Is there a way to maintain different carbonation levels in only certain kegs or do I have to get a whole new regulator?
Is there another way to do it?
I definitely think you can charge up selectively your dispensing kegs to maintain your desired carb levels.
I could never find the last leak in my system with its hundred points of contact and I got really tired of finding my tank empty. Two regulators each with gas lines split to each fridge, always connected and valve-open to 9+ kegs seemed more hassle than it was worth.
Finally I just shut off the gas and let the existing pressure dispense my pours. When a line began to slow or carbonation began to lesson I would open the valve for an appropriate charge.
This sanity and money saving change came with a surprise benefit. I began to experience different beers styles through different carbonation levels and just as importantly, the same beer at different carbonation levels.
You get a keen sense of how much and how often you need to carb up for what it is you're after in each beer.
+1 This is how I do it and have learned to maintain what I like. I can change it up too as the beer matures in the kegerator. Flatter beer isn't necessarily a bad thing. I drink it closer to style by my sheer laziness as I was bought up american-style with briskly effervescent lager beer.
hmm, thanks. I will look into that in-line regulator.
I might not mind the hit and miss thing either...if you turn off the gas, will the beer eventually loose all CO2 and go flat?
yeah, eventually but it'll just stop pouring first. when that happens pop the valve open for a second and then close it again. or pop the QD back on for second.
Another +1. The beer won't go flat it will just reach an equilibrium. So if the beer is overcarbed I vent the keg until I get a pour force sufficient to fill a glass of beer without it being overly foamy. After a couple+ glasses depending I might just leave it (keg) until the next day to draw some of the co2 out.
I must remember when the beer is where I like it to charge it up after pouring several beers. And all this depends how much beer is in the keg, but if you keep up with a high use beer it pours however you want just fine IMO.
I think you guys aren't pouring hard enough. I'm not a huge fan of excess fizz in my hoppy brews, but that carbonation does a world of good when it comes to releasing hop aroma. I just pour it extra hard to kick out the extra carbonation.
Hop bitterness on acid bitter mmmm.
I feel the same way but never thought about the aroma- maybe because can't smell that well.
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