Taps finaly flowing

[barley ben]

I finally got my fidge conversion yesterday. Couldn't wait so I did the shake at 30 pounds method and just tried a half pint a bit ago. Now I know what I was missing out on. Took 15 minutes to transfer and I'm done! Never want to look at another bottle again. Not to say, I guess I got lucky, Didn't even have to fine tune the psi's. Hit it with 30, shook it every now and then. Released the pressure and let it sit at 7 psi over night. This morning it poured perfect!!

One easy guestion for ya's. How many kegs is 5 lbs good for?

[BeerBelly]

A bunch, at least 10. I have had mine for a while, done several homebrews and a couple of 15 gallon kegs also. Plus I use it to pressurize my kegs after I sanatize them, so the sit charged. And it is cheap to refill, at the welding supply it was $8.30

The other day I kegged 3 batches from beginning to clean up it was 1 hour and 30 minutes. How much easier can it get.

[fuji6100]

congrats on your new system! I just got my second keg/tap flowing tonight (I had to wait a while for my late holiday ale to finish) It feels good pouring from a tap in your own home doesn't it?

[barley ben]

It feels good pouring from a tap in your own home doesn't it?

Yes it does!!! But I think I put the fridge in a bad place. It's about 2 feet from me and my computer. Now I'll never get off this forum!

I have one tap right now but it's already marked for the second and third. My girlfriend said that would make a good B-bay present for me. March 2nd will you ever get here?!

[barley ben]

OK, everything was perfect. I'm losing carbonation but not pressure in the keg. I got it up to 10 pounds and it's pouring fast but flat. I'm not losing any co2 from a leak. Doesn't make sense.
I had 1 pint saturday afternoon at 7psi, perfect. 1 pint saturday night, less carbonation, moved it to 8 psi. 2 pints sunday night, even less carbonation, moved it to 10 psi. It's monday night and I poured a pint and its pretty much flat but pouring at the proper speed. Any suggestions?

[fuji6100]

Is it flat, or does it just have no head? You can get a thicker head by holding the tap halfway open for the first second or two of the pour, then pouring the rest normally.

I know that I had to carbinate my kegs at about 25 psi for 3-4 days, then turn the pressure down to 10 psi after that. I notice that if I pour several beers in a night, that the 3rd or 4th beer have less head and seem a little less carbinated than the first few, even if the psi in the keg stays the same.

[barley ben]

No head and it's almost flat. There is some, kinka when you don't wait long enough time to try a bottle of a new batch.

[barley ben]

Well, I did a pour and didn't pull the tap all the way and I got a nice head on it. I think the carbonation problem was partially a mind game. I think when it poured with no head, it put off that it was flatter than it really was. I think everything will be OK!!!

[toneyc]

I've been wondering about this very thing this week. Last week, I took some home brew in an ez-cap bottle to a friend. He tried it later in the evening and e-mailed me and said it was great, but flat. I was having a pint at that very moment and I looked at it. It was fairly flat. I saw three bubbles rise in it. The next day, he came over and we each had a glass of the same beer and carbonation was perfect, hundreds of little bubbles, not too many, not too few. Later on, I had another flat pint. I really don't think I made any changes in pressure, what's happening?

:eek:
Toney.

[barley ben]

Now last night everything was right again. Had a couple and they poured good. I don't get it, but I better get it soon or this keg is only gonna last a couple weeks. Everytime I want a beer I hit it up and skip the bottles just to see if it's pouring right. Heck I've even poured two half pints before work just to see if it's right. Had to pour them out because I can't drink any before work. Just had to check it out.

[Fast_Eddy]

I'll throw in my two cents...

The overall temp of the beer will affect your perception of carbonation. If the beer were force carb'ed at 40F and then served at 50F you will see more noticeable break out of gas. If the beer were force carb'ed at 50F then served at 40F then less gas will break out because the colder liquid will support more solute.

I have observed this many times with my lagers. When they're lagering at close to 32F(and I've begun to force carb it) and you pull a pint you get very little to no noticeable head or bead. Let it warm to 50F and it might have a huge head.

This is all assuming that it stays in a sealed container - a keg.

[barley ben]

Mine is at 42 degrees. I force carbed and put it in the fridge. The regulator is at 10 and it's been there for a fewq days. It has come around now and has a bit of head and carbonation. Just how I like it. I think everything is ok again.