How to force carbonate 2 corney kegs after transferring from fermentor

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Murrell on July 30, 2012 at 8:00pm

Sounds like far too much waiting time before you get to drink your beer!!!

The "Ross Method" seems pretty popular on the AHB forum in OZ http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8535

No waiting around for things to carb up over time! But obviously waiting a couple of weeks does no harm as far as flavours maturing etc.

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Permalink Reply by Ralph on July 30, 2012 at 8:12pm

I just connect my kegs at about 12 psi and leave them sitting connected for a week or so. I figure it usually needs this long to age so I am in no hurry to carb it up. If you want it quickly then use the "Ross" method posted by Nathan.

By the as far as I know priming a keg would usually refer to adding sugar and using a fermentation to carbonate the beer in the keg (like bottle priming does).

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Permalink Reply by Steve b on July 30, 2012 at 8:22pm

Thanks For your reply , I labeled the heading incorrectly , I meant force carbonation , I'm not wanting to prime eg add sugars etc , so once I've transferred from fermentor to keg what's the process involved in force carbonation ?

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Murrell on July 30, 2012 at 8:52pm

See the link above....you can drink it nearly straight away but it carbs up better over time.

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Permalink Reply by Ralph on July 30, 2012 at 9:02pm

Ummm.... like I just wrote above. I just connect my kegs at about 12 psi and leave them sitting connected for a week or so.

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Permalink Reply by Colin Slater on October 3, 2012 at 8:49am

Same as Ralph I generally do a quick 5 min roll on 25psi then set then at 12psi and leave them. I've fuond 7 days is when the flavour really settles down in the keg.

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