{"id":264,"date":"2013-11-27T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T03:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2015-02-16T13:35:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T18:35:30","slug":"keg-force-carbonation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/kegging-bottling\/keg-force-carbonation\/","title":{"rendered":"Keg Force Carbonation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to do a quick and easy force carbonation on your kegs. I learned this technique from Stan at Malty Dog Brewing, here in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fast and simple way to force carb and does a great job for most beers. This process will take about an hour and a half, and afterwards can be served right away.\u00a0 I like to let mine sit for a couple of days, for best results, not because of the force carbonation but because the beer usually has to cold condition anyways. Sometimes I&#8217;ll watch some TV or something as I do this to help pass the time.<\/p>\n<p>Excuse the video &#8211; I probably should have re-done the beginning!<\/p>\n<p>Approximate times in the video are noted for reference.<br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/static.getclicky.com\/inc\/javascript\/video\/youtube.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CEQIvD1u0Vw?wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Video Summary<\/h2>\n<p>This will be a quick, easy way to do force carbonation. I learned this technique from Stan at Malty Dog Brewing. It\u2019s a great, simple way and does a great job for most beers.<\/p>\n<h2>The basic steps:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Get beer to serving temperature<\/li>\n<li>Set tank to 20 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Connect gas to the black (out) connector to bubble CO2 from the bottom<\/li>\n<li>Gently rock tank for 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect gas and let sit for 1 hour<\/li>\n<li>Release pressure from keg<\/li>\n<li>Set tank to serving pressure<\/li>\n<li>Connect and serve<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That\u2019s it &#8211;\u00a0 it can be served like that. I like to let it sit though for a few hours (minimum, but more like a few days to continue cold conditioning the beer).<\/p>\n<p>1:45 The first thing I do is get the black connector off so I can connect it to the gas line. The reason being is that you can\u2019t connect the gray connector to the beer out on your corny keg; you need the black one. I am a little over 20lbs, which is okay for two tanks because it will drop off dramatically. Now we connect it to the out on each tank and turn the gas on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shaking-the-kegs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-465 \" src=\"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shaking-the-kegs-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Shaking the Kegs\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shaking-the-kegs-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shaking-the-kegs-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shaking-the-kegs.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocking the Kegs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2:55 My timer is set to 15 minutes, I hit start, and gently rock both kegs at the same time. Nice and easy and slow. If I have a TV near I\u2019ll watch something. Every once and a while you can hear the CO2 start to bubble. I\u2019ve found that sometimes if you just rock the tank it doesn\u2019t move the beer around a lot, so I sometimes try to go a little shorter with my movements so I can hear the beer moving around more. It seems to absorb more when I do it like that.<\/p>\n<p>4:00 Now that my 15 minutes is up, I have to shut my gas off, disconnect it, and let it sit for an hour or so.<\/p>\n<p>4:40 Now that my beer has been sitting for an hour and 15 minutes, the first thing I\u2019m going to do is connect my gas lines back up to the &#8220;in&#8221; connector on the kegs, then reset to my serving pressure (around 6-8lbs). Next I release all the pressure from both kegs, and then turn the gas back on.<\/p>\n<p>5:25 I have noticed a little leak in my cap on one of my kegs. To test for leaks I take a little bowl of water with some dish soap (like you would to check the gas connections on a barbeque grill), and put it around the seal where I think the leak is. If I see any bubbling that means there is a leak. I do have a little leak on top of one of my kegs, so after adjustment the leak is eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>6:40 Technically it could be served now, but I\u2019m going to let it sit a little longer so I have some time to clean my beer lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how to do a quick and easy force carbonation on your kegs. I learned this technique from Stan at Malty Dog Brewing, here in Michigan. It&#8217;s a fast and simple way to force carb and does a great job for most beers. This process will take about an hour and a half, and afterwards &#8230; <a title=\"Keg Force Carbonation\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/kegging-bottling\/keg-force-carbonation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keg Force Carbonation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1609,"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions\/1609"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biabbrewing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}