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Carbonating Cornelius (sp) kegs
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ice-water) Set your regulator for ~15PSI and hook it up to the keg. When it stops hissing, shake the daylights out of the keg, and wait for it to stop hissing again. Repeat lots of times until not much hissing occurs. Or for a slower (but easier to regulate in my opinion) method simply set the regulator to ~20 or so psi and let it sit for two days. This method has given me the most mileage. Be sure you get the kegs CLEAN before you do anything or you will have Dr. Pepper-homebrew or something :-{‘ Moreover, may I suggest that if the keg was ever used for soda pop that you throw away the O-ring and replace it with a new one. You never know where that ring has been and you certainly want it sanitary. Enjoy, — Mark Alston "U.S. out of North America" PGP Public key available via finger
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I just got some 5-gal syrup kegs. What is the best way to carbonate them? Can I just mix sugar and let that prime the keg, if so, how much corn sugar would be needed. If I went the co2 route, what all items would I need for a 3-keg setup? Larry Loe — Rivercity Matrix – +1 (210) 561-9815/21
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I just got some 5-gal syrup kegs. What is the best way to carbonate them? Can I just mix sugar and let that prime the keg, if so, how much corn sugar would be needed. If I went the co2 route, what all items would I need for a 3-keg setup? Larry Loe
Well there are two basic ways of carbonating beer in soda kegs: Add sugar (about the same as if you were bottling, think of it as one BIG bottle!) Or, you can pressurize it with CO2 and force-carbonate it. There are formulas for it but the basics from memory are: get the beer in the keg, and COLD (~32 F or as close as you reasonably can, i.e. put the keg in a trash can of ice-water) Set your regulator for ~15PSI and hook it up to the keg. When it stops hissing, shake the daylights out of the keg, and wait for it to stop hissing again. Repeat lots of times until not much hissing occurs. Drink. Whichever way you go you will need at a minimum: 1 CO2 tank ( a SMALL 5lb one will do) 1 CO2 regulator (I prefer 2 gauge models, others will disagree) 2 quick connects for the keg – 1 gas and one liquid 1 tap hose for CO2 – keg hose for keg – tap that setup can be shared among all your kegs, so no need to duplicate, unless you are going to serve from more than one at a time. Be sure you get the kegs CLEAN before you do anything or you will have Dr. Pepper-homebrew or something :-{‘ — Kevin Farlee | DISCLAIMER | Stupid questions are | my own, and not my employers | to stupid mistakes