Mini Keg

[Bigd2657]

Hi All,

I have just recently opened a 6 week old mini keg of St Peters Ruby Red Ale, to my avail I have just had 4 glasses of foam out of the mini keg, can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong.

I have lookedon the threads on mini kegs and there seems to be all sorts about carbonation but no set amount.

I carbed it up with 2tbls of tate and lyle.

Thanks

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[geetee]

I usually put about 13 - 16 g of table sugar, not sure what that is in spoons?
Never tried it myself but have heard that 20g is too much.

 

[MyQul]

I use 20g per keg. Did you open the top vent before opening the tap?

If the keg is still too lively you can vent it. Just open the top vent and leave it open for 12 hours then take a sample to see if it's still too much carbonation. If it is just leave it longer (another 8-12 hours). Be warned though, if you vent it in this way you will have to drink it in a couple of days as you'll have vented most of the carbonation out and the beer will be flat if you leave it too long

 

[Bigd2657]

I use 20g per keg. Did you open the top vent before opening the tap?

If the keg is still too lively you can vent it. Just open the top vent and leave it open for 12 hours then take a sample to see if it's still too much carbonation. If it is just leave it longer (another 8-12 hours). Be warned though, if you vent it in this way you will have to drink it in a couple of days as you'll have vented most of the carbonation out and the beer will be flat if you leave it too long

Thanks myqul,

I had not thought about this as I thought that if I opened the top tap it may well ruin my beer.


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[MyQul]

You can actually make the keg last longer by not opening the top tap but you need to fill the glass with foam then let it die down then fill it with more foam, let it die down etc or fill a large jug, let the foam die down then pour the beer into your glass

 

[Bigd2657]

You can actually make the keg last longer by not opening the top tap but you need to fill the glass with foam then let it die down then fill it with more foam, let it die down etc or fill a large jug, let the foam die down then pour the beer into your glass

Thanks great advice .

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[Leon103]

I made this mistake once, never again.

 

[Chrissparky]

I use these kegs all the time, I even think the beer seems to condition better than bottles. I use a party star tap with them rather than the built in tap. I usually put in 4 1/2 sugar lumps in each keg for conditioning. I always use co2 to dispense the beer and keep it fresh. This seems to work well for me

 

[private4587]

I use these kegs all the time, I even think the beer seems to condition better than bottles. I use a party star tap with them rather than the built in tap. I usually put in 4 1/2 sugar lumps in each keg for conditioning. I always use co2 to dispense the beer and keep it fresh. This seems to work well for me

Hi I am about to use a Party Star for the first time but i am unsure of when to turn on the CO2. Do you use the internal gas for the first pints of do you inject CO2 straight away. Sorry if this seems trivial but can not seem to find a good tutorial on the use of a Part Star tap.

 

[Leon103]

No need to use the built in tap at all. Inject co2 when pouring out of the party star stops, don't have the tap turn to pour whilst injecting.

Or

If you have finished drinking the keg for the night and you want s layer of co2 on the beer to keep fresh

 

[Chrissparky]

All I do is turn the co2 on until I hear the keg is pressurised, after I have finished pouring to keep the pressure in the keg. No need to have it switched on all the time.

 

[Dr_Unkenly]

If you leave the gas switched on it will continue to pressurise your beer so you will end up with 5 litres of foam and an empty cartridge.

Just give it a quick squirt, enough to dispense the beer but no more.

 

[geetee]

If you leave the gas switched on it will continue to pressurise your beer so you will end up with 5 litres of foam and an empty cartridge.

Just give it a quick squirt, enough to dispense the beer but no more.

Agree with that , a quick spurt when needed. The first time I used I left the gas turned on and it emptied the cylinder and would not dispense after a while

It is important to make sure that the cylinder is screwed completely in as I lost a couple leaking from the holder.

 

[Dr_Unkenly]

I screw the cylinder holder on gently until I feel a bit of resistance (i.e. It's about to pierce the cylinder) then a couple of quick hard half turns does it for me with minimal loss of gas.

 

[Chrissparky]

I have managed to carbonate a keg that was flat using the tap. Leaving the co2 switched on overnight in the fridge. Just a bit of info on my experience. Not something I usually do