Corny Kegs

[m_rawdin]

I know this has probably been covered before on this forum but I have a few questions around corny Kegs still being a beginner. How long will beer last when stored in a corny keg? How do you top up a Corny keg with Co2 to store it, do you gas the keg, turn off the Co2 then remove the gas in disconnect to keep the Co2 in, how do you stop any gas escaping?

[ManseMasher]

I know this has probably been covered before on this forum but I have a few questions around corny Kegs till being a beginner. How long will beer last when stored in a corny keg? How do you top up a Corny keg with Co2 to store it, do you gas the keg, turn off the Co2 then remove the gas in disconnect to keep the Co2 in, how do you stop any gas escaping?

I have poured beer from mine 2 months or more after filling. Make sure when you first gas the keg, vent it a couple of times (gas on, gas off, open prv, gas on, gas off, repeat 2 or 3 times). This forces air out and replaces it with co2. After it has carbed up, set the pressure to what you want to serve at, turn the gas off. There should be no leaks as the poppets in the gas in/beer out posts seal the keg. After a few pints I turn the gas back on again to replace any pressure that is released during serving. I always leave my lines connected to the keg. Never had any issues.

[m_rawdin]

Thanks for the info, my thought was to keg it, gas it, then store it until I serve it which means taking off the gas in disconnect. Just taking off the gas in disconnect after its reached the required pressure won't release too much Co2 from the keg will it? The valve should close straight away and keep all the Co2 in the keg I've just put in? This might seem like a bit of an amateur question but I've never corny kegged beer before.

[ManseMasher]

The poppet in the gas in post will close once you take the connector off, you won't lose any pressure by doing that mate.