I have recently bought a Sanyo Beer Dispenser and enjoy having draft beer anytime I want. What do people who have beer dispensers keep the CO2 pressure at? I have been keeping it at approximately 9 which seems to give me a decent amount of head but doesn't make the beer go wild. The beer seems to go slightly flat after about a week. I keep my temp at 32F.
Thanks for you input
Rick
Pressure depends on the length and diameter of your dispensing lines. The pressure of the CO2 in the beer will eventually equal out to be the pressure of the CO2 headspace in your keg - i.e. if your drinking higher carbonated lagers like Bud, Miller, etc. you can expect that when the pressure in the beer is equal to your 9 pounds of keg pressure it may seem a little flat. Two things you could do - crank up the pressure to around 15 pounds when not in use and vent the keg and turn down to 9 for serving, or get longer liquid dispensing hose. On my homebrew system when I did a highly carbed hefeweizen I needed nealy 7 feet of 3/16 inner diameter hose for 15 pounds.
_Randal
First, different beer styles require different levels of carbonation. Second, the colder you store beer, the more carbonation it will absorb. You need to jack up the temp just a bit, as 32 deg F is just too cold for any beer. A temperature of 34-38 deg F would be better. Below is a website on kegging beer. It's for home brewers who use surplus soda kegs, but the carbonation chart at the bottom will still work for any keg.
Also, tubing diameter and length are a factor. I use about 6 ft of 1/4" I.D. tubing from keg to tap.
For more info google for 'carbonation volume beer' or variations.
Here's another:
BTW, didn't this info come with your Sanyo? Did you RTFM?
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