Conditioning in a 2nd Crusader Keg

[Monkeybrew]

Hi

Now that I have fallen in love with my Crusader/Kegerator setup, I would like to add a second keg to my collection, put purely as a means of having the next brew conditioning while I'm drinking whatever is on tap.

Would I just keg the beer that I want to condition and then give it a good blast of CO2 for say a day, then disconnect my coupler and happily sit the keg in fridge to condition until I'm ready to drink it?

Cheers

MB

[alexlark]

Yes you can do that MB. The beer will absorb the CO2 though when it's in the fridge so you will have to top it up a bit.

[Monkeybrew]

I've posted barneey's reply here from my original thread on this subject, that I didn't think had posted earlier as I was having technical issues!

Standard PA/ Bitter / Porter /Stout

What I do, is give the kegs a squirt of CO2 over a period of 3 to 4 days, when you want to pull a pint first try without CO2 see if it pulls or fobs & act accordingly. If things haven't happened leave connected to gas for a day.

Pressure for the squirt can be upto 10psi.

When using I only squirt a pressure of 3 to 4 psi into the keg when the pour becomes slow.

All those so called carbonation charts, psi times & pressures to me are fairly pointless so is shaking the hell out of a keg to force carbonate the thing.  

Not a black art but after a while with a set up it becomes 2nd nature. It all depends on how carbonated you like your beer. If you over carb & end up with a pint of foam, vent the keg at regular intervals.

Kegs are quite happy in a kegerator without gas attached.


barneey 

[Maldon John]

Hi

Now that I have fallen in love with my Crusader/Kegerator setup, I would like to add a second keg to my collection

Cheers

MB

They are multiplying MB, before you know it you will own a whole fleet of them!

[D4nny74]

I have 6 crusader keg and always have 4 conditioning , I purge any o2 out then carb up a couple of days before I need them , I always have one in fridge in house carbed up