Priming Kegs

[JohnQ]

Just out of interest, since I've been Spunding via a capture keg, I've noticed that the capture keg ends up with 24-30 psi in it.
I've subsequently used that CO2 to purge kegs and pressurize the next batch. Would be interesting to use it to carb up future batches that I missed the pressure shut down time to have the primary carb, I might start saving a few kegs with just CO2 in them to see if there is enough volumes to do that.
JQ

[Chris Craig]

I don't understand the concept of using a 1/3 of the required priming sugar for a keg...doesn't make sense... if you need a cup of priming sugar for 20L of beer, it shouldn't matter if you put it in a keg or bottles...that's how much priming sugar you need for a certain volume of CO2.

It has to do with head space, and more importantly, the amount of surface area that the beer has.

[pliny]

Jake, there are 75 carboys for sale at that auction on kijiji - just buy them and that should take care of your pipeline for a while.

Hope that 1272 worked out well for you.

[Jake]

1272 is soooooo slow. It's been at high krausen for like 6 or 7 days and does not seem to want to drop out.

On another note, I added 1/3 of a cup of corn sugar (dissolved in boiling water and cooled) to a full keg of bitter. I followed directions by hitting with gas and purging out any O2. I plan to put on CO2 exactly 2 weeks from now and I'm hoping it's good to drink once it hook it up.

If it works out, I'm thinking this could become routine for me. I like the idea of having multiple full kegs in my basement and when I want to drink I can immediately hook it up and be ready to go ... but it'll be interesting to see how much will be wasted from the sediment at the bottom of the keg before it's relatively clear.

[DandyMason]

So yeah what Jake just said... I primed two kegs and im just wondering if my first few glasses or so are going to be filled with sediment...

[Jake]

Yup pint or so full of gunk. Clears fine after that though.

I'm finding this to be a good option. Once I'm doing 10G batches consistently, I'm going to put one on gas and prime the other and let it age for a month or so ... and when I want to drink it'll be ready

[DandyMason]

k Sounds good.. Ill toss the first glass or so

Yeah im planning something similar, Probably end up priming most of them. Ill be 10 gal soon and pumping out quite a bit.

[pliny]

This was good advice.
I primed a couple of kegs with corn sugar last night. Hopefully this will yield some good results since dextrose is cheaper than CO2 around here - if you have the time to wait.