Plastic Keg vs Bottle

[spinner]

Hi,

I've done two brews so far and on the first i put it into the plastic keg and after a while it started to go a bit fizzy but each time i was pouring it out of the tap i needed to unscrew the lid otherwise it wouldn't keep coming out the tap so i think the carbonation went and it ended up being a bit flat.

The second time i didn't bother with the keg and put it direct into 500ml bottles and put in a level tea spoon of regular cane sugar and this has carbonated fine. The problem is that you get what i think is yeast sediment at the bottom of the bottle and it makes it go cloudy if you empty the full bottle into a glass.

I don't want to force carbonate at the moment but is there a middle ground where i can put it into the keg with some additional sugar to do the carbonation then after a week or so bottle it carbonated and will it stay carbonated in the bottle ?

Thanks,
Tim.

 

[snail59]

Use bottles but when pouring don't tilt the bottle beyond horizontal. This will leave the sediment in the bottle. Try CLEAR bottles. Store them in the dark to prevent SKUNKING. This way you will be able to see the sediment before it leaves the bottle.

 

[artyb]

i store my 500ml,1litre, 2litre pet bottles up side down in boxes,
over time the sediment collects in the lid,
before drinking, then i crack em open over a sink,
and the gunk is flushed out, simples... :party:

 

[StrangeBrew]

Hi,

I've done two brews so far and on the first i put it into the plastic keg and after a while it started to go a bit fizzy but each time i was pouring it out of the tap i needed to unscrew the lid otherwise it wouldn't keep coming out the tap so i think the carbonation went and it ended up being a bit flat.


Tim.

Get a pressurising cap for your keg, either a pin valve for Sparklet Co2 Bulbs ... or an S30 valve for more economical larger cylinders... Soon as the natural pressure starts to decay add Co2 ...

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[eggman]

I had pressure loss on my first brew due to a leak in the lid, make sure you put vaseline round the thread. As strangebrew says get a diff lid so you can gas up your keg when the pressure runs low. As for cabonation you'll get better out of bottles. rule of thumb is keg for ales and stout, bottles for lager. I keg most of mine but bottle a few out of each batch :