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Homebrewing Beer

tsywake said:
Keg posts came in. Talk to me about carbonating in a keg. I've seen some say crank it to 20psi for a week, others say 30psi for 24 hours and roll the keg around to help disperse the gas. What say ye keggers?
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Unless you're in a hurry, the average is 8psi for a week (carbonate at severing pressure)

If you're in a hurry, you can shake the keg at 30, but you'll have some foaminess.
 
tsywake said:
Keg posts came in. Talk to me about carbonating in a keg. I've seen some say crank it to 20psi for a week, others say 30psi for 24 hours and roll the keg around to help disperse the gas. What say ye keggers?
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I have a cycle where I pressurize on Sunday night at 20psi and it's usually good by Friday, when I drop it to 8psi for dispensing.
 
bym051d said:
Unless you're in a hurry, the average is 8psi for a week (carbonate at severing pressure)

If you're in a hurry, you can shake the keg at 30, but you'll have some foaminess.
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jhmd2000 said:
I have a cycle where I pressurize on Sunday night at 20psi and it's usually good by Friday, when I drop it to 8psi for dispensing.
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This is what I'm talking about. Is it another situation where opinions are like assholes?
 
tsywake said:
This is what I'm talking about. Is it another situation where opinions are like assholes?
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Carbonating higher than you serve can lead to over carbonation at the worst and excess foam in the first glass at best. A week at serving pressure has always given me good carbonation.

Something I heard from others and noticed on my own is, when you keg there's little head for the first bit. I'm not sure why. Maybe BigTree or someone can explain.

P.S. Jhmd has 2 assholes.
 
bym051d said:
Carbonating higher than you serve can lead to over carbonation at the worst and excess foam in the first glass at best. A week at serving pressure has always given me good carbonation.

Something I heard from others and noticed on my own is, when you keg there's little head for the first bit. I'm not sure why. Maybe BigTree or someone can explain.

P.S. Jhmd has 2 assholes.
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The first glass usually gets dumped anyway b/c of the residual silt. I'm almost superstitious about that.

Crossing hobbies, you know who likes spent grains? Yardbirds. My chickens like the homebrewing process as much as the unwingers at my house.
 
jhmd2000 said:
The first glass usually gets dumped anyway b/c of the residual silt. I'm almost superstitious about that.

Crossing hobbies, you know who likes spent grains? Yardbirds. My chickens like the homebrewing process as much as the unwingers at my house.
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If you're lacking birds, treberbrot is another great use for the spent grains.
 
I'm a proponent of the low and slow method of carbonating. The beer will probably improve from some time conditioning in the keg anyways.
 
I'm hoping to transfer from my secondary to the keg either this afternoon or tomorrow. Then its time to brew the next.
 
Kegged my brew and I'm a huge fan. So quick and easy. I bottled a six pack to see how it ages. Ended up around 5%abv, so not bad. I can't get over how easy that was.
 
My updated hops trellis and planter box. My intent is to use a winch on the center pole so the horizontal cables can be raised and lowered to harvest the hops. My question is this, and I guess its more of an engineering question...would the weight of the vines plus the tension on the cables focusing on the center cause the outer poles to lean inwards, possibly toppling? My original plan was to have two winches with the cable holding tension against each other on the poles, but that will up the costs. I think the outer poles can support the weight, but I'm second guessing myself.
 
:noidea: I can't imagine it will provide too much strain to the outer poles. But if it did, couldn't you stake them down from the outside to hold them straight?
 
I'll be brewing my first wheat beer this weekend (assuming the kit arrives in time). I've done an Irish Red Ale, Porter, and English Brown Ale, so I'm trying to branch out a little more.
 
HailToTheDeacons said:
:noidea: I can't imagine it will provide too much strain to the outer poles. But if it did, couldn't you stake them down from the outside to hold them straight?
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The one on the left is braced into my vine trellis, so I'm not so worried about it. The one on the right may be the only issue, and I can always go back and brace it if needed.
 
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