Semi Force Carbing

[stakka82]

Hey all,

I have a warm keg I need carbed in about 5 days. Because it's warm I can't use the Ross method, and because i need it done in 5 days I don't want to just set and forget in case it ends up undercarbed.

So I've set my reg to 25 psi for the moment to give it a head start, then i'll bring it down to serving pressure in a day or two.

Anyone ever over pressure to get things done faster in this way? From what I've seen 25psi should give me the head start I need and not over carb by the time I set to serving pressure in a couple of days. Anyone see an issue with this or have any idea how long a keg would take to get close to serving pressure (16kpi on my reg) at 25 kpi?

Looked for a table but couldn't find one.

 

[syl]

You really should try and get it cool to increase the amount of co2 getting in to the liquid.


Google keg carbonation chart and you should find a link to one of the diagrams with psi/temp. I am on my phone.

I think you would need about 30psi at room temperature? For a simple ale around 2.7 volumes