OK, I'm new to kegging, I kegged my first batch of beer about a week ago. Since my bedroom is the coolest room in the house, that's where i'm storing it while it conditions. I did the "big bottle" treatment, 2/3 cup of sugar (It's a pony keg btw) to prime. I put just a little over 6 gallons in it. After about 5 hours i pushed on the ball & it already had decent pressure to push some beer up through it.
I've had bottles explode on me before but they were in the laundry room & no one got hurt, this thing is sitting next to my bed...i'm paranoid...can a keg explode like a bottle? I know SS vs. glass, big difference, but hey i've heard of weirder things happening. That would probably be the fastest way to get the beer into me though.
If you've ever done the "dry ice & water in a soda bottle" trick, you would know why I'm paranoid...that little soda bottle exploded like a stick of dynamite, the one I did cracked the vinyl siding on my house.
Can you imagine what that would be like? Maybe I should call Mythbusters & have them test this theory.
Kent