Gassing and storing kegs

Clint · Dec 15, 2024

Hello all
As you may know I've made my first foray into kegging my beer yesterday.
I've just checked on it...its solid ,its an Oxebar keg,as I would expect and the dials on the reg are the same.
Now,in the next day or so I should be kegging another beer and plan to split the gas line to carb it up. I've got the pressure at 10psi at the moment...is this OK?Hopefully they'll be carbed around the same time,so then do I turn the pressure down to serve?
Then,in a few more days I'll have another beer ready. What should I do with this while the other two are serving? Do I put some gas to it and vent it?
Thanks.

Moe · Dec 15, 2024

My beers stay at 10-12 psi all the time, even to serve. I have about 1.8m of 3/16” beer line so this works well, although a little slow.

A bit of trial and error will help you sort out what psi is best, but lower psi will eventually cause the beer to lose a bit of carbonation.

In terms of storage, just flush the keg with co2 and vent a few times and keep it somewhere cool, will be fine.

Could you take one of your already carbonated kegs off the gas and keep that off the gas, so your newer beer carbs up while you are drinking the first?

Otherwise you can force carbonate your newer keg quickly by blasting it with 30PSI, take it off the gas, shake it and repeat a few times until it’s carbonated. It has to be chilled to do this though.
I have done it a few times and it works fine, but be careful not to over carbonate it.

If you do this, you can then leave it off the gas to condition while you drink your first two kegs and it will be ready to drink as soon as you need it.

Clint · Dec 15, 2024

Thanks for the advice! Some easy options to consider. I've also been looking at the keg land secondary regs which at about £15 each are a cheap way to gas multiple kegs at various pressure. With these I take it the primary reg on the bottle is set to the highest pressure required in the set up and the others dialled down.

Rodcx500z · Dec 15, 2024

After i got rid of my pressure fv's i have a second bottle of gas so i just stick any kegs that won't go in the fridge on that at 15psi until i have room, not ideal, i need to get my gas outside the fridge so i can get 2 more kegs in

Laner · Dec 15, 2024

I just gas up the first then move the line to the next leg.

Takes seconds to move and no extra expense..

Graz · Dec 16, 2024

Carbonation pressure equals serving pressure. If you lower the pressure to serve then the CO2 dissolved at a higher pressure will start to come back out of the beer to equalise it all.

As for storage, as I mostly just brew ales I'm not usually too worried about having them under pressure from the outset. I'll normally flush / purge a keg a few times after filling and to set the seal on the lid (this probably only applies to cornys). Then I just pressure it up to 30 psi for a minute or so, take it off the gas and stick it somewhere cool until I'm ready to use it.

Davegase · Tuesday at 10:32 AM

Clint said:
Thanks for the advice! Some easy options to consider. I've also been looking at the keg land secondary regs which at about £15 each are a cheap way to gas multiple kegs at various pressure. With these I take it the primary reg on the bottle is set to the highest pressure required in the set up and the others dialled down.

I've got two kegland secondary regs.
I set primary regulator to 20 PSI and the two secondary regulators for the style of beer and serving temperature.
Sometimes it may require a compromise
If I've got a lager and a bitter on tap, serving the bitter a little colder than ideal at about 5 or 6 PSI with a lager at 10 or 11 PSI.
Depending on carbonation and what pressure you're serving, the lines will need to be cut to length.

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