SourLover
Well-Known Member
Hello Everyone,
After my last bottling took way longer than expected I decided to attempt to save some time and put a beer finishing this weekend into a keg. This will be my first time kegging, so I’m hoping people can help me with a few questions. I appreciate any help offered up here as I take on the new task of kegging beer.
1.) The beer is a 5 gallon batch of Gose which was originally intended to be bottled. I was originally going to add my salt at the end with my priming sugar. Since I’m no longer using the sugar I’m assuming I can boil 8oz of water and dissolve ½ to 1 ounce of pink himalayan salt and add it to the bottom of the keg before filling the keg with beer? Is there a better way to go about getting the salt into the beer at this point?
2.) I prefer clear beer so I’m going to add gelatin finings for the first time. As long as my order shows up before this weekend I would add it over the top of the cold kegged beer before carbonating. The beer will be 35 degrees or so going from carboy to keg. Is this the best way to do it? If my gelatin doesn’t show up before kegging can I add it after a week of carbonation?
3.) For force carbonation I plan on hooking the C02 line to the liquid out post and leaving it at 20 psi for at least a week before checking. It will be carbonating at 35 degrees. Once carbonated I plan on leaving the regulator at 20 psi in order to get close to 3.5 volumes of C02. Does this seem like the best plan for force carbonation?
Thanks!
After my last bottling took way longer than expected I decided to attempt to save some time and put a beer finishing this weekend into a keg. This will be my first time kegging, so I’m hoping people can help me with a few questions. I appreciate any help offered up here as I take on the new task of kegging beer.
1.) The beer is a 5 gallon batch of Gose which was originally intended to be bottled. I was originally going to add my salt at the end with my priming sugar. Since I’m no longer using the sugar I’m assuming I can boil 8oz of water and dissolve ½ to 1 ounce of pink himalayan salt and add it to the bottom of the keg before filling the keg with beer? Is there a better way to go about getting the salt into the beer at this point?
2.) I prefer clear beer so I’m going to add gelatin finings for the first time. As long as my order shows up before this weekend I would add it over the top of the cold kegged beer before carbonating. The beer will be 35 degrees or so going from carboy to keg. Is this the best way to do it? If my gelatin doesn’t show up before kegging can I add it after a week of carbonation?
3.) For force carbonation I plan on hooking the C02 line to the liquid out post and leaving it at 20 psi for at least a week before checking. It will be carbonating at 35 degrees. Once carbonated I plan on leaving the regulator at 20 psi in order to get close to 3.5 volumes of C02. Does this seem like the best plan for force carbonation?
Thanks!