Good morning everyone. Looking for input from everyone to see what their process is for conditioning their beer after carbonation. I'm still in start-up phase, so I brew on 1BBL pilot system and carbonate in 5gal corny kegs using a 0.5micron stone at the end of a tube that sits inside the corny, which is connected to a gas-IN port sanitary welded to the middle of the corny lid. For most beers I carbonate by means of pushing C02 through stone as follows:
For a beer I want carbed to 2.2 vols: 8PSI (target carb level) + 4PSI (wetting pressure) + 1PSI (height of corny) = 13PSI. I will let it sit on the stone, shaking the keg a few times through-out 3 days. Then I will switch it to head pressure by connecting C02 to the actual gas-IN port of the keg, and leave it at 8PSI until I serve it.
Now, what I have noticed is that if I try and drink the beer the day after carbonation, it has a overly "spritsy" mouth-feel and carbonic acid bite, along with slightly reduced flavor/aroma. Give it three days sitting on head pressure, and it tastes great. Does everyone else experience this? Or do you think its due to a flaw or necessity of my small pilot style system?
Thanks and cheers!
For a beer I want carbed to 2.2 vols: 8PSI (target carb level) + 4PSI (wetting pressure) + 1PSI (height of corny) = 13PSI. I will let it sit on the stone, shaking the keg a few times through-out 3 days. Then I will switch it to head pressure by connecting C02 to the actual gas-IN port of the keg, and leave it at 8PSI until I serve it.
Now, what I have noticed is that if I try and drink the beer the day after carbonation, it has a overly "spritsy" mouth-feel and carbonic acid bite, along with slightly reduced flavor/aroma. Give it three days sitting on head pressure, and it tastes great. Does everyone else experience this? Or do you think its due to a flaw or necessity of my small pilot style system?
Thanks and cheers!
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