Hi, need a bit of help please.
Got my first kit on the go and when its ready to keg I was thinking I could skip the bit about adding sugar to the keg to prime it and instead just use co2.
I have an s30 valve on the keg and also a hambleton bard cylinder.
I plan to fill the keg with beer and add c02 till it escapes from the pressure release valve. Am I right to do it this way or if not what should I do please?
keg priming with no sugar
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Geezah
Re: keg priming with no sugar
No harm in that, its what all the cornie owners do.
I dunno about pressure though, I'd just put a squirt in and to up when needed. If there are any left over sugars they may ferment in the keg and add co2, so no need to waste gas your paying for.
You will tell when you pour your first 1 if it needs more gas.
I dunno about pressure though, I'd just put a squirt in and to up when needed. If there are any left over sugars they may ferment in the keg and add co2, so no need to waste gas your paying for.
You will tell when you pour your first 1 if it needs more gas.
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Kev888
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Re: keg priming with no sugar
Hi,
Its more normal to prime with sugar in Pressure Barrels because they don't take the type of pressure most people use to force carbonate. But if you like flat-ish beer then you may find the S30 approach enough - it'll help if you have a way of chilling the beer as gas is absorbed more easily the cooler it is, and you'd have to 'feed' it CO2 over a period of days to keep the pressure up as its absorbed.
However, take care; sometimes the release valve can stick and there's no regulation on the S30 injection approach so make sure the valve is venting properly before you try to max it out to the valve.
To be honest I'd favour priming as normal, at least until you'ver tried it the more conventional way and got a feel for what its normally like so that you can compare any experimentation.
Cheers
Kev
Its more normal to prime with sugar in Pressure Barrels because they don't take the type of pressure most people use to force carbonate. But if you like flat-ish beer then you may find the S30 approach enough - it'll help if you have a way of chilling the beer as gas is absorbed more easily the cooler it is, and you'd have to 'feed' it CO2 over a period of days to keep the pressure up as its absorbed.
However, take care; sometimes the release valve can stick and there's no regulation on the S30 injection approach so make sure the valve is venting properly before you try to max it out to the valve.
To be honest I'd favour priming as normal, at least until you'ver tried it the more conventional way and got a feel for what its normally like so that you can compare any experimentation.
Cheers
Kev
Kev
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slurpy
Re: keg priming with no sugar
Thanks for the replies.
I didnt realise I would need to keep adding c02 over days, I thought one squirt would do it. Think I will do as suggested and prime with sugar and top up with c02 as and when needed.
Cheers.
I didnt realise I would need to keep adding c02 over days, I thought one squirt would do it. Think I will do as suggested and prime with sugar and top up with c02 as and when needed.
Cheers.