Carbonating a Keg - BrewPub

[chris_vine]

Hi,

I run a brew pub which has only made real ale (cask conditioned) up to now, but I'm looking at expanding to keg. I've managed to get hold of a few plastic sanke kegs to try stuff out.
I'm wanting to find out if I can carbonate using the gas/beer lines already installed in the pub.
At the moment, to see if the carbonation idea works, I've filled a keg with water and got CO2 going into it at 19PSI (The CO2 is coming from a line which normally feeds a keg of Carling in our cellar). On the coupler, I've fitted a plug/stopper on the beer out part, to stop the beer spurting out. Our cellar is cold, obviously.

To me, and from what I've read, I'm hoping carbonation will take a couple of days? With some shaking of the keg through-out those days... Is that right?

Thanks,

Chris

:drink:

 

[GermLish]

Hi,

it depends on the temperature how much CO2 goes onto solution over time.

Brewersfriend has an online calculator: http://www.brewersfriend.com/keg-carbonation-calculator/

 

[Leon103]

You serve Carling in a brew pub.....

 

[Fil]

If sat at the same temp as your Carling?? with 19psi for a week or more then it will level out at the same level of condition, Agitation of the keg will speed up the process however it will also delay the settling out of the sediment unless you also filtered the beer ala carling too.
If your after a lower level of condition knock back the pressure according to a kegging pressure chart..
http://www.kegerators.com/articles/carbonation-table-pressure-chart.php