I've just finished my second attempt at keg carbonation. Here's how I thought it was supposed to work:
Connect my CO2 to the keg input (not real clear how much pressure).
Agitate the keg for a couple of minutes a day. (I did this by sitting down next to the fridge and laying the keg across my knees and rolling them back and forth.)
After a couple of days, drop the pressure to around 5 lbs and decant a pint to see if the carbonation is about where you want it.
So the problem is, that my first several draws from the keg are all foam. If I draw off 1/2 gallon of foam and then let it sit for a while, I get a pint or two of pretty good beer, but I'm not sure about the carbonation level. It seems a little flat, but that could likely be because I'm letting the foam sit for a while so I can get it back to fluid state.
I'm wondering if the issue is that my agitation sessions are producing the foam. Tonight, I'll decant some more and I'm hoping the kegs have calmed down a bit.
Maybe I'm doing it right, but I just need to factor in a day or two of wait (not my strong suit) to let the foam settle down after the carbonation process. I'm just trying to figure out if I'm doing it right (or close to it).
TIA,
JPK
Connect my CO2 to the keg input (not real clear how much pressure).
Agitate the keg for a couple of minutes a day. (I did this by sitting down next to the fridge and laying the keg across my knees and rolling them back and forth.)
After a couple of days, drop the pressure to around 5 lbs and decant a pint to see if the carbonation is about where you want it.
So the problem is, that my first several draws from the keg are all foam. If I draw off 1/2 gallon of foam and then let it sit for a while, I get a pint or two of pretty good beer, but I'm not sure about the carbonation level. It seems a little flat, but that could likely be because I'm letting the foam sit for a while so I can get it back to fluid state.
I'm wondering if the issue is that my agitation sessions are producing the foam. Tonight, I'll decant some more and I'm hoping the kegs have calmed down a bit.
Maybe I'm doing it right, but I just need to factor in a day or two of wait (not my strong suit) to let the foam settle down after the carbonation process. I'm just trying to figure out if I'm doing it right (or close to it).
TIA,
JPK