Do I leave the gas on

bigbanko · Post by **bigbanko** » Monday Jan 29, 2007 8:28 pm

Hi Guys

New time kegger and was wondering once I have carbonated my beer do I leave the gas on pouring presure all the time or just turn it on and off when I want to dispence the beer.

Cheers

OldBugman · Post by **OldBugman** » Monday Jan 29, 2007 8:30 pm

either or.

I leave my gas on all the time.

But alot of people turn it on and off.

Aussie Claret · Post by **Aussie Claret** » Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 8:50 am

If you do leave it on make sure you have no leaks. If you have no leak then either way, but for a balanced system it should be left on.
AC

luke · Post by **luke** » Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 7:32 pm

When I have the keg gassed, I turn the gas on when dispenecing only 25 Kpa.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Wednesday Jan 31, 2007 9:43 am

I have mine at 75kpa. It varies from system to system, so just work out the happy medium.

Too low a pressure: beer goes flat over time.
Too high a pressure: beer gets forced out of tap at too high a rate, causing turbulent flow, effectively shaking it up. Result: heaps of head and flat beer.