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Hi Guys,

I am about to start kegging and I have one major question. I am looking at force carbonating to ensure there is as little sediment as possible in the keg. There are plenty of posts online that cover carbonation levels at various temperatures and the advise seems to be that you should carbonate at lower temperatures. I am looking at doing a "Jockey box" setup. The benefit being that the keg doesn't have to be kept cool. My question is as follows; the keg temp will obviously be higher than it was when I carbonated the beer and will therefore have less dissolved CO2. Does anybody know the best way around this? Is it better to try and get carbonation levels right for the approximate temperature it will be kept at while serving? I don't know for certain, but I would guess that the drop in temp in the coil/plate will not get the carbonation level to what it should be. I suppose I could use a trial and error approach but I don't really want to waste all that beer.

If you're carbonating cold, then use the pressure recommended for that temp on one of the carbonation tables. If you're going to keep it warm afterwards, adjust the pressure to keep the same level of CO2 at the new temp. You'll just need a longer serving line to reduce that pressure before it leaves the faucet. Maybe the length of coils in the jockey box already compensates for the added pressure needed. I haven't used one, so can't say, with authority.

Cheers

dogismycopilot wrote:If you're carbonating cold, then use the pressure recommended for that temp on one of the carbonation tables. If you're going to keep it warm afterwards, adjust the pressure to keep the same level of CO2 at the new temp. You'll just need a longer serving line to reduce that pressure before it leaves the faucet. Maybe the length of coils in the jockey box already compensates for the added pressure needed. I haven't used one, so can't say, with authority.

Cheers

Thanks for the response, I will try to carbonate at the temp it will be kept at. I thought that the length of the coil was probably enough to drop the pressure.