Enjoy a handy carbonation chart telling you which level of PSI to use when force carbonating your hombrew! Find the temperature you're carbonating at, the style of beer in the keg, and voila! You now have a perfect range of PSI to finish the last leg of your next award winning homebrew. Whether you are taking the slow route or shaking your keg to a quick carb, this carbonation chart will help you choose the appropriate amount of C02 for the style of beer you're making.
There are two primary methods of force carbonating homebrew. The first of these two methods is what many deem "slow" and the second would be considered "fast". Either method will produce the same end results, but be sure to carbonate your beer in a cold environment. Beer has the ability to absorb C02 at a much greater rate when it is cold. Knowing what temperature your beer is at will aid in allowing you to use our Carbonation Chart and decide the perfect C02 pressure to temperature ratio.
When you want to ensure that you aren't going to pour a glass of foam on your first pint of homebrew the slow method is the way to go. However, everyone is a fan of getting from grain to glass as quick as possible. The fast method is exactly that, fast. We generally choose to take the later route, but either method will lend you the same results. A good note: your serving pressure will likely be much lower than your carbonation pressure, so make sure to adjust that before pouring your first glass! The Slow Method
The Fast Method
Although these two methods vary at what part of the process our chart is used, both use it none the less. As you have likely noticed, the x-axis of the chart represents PSI, and the y-axis represents degrees fahrenheit. The numbers listed in blocks inside the chart will denote the volumes of C02 for each combination of PSI and temperature. Using the chart is extremely simple. Find the color which best associates with the beer your are carbonating, determine what temperature your keg will be carbonating at, locate the point on the chart at which the temperature and color just found meet. This will be the appropriate range of PSI for your beer. You will notice that there is no objective number or "single answer" found on the chart, rather a suggested range. So at a certain point it will boil down to preference. The further left, while still remaining in the range of color associated to your beer, the less carbonation you will receive, and visa versa if you move to the right side of the spectrum. If you're interested in starting to keg your beer, you can find all the keg supplies you need in our kegging center. We carry everything you need to start kegging today. You can start with one of our kegging kits and go from there.
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