Priming the keg or not.
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sweatysock
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Priming the keg or not.
I have always primed my KK barrel with 80g of brewing sugar. Does anyone just barrel without priming with any success? Currently I have one I primed but now tastes really sweet. I may need to put some yeast in to clean it up. It was lovely on the way in.
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Drinking:
KK 1: MT
KK 2: MT
Without beer we would be mere machines!
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guypettigrew
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Re: Priming the keg or not.
Like you, I always used to put about 80g of sugar into the King Keg as priming. Like you, the problem of sweetness reared its ugly head. It took a few days for each brew to use up the sugar and start tasting like beer again!
Haven't primed for ages now. I generally rack into the keg after about 10 days in the FV. There is always just enough fermentable stuff left in the beer to give it some sparkle. I then pump a bit of CO2 in as necessary to allow the beer to flow freely, but not too excitedly (!) as it gets to the bottom of the keg.
Guy
Haven't primed for ages now. I generally rack into the keg after about 10 days in the FV. There is always just enough fermentable stuff left in the beer to give it some sparkle. I then pump a bit of CO2 in as necessary to allow the beer to flow freely, but not too excitedly (!) as it gets to the bottom of the keg.
Guy