Carbonation????

[timtoos]

Hi all,

I need some advice out there with regards carbonation.

I have a beer sat in a SS brite tank. Its sat at 3.5C and I fed in CO2 through the carbonation stone until I had a head pressure of 9psi, about 2.3 volumes of co2.

The bit I dont get is carbonation and serving temperatures. Should they be the same? I thought that carbonation should be done colder the better. Am i wrong thinking this?

I plan on bottling this beer and drinking chilled but not at this carbonation temperature. What should I expect?

Thanks very much

 

[Dutto]

When cold, a liquid absorbs gas at a quicker rate than warm. (This is why fish die in summer as the water cannot absorb sufficient oxygen from the air.)

It is also why it is easier to carbonate a brew with CO2 at a low temperature.

Personally, I would never serve a brew “cold”!

I regard the practice as an abomination, extolled by big breweries that brew cheap and nasty beer and then sell it by making it so cold that a persons taste-buds are neutered!

IMO, a brew is best served a few degrees below “ambient”.

Also, I maintain my kegs at 5psi to 10psi ‘cos I also hate a “gassy” brew!

Enjoy.
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