^^^^^There is just one pressure you need for your beer at all times
What's the average temperature beer should be served at? I'm going to be kegging for the first time next week, using a basic American wheat. I do know that generally, darker beers should be served a little warmer.
^^^^^
This.
Volumes of CO2 is controlled by pressure and temperature. Use a carbonation chart and set for the style of beer you are serving.
Foaming is controlled by line diameter and length, not by bleeding the tank.
The high pressure gauge is no less accurate in or out of the fridge. It reads the pressure of liquid CO2 at a given temperature and is a constant.
My kegerator is set at 40 degrees. If I'm serving a beer that should be warmer, I just let it sit a few minutes before drinking. But I have a cream ale on tap now, and I think that beer is a great lawnmower beer and I like it cold!
I've actually seen a high pressure gauge read 300PSI lower when inside the fridge, compared with outside. Same exact tank, same fillup, etc. This was on a 5# tank, if that makes any difference. I can't fit that tank in my fridge without losing a keg space. Plus I now have a 20# tank that would make me lose two kegs, if I put it inside. IMO it's easier to keep it outside. Plus I can quickly read the gauges with it outside
This happens because with heat pressure rises. Volume is the same, just at a different pressure.
Plus the tank PSI shows more true when at room temp.
Sorry. By "more true", I thought you meant the guage is more accurate at telling you the amount of CO2 left when the tank is outside the fridge. Or that the PSI reading was more accurate when outside.The gauge will READ lower when the tank is cold/chilled. Never said it had less gas in it.
What's an approximate PSI to store beer being cellared at 50 degrees?
I had issues with the tank in the fridge as it shows lower pressure due to the cold shrinking the co2.
Use this chart: http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php
Use this chart: http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php
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