ok guys,
Now that I have all my gear and will hopefully be getting my extinguisher back tonight, i've done a little research and tried to devise a method of how to go about kegging bourbon + coke - since i presume its a little different to beer. Here is what I have come up with - need help filling in the blanks:
(I will be using a tap connected straight onto a QD with about 2 mt. of gas line using standard hose clamps, is that ok?)
1. Clean keg with cleaner (what cleaner?)
2. Sanitise keg with sanitiser (what sanitiser?)
3. Let site for 30mins so the cleaner can do its job (close lid?)
4. Connect up QD & length of hose to the OUT post and connect the gas to the IN post and purge all of the cleaner out?
5. Disconnect both QD's and open the keg, add required bourbon + flat coke mix.
(coke will have sat for a few days going flat, will only put in 4 odd litres at the start to trial it in a 19lt keg)
6. Add CO2 headspace (how much is this?) and release oxygen via valve (for how long?)
7. Refrigerate for 1 day
8. Take out of fridge and hook up gas, carbonate the keg (what psi?)
9. Shake keg? Release oxygen?
10. Put back in fridge and leave gas hooked up?, wait a few days for the CO2 to soak in and knock the pressure back to (psi?) and then serve?
11. Unhook the gas once the pouring pressure is right?
12. Rehook up the gas when the pressure gets low?
I know i am missing something around the carbonation stage, would someone be able to explain that to me of how exactly you go about that - to carbonate bourbon and coke mix. Ie. do you let the coke go flat or not?, are you able to drink it straight away?
Obviously it needs to be a bit fizzier than beer, does this take longer/shorter?
Thanks for your help
Now that I have all my gear and will hopefully be getting my extinguisher back tonight, i've done a little research and tried to devise a method of how to go about kegging bourbon + coke - since i presume its a little different to beer. Here is what I have come up with - need help filling in the blanks:
(I will be using a tap connected straight onto a QD with about 2 mt. of gas line using standard hose clamps, is that ok?)
1. Clean keg with cleaner (what cleaner?)
2. Sanitise keg with sanitiser (what sanitiser?)
3. Let site for 30mins so the cleaner can do its job (close lid?)
4. Connect up QD & length of hose to the OUT post and connect the gas to the IN post and purge all of the cleaner out?
5. Disconnect both QD's and open the keg, add required bourbon + flat coke mix.
(coke will have sat for a few days going flat, will only put in 4 odd litres at the start to trial it in a 19lt keg)
6. Add CO2 headspace (how much is this?) and release oxygen via valve (for how long?)
7. Refrigerate for 1 day
8. Take out of fridge and hook up gas, carbonate the keg (what psi?)
9. Shake keg? Release oxygen?
10. Put back in fridge and leave gas hooked up?, wait a few days for the CO2 to soak in and knock the pressure back to (psi?) and then serve?
11. Unhook the gas once the pouring pressure is right?
12. Rehook up the gas when the pressure gets low?
I know i am missing something around the carbonation stage, would someone be able to explain that to me of how exactly you go about that - to carbonate bourbon and coke mix. Ie. do you let the coke go flat or not?, are you able to drink it straight away?
Obviously it needs to be a bit fizzier than beer, does this take longer/shorter?
Thanks for your help