First Time Cornie User Needs Help

[TheBigEasy]

I am about to put a brew in a cornie for the first time.
I have heard people say that your beer needs to be bright and you do not carbonate with sugar etc, but force carbonate with CO2.

At the moment I only have those little injectors with 16 gram CO2 bulbs and I guess I would need quite a few to force carbonate.

Can I prime with corn sugar as I do with King Kegs?
I know there will be sediment and I will lose some of my beer due to this sediment.

Any help will be appreciated

Jon L.

[Andy]

Hi Jon,

Yes, you can prime as normal using sugars. As the dispense tube draws from the base then as you rightly mention you'll initially draw up some sediment but a "clear zone" will form around the tube inlet after a pint or so has been served. Alternatively you could cut the length of the dispense tube by a centimetre or so such that it will draw from above a sediment base.

[TheBigEasy]

Andy,
Cheers for that. I have seen a post before about cutting a tadge from the pipe, so I think I will do that and see what happens.

Beers
Jon L.

[Andy]

Cool.

If it doesn't work out then you can always stick a short length of plastic tube on the end of the (cut) dispense tube to restore it to its original length! B)