Force Carbonation questions

[mikeybrau]

I'm looking to force carb my beer and bottle it. I've already read a great thread about how to accomplish the bottling portion of the process.

what I am wondering is if someone can point me to steps on the force carbonation process. specifically, my concern is what temp does the beer need to be at to carbonate? I don't have refrigeration and my basement stays about 60 degrees year round. athanks

 

[bigbeergeek]

If the beer is sitting at 60 degrees, set your regulator to 20 psi for two weeks, then bleed off the pressure to around 5 psi and bottle. Google "beer carbonation chart" for a reference table to answer these carbonation/psi/temperature questions. BTW, if you have kegs you really should invest the tiny bit of money into putting a cheapo used fridge in that basement...

 

[mikeybrau]

great. thanks for the info.

 

[zachattack]

Provided you can get the pressure high enough, you can carbonate at any stable temperature. Check out a carb chart or calculator (http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/carbonation.html).

I've never tried bottling from a keg, but I've seen many others post that it's very difficult to do at room temperature. There's going to be a lot of foaming, most of your carbonation will be lost in the transfer.

 

[mikeybrau]

some good news, a friend has a fridge he is giving me because he is remodeling. so looks like I can cool the keg down after all. I will probably look to covert the fridge to a kegerator provided it doesn't kill my electric bill.