Priming sugar in Keg

[QBCrocket]

Hi I am fairly new at kegging, it has been going quite well except they don't seem to last long enough
But I cant seem to get that lovely carbonation that you get from bottles . The keg beer seems to have heaps of head when poured depending on gas pressure but I'm not getting the continuous bubbles that come up from the bottom of the glass like you do with the bottle beer
My question can you add priming sugar to the keg to get that bubbly carbonation ?

 

[barls]

yes you can. its about half the amount you would add to a bottle per litre

 

[Topher]

Ive wanted to know this for a while.......

Why half the sugar? Is it simply less headspace......if so, do you need more sugar per litre if you don't have a full keg?

Or is it because most people pressurize kegs to seal the lid?

 

[QBCrocket]

Thanks Ive just kegged a brew will put the sugar in see what happens , I guess that means 3 weeks before ready to drink same as bottles

 

[Brewman_]

I nearly always carbonate my kegs with Dextrose.

Just did a test. the Standard yellow scoop for a 750ml delivers:
6.3g / Tallie
or 8.4 g/L
for a 19L corny that is 159.6 g

Keep in mind the same carbonation level is not going to suit every beer. Each beer style has a desired level of carbonation and if that is wrong it throws the beer right out.

As a guide for Pale ales, American or Australian I use 120g Dextrose to a Corny keg.

For a stout I go around 80 to 90 g for a corny.

This works a treat. Keep in mind that this is based on the beer being fully attenuated.

Cheers Steve

 

[Kingy]

Barls, Why would you half the amount of sugar when priming a keg as supposed to bottles when carbing the same volume.

 

[lickapop]

Spunding valve? Just sayin I love a good spunding valve

 

[barls]

i found that when i used the full amount it was over carbed and slowly cut it back till i was about half.
i also hook up to co2 quickly to make sure the lid seals.
I'm using 60g for majority of my beers

 

[Topher]

Might try this with my next hefe. What conditioning time would you recommend?

 

[barls]

normally mine are minimum of 3 weeks.

 

[welly2]

Is there any benefits/drawbacks to priming in the keg as opposed to carbonating with the co2 cylinder?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

yes you can. its about half the amount you would add to a bottle per litre

Coopers use the same amount of 5gm/L for bottles & kegs

 

[contrarian]

Is there any benefits/drawbacks to priming in the keg as opposed to carbonating with the co2 cylinder?

One benefit is that you can carbonate at ambient temperature instead of in the fridge which is handy if you have beer ready to go but no space. Can also be handy if you want to carbonate a beer differently to your usual serving pressure like a hefe.

Similar to bottling you will end up with more sediment at the bottom of the keg than if using tank CO2 but that has never really bothered me. It also takes a few weeks which is a drawback if you need beer now!