beer:

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Cheers, nothing like that here thank god :beer:

PZ.

 

[delboy]

All jokes asside

i guess there are lots of nasties out there and that will destroy anything really but i have never heard of rubber ants but i guess if they eat cable and other things they are certianly an unwelcome pest.
never had them in port pirie but iwill say this we do have a fly and mozzie prblem and lots of bloody ants .

shame you cant brew the buggers ? :lol:
delboy