Force Carbonating 1 Gallon Homebrew Batch With A Mini Keg
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- This is a video I made one evening after force carbonating my homebrewed DIPA. I was making a soup while drinking some beverage and decided to share my process. If you are a small batch homebrewer like myself, you COULD wait 7-10 days to bottle condition your beer or you force carb in 24 hours. Here's my setup. Enjoy!
Don't swap the connectors. They have different sizes (for a reason).
Thanks for showing this. I am about to make a sparkling ginger mead and was wondering how to force carbonate it.
Can't help you there buddy. Never made mead.
You shouldn’t have to swap to the liquid post; but also this would be better as a demo.
I'm new to homebrewing (3 batches so far) -- I bought a 1-gallong mini keg to try out and love it. I ended up bottle conditioning the 1st batch for the keg (2 weeks of waiting with carbonating drops in each bottle). I then poured the bottles into the keg and went through the steps...the head came out awesome. I want to try and cut down the time to condition my beer so I can try it quicker. Any suggestions? Sub'd
Buy 2 more mini kegs and two more ball locks and brew 3 gallon batches. A cream ale with s05/wlp001/wyeast 1056 and you'll be drinking carbed beer in 1 gallon batches in 7-10 days. That second or third gallon will be crystal clear too. It's summer, brew and drink light beers. Cheers dude🤘!
@@krb3K3 I've brewed 2 hefeweizens and one IPA so far. This time I'm brewing a blueberry single hop (cascade hops).
@@DickiesBeerReviews Sounds Delicious. Cascade is a classic for a reason!
looks cool but I didn't understand what swapping of the disconnect positions achieves
You have to put the gas into the keg directly through the tube side to charge it for a period of time. Otherwise you would be pouring flat beer.
It's so that the co2 goes through the dip tube to the bottom of the keg and then up through the beer, to maximize contact and increase uptake. If you force-carb through the gas post, there is much less mixing of liquid and gas.
@@krb3K3 Thanks for the video! This would have been an extremely nice and piece of advise to put in the video
Thanks for the video; off the back of this I've purchased the same kit in the UK. Quick question: do you need to seek out food grade co2 cartridges? There are loads of 16g threaded cartridges available for tyre inflation for example, which you can buy in bulk fairly cheaply
Definitely DO NOT get the tire grade... Go w/ food and beverage grade. The general ones can create an oily flavor that will ruin a batch. The worst thing one can do is waste copious amounts of hops on something like that!
@@krb3K3 thx
Great! how long does one of those CO2 capsules last?
If you still read these comments, can you share where you got this setup? This is sweet!
Amazon. You can buy them all separately. Thanks for the comment!
Where do you get all this? I have yet to see a comprehensive kit for mini kegs
Amazon
What psi should a wine or cider be at, is 5 a good psi
Can you do the 'force' carbonation portion on a NutriChef keg? Seems like that setup is more inline and for beer. I am looking to re-carbonate soda.
It would be the same process. You can try setting it at the desired PSI and gently shaking for ~30 minutes, that might help it carbonate faster.
Totally confusing explanation
Do we depresurize before or after dicing the onions and peppers?
During.
When I screw in the 16 gram cylinders, a lot of gas escapes (even if I screw it in quickly) and the gas is almost spent.
Yeah, it kinda sucks. I have actually upgraded my gear to a new mini reg and soda stream since making this vid.
@@krb3K3 yah I'm looking to do the same. What mini reg did you pick up?.. do you need an adapter for sodastream cannister?
Actually picked up one off Amazon that has the thread size of soda stream as default. It is one of the ones that can go up to 90 psi. Also, the reason for the upgrade is I'm now making 3 gallon batches in a 3 gallon mini keg. W/ the head space it it, soda stream 60L canisters are ideal for several batches.
@@krb3K3 cool thanks man I'll check it out.. can you share the description so I can find it on amazon? In the long run it seems best to shell out for a nice 5 lb co2 tank + taprite regulator + hose for like $120.. will last forever and co2 refills are cheap. But for now, I love the fact that you can deliver sodastream to your door.. which is a plus over buying a canister and going out for refills.
Have you had any problems with that regulator
It was working fine for about a year until I broke it when unscrewing a partially used cartridge. The pressure busted the inside needle and co2 was escaping around the threading. It was on me though, not on the manufacturer. Purchased another one just for testing so even though they look a little bit different from one to the next, they all work pretty well in a micro process.
Does this work with 8g cartridges?
Probably, but you would need to match thread size of the mini reg threading. Also - in general it usually takes 1 16g cartridge to charge and maybe 1/2 a 16g cartridge to serve so you'd probably get a better deal using the bigger cartridge.
Do you know how much CO2 you use per carbonation?
Originally it was taking 1 cartridge to charge, 1 to serve. However, I've tweaked the process lately to use nearly 1 cartridge for both...
krb3K3 I need to know how you got it down to 1 cart for both! Please shed some light 😬
I thought you were suppossed to add priming sugar to carbonate and that the Co2 charger was purely to get the liquid out? Is 16 grams of co2 really enough to carbonate 1 gallon?
There's 2 ways to carbonate. If you have yeast in the drink, yes you can using priming sugar and wait about 2 weeks. The alternative is called 'force carbonating', you keep the drink cold and at about 30psi for a day or so. I'm simplifying this a lot for brevity.
@@ruairim7551here ill help you out..
Look up forced carbonation.
No.