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Hey, PicoBrewers.
You finished
fermenting your beer.
Now you want to carbonate
it and serve it,
because then you can drink it.
So we're going to go
through the process
now of transferring
your finished beer
to your serving keg.
First thing you need to
do is put on your keg lid
here on your finished beer.
You're serving keg should
be cleaned and sanitized.
It also has a lid on it.
For this next step you'll need
your transfer tubing that has
two beverage connectors on it.
You'll need your CO2
tank, which should
have a length of tubing
on it, and then it
has your gas adapter.
Take your transfer tubing
and connected to each
of the outposts on both kegs.
You want to hear that snap so
you have a good, tight seal.
[SNAP]
You may see some beer
start to transfer over.
That's what you want to do.
And it's normal to have some
built-up pressure in your keg.
My CO2 cylinder has
a gauge cage on it.
This cage, which you can get
at a home brew supply shop,
protects the gauges if
this should fall over.
They're delicate and you
need to keep them calibrated.
So it's a good idea to get one.
The pressure setting for this
process is between 4 and 5 PSI.
So you go ahead and set
your gas and then go ahead
and connect it to the end of
your finished fermenting beer.
Turn it on.
And you can see the
process happening.
If you should hear any
hissing from either lid,
that means the seal isn't tight.
So just turn off your keg,
readjust your keg lids,
and start the process over.
You don't need to
clean your hose again
since it's already clean.
Go ahead every 30, 40
seconds and pull the pin
on your serving keg's lid.
That releases some
pressure of the gas.
What you're doing
is you're having
the gas in your
fermented beer keg
push that beer down up
through the dip tube,
and it goes down through
the other dip tube
and fills from the bottom up.
And this low pressure
also causes no foaming.
At this stage, you
don't want your beer
to get jostled around a lot,
because jostling your finished
beer around can hurt its
flavors in the finish.
So the process with the low
PSI and this gentle action
is just perfect.
You know it's complete
when you start
to hear a rumble in the
fermenting corny keg.
Go ahead and turn the gas
off, and then disconnect
the transfer tubing.
We'll need to wash this
keg and wash this tubing
so we can use it again to brew.
Now that the beer
has been transferred
to your serving keg, you
need to carbonate it.
So disconnect your CO2
cylinder, take the PSI,
and turn it up to 10.
That's a great pressure
rating to carbonate beer.
You go ahead and hook
it up to the end post.
Place the keg inside
your refrigerator.
The CO2 cylinder
goes in as well.
Turn it on.
About five to seven
days later, your beer
will be carbonated
and ready to drink.
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