Corny Priming Question

[Andyhull]

Hi all,

Im looking at getting my first corny keg and will be using it for a near future brew.
What i would like to know is, do you add sugar/DME to the keg like you do bottles to condition and carbonate the brew or do you just use a Co2 cylinder to carbonate the brew and pressurise the cylinder to pour?

Im not sure if you need to add sugar/DME as im not sure what the purpose of this would be in a keg as you will need to Co2 gas it up after the first few pints anyway.

 

[Mark1964]

The best way is to prime with co2 after beer is in keg gas up to 20 psi then let gas out through the safety release value and repeat till you have a good layer of gas above beer then gas up again to 20 psi then shake the keg like mad to disperse the gas.

 

[Andyhull]

Thanks Mark, so there's no need to add any fermentables to a corny?

 

[carl_saint]

Non what so ever. Use your CO2 to carbonate and dispense. The beauty of cornies is the amount of control you have to serve your beer at whatever pressure you want!

 

[zgoda]

I'm adding small amount of sugar to every keg, i was told that having some fermentation after racking helps remove oxygen and stabilizes beer. 40-50g, and then CO2 @ ~20psi.