Thursday, July 14, 2011

I've Got Gas

After borrowing tanks for a few months to carbonate all my beers, I finally picked up my own CO2 tank, regulator and hoses. Not only do I have several kegs (up to 10 now), but carbonating with CO2 takes ~ 3 days versus ~ 3 weeks for natural carbonating with yeast/sugar. Kegs are also easier for storage and a secondary rest phase before drinking.

Kegging continues to be a learning process though with getting the desired amount of carbonation, limiting excessive foaming inside the keg (annoying when trying to bottle), cleaning, sealing and adventures with used keg posts not closing quite right (one beer lost its carbonation and head pressure, while another slowly leaked out more than a gallon of beer).


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