jkeysers
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I went to my brew shop today to pick up a Fresh Wort Kit (at the recommendation of people from this site, I'll brew it up this arvo). Anyway, whilst there, I had my usual chat with the owner of the store. He's a pretty good guy who seems to knows his stuff. I was talking to him about gassing up a keg (for those of you who follow my posts, sorry for yet ANOTHER gas related enquiry), and I told him I was drinking it after its been on the gas at around 95psi for a little over a week. He snorted and laughed and told me I'd been doing everything wrong.
He said, for starters I shouldn't be drinking anything thats been in the keg less than a month. Secondly he said I shouldn't be leaving the gas on it. He said after its chilled down to just put gas on it at 110psi for 5 days, after that to take it off and enjoy. He told me that if I leave the gas on the beer it will continue to take gas and overcarbonate. I told him about balancing which i'd read on here, and he replied I should be taking the gas off it when I got home.
OK. From what I have been reading around here, people have been generally saying its OK to drink from the keg after 1-2 weeks. And also, I have been reading in AHBs 'How to Keg' guide about just putting the gas on at a certain pressure and leaving it til its empty. Have I misunderstood something? Whos right? Whos wrong? I was happy when I thought I could just leave the gas on full time at 95psi and never worry about it again. Now I'm confused. I thought I wouldnt take the gas off it til I'd asked here first.
Finally, I understand that beer gets better with time. The longer I leave it in the keg the better. But at what point should I be leaving it to 'sit' and for how long?
-straight from the fermenter at room temperature?
-straight from the fermenter in the fridge?
-chilled down in the fridge with the gas on it?
I've got this Fresh Wort Kit now, and although it wont go in the keg for a little while yet, I wanna get it right.
Cheers!
He said, for starters I shouldn't be drinking anything thats been in the keg less than a month. Secondly he said I shouldn't be leaving the gas on it. He said after its chilled down to just put gas on it at 110psi for 5 days, after that to take it off and enjoy. He told me that if I leave the gas on the beer it will continue to take gas and overcarbonate. I told him about balancing which i'd read on here, and he replied I should be taking the gas off it when I got home.
OK. From what I have been reading around here, people have been generally saying its OK to drink from the keg after 1-2 weeks. And also, I have been reading in AHBs 'How to Keg' guide about just putting the gas on at a certain pressure and leaving it til its empty. Have I misunderstood something? Whos right? Whos wrong? I was happy when I thought I could just leave the gas on full time at 95psi and never worry about it again. Now I'm confused. I thought I wouldnt take the gas off it til I'd asked here first.
Finally, I understand that beer gets better with time. The longer I leave it in the keg the better. But at what point should I be leaving it to 'sit' and for how long?
-straight from the fermenter at room temperature?
-straight from the fermenter in the fridge?
-chilled down in the fridge with the gas on it?
I've got this Fresh Wort Kit now, and although it wont go in the keg for a little while yet, I wanna get it right.
Cheers!