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How fast do you carbonate?
bluefoxicy:
I got 49 bottles done in 40 minutes today. Not bad, but that's the last time I bottle beer; going to build me a kegging system.
How fast do you force carbonate? Do you leave your beer still in the keg for 2 weeks or so before pressurizing it? CO2 interferes with yeast activity, which can change how a beer ages I guess. On the other hand, you could just rack to secondary and let the beer age for a couple weeks before kegging.
Because of aging issues with cider, I may invest in a pair of conicals and always keep some 30 gallons on hand, tapping a keg off the fermenter when needed, just because I've yet to make a cider that was any good before it was 3 or 4 years old.
morticaixavier:
have not made a cider, but I don't think most people wait a couple years to drink. post a recipe and we can see what's up with that.
My regime usually goes something like, 1-3 weeks primary, crash cool for a couple days, into the keg and force carb with gentle shaking then start drinking the next day. Only some beers need an ageing period and some others really don't want that (wheat beers, low gravity session ales) as they want to be fresh when consumed.
roguejim:
Generally speaking, ferment 2 weeks in primary, 3 weeks if I'm dry hopping. Keg, and force carb at 20psi for 3-4 days. This carbing schedule has been fool proof.
liquidbrewing:
Let your beer ferment out. Keg cold beer and set to your serving pressure. Leave it on the gas for app. 7 days, you'll be good. You can always shake the keg too, but never shake a keg with pressure over your serving pressure, you risk over carbonation.
bluefoxicy:
Huh. So you guys don't let the beer sit longer? How's that work when you skip the whole bottle conditioning phase and go straight to carbonated? Doesn't change the beer?
--- Quote from: morticaixavier on September 02, 2012, 01:26:49 pm ---have not made a cider, but I don't think most people wait a couple years to drink. post a recipe and we can see what's up with that.
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