Filling and Use Guidelines
With Co2 Mini Gasser or Co2 tank
When filling the 5 gallon keg, leave a 1" space at the top for Co2 space. Always fill the keg from the bottom up or down the sides to not splash the beer.
Cask Conditioned Beer
Prime with 'Five level Table Spoons Only' Dextrose (corn sugar), per each 5 gallon keg.
Prime kegs individually, priming kegs and bottles is not the same volume of primer used for 5 gallon batch. Seal the lid and lock the bale wire down lock the lid in place.
Purge the keg from air using the Co2 Mini gas Charger with a few blast of Co2. Relieve the air on the top of the beer by pulling up on the keg lid safety pull ring quickly one to two times.
Let your keg condition at the same temperature that your beer fermented for the first 10-14 days. This will let the beer carbonate, before cooling beer for dispensing.
Always drop the Co2 pressure in the keg before dispensing. Vent the safety on the top of the keg until the pressure is almost not heard. (2-5 PSI) Use the natural Co2 pressure to dispense the first couple of glasses of beer.
Using the Co2 from the Co2 Mini gas Charger, Add Co2 (one to two Burst) to the keg to dispense the beer. Only press the gasser to insert a small amount of Co2 to dispense only. The Co2 gasser is NOT for force carbonation. Approximately 2 ea. 16 gram Co2 will dispense the 5 gallons of beer from the keg.
Using pressure from a C02 tank, pressurize the tank to 3-5 psi for a hand faucet or 5-8 psi for for faucet mount or tower using an 5 foot restrictor tubing.
Always sanitize both pieces of the inlet and outlet fittings before attaching to the keg. A small layer of food grade lubricate like our ‘O-ring Keg Lube' will help with all O-rings.
Maintain the pressure in the keg during dispensing.
For Force carbonation please see: Force Carbonation
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