Attempt number two at a Belgian Witbier can now be considered successful. While the beer is a little darker than I thought it would be the taste is excellent and it is finally carbonated. Before Christmas I put this into a keg, fired up the CO2 and let it go. Coming back home the beer was pretty flat and there was not much CO2 left in the keg. I transferred the brew to a different keg, cranked up the CO2 and let it rip. The head on the beer is solid now and I think with a few more days a rest it will be ready to go.
I am having some trouble understanding exactly how to force carbonate beer as I am still new to the keg game. I think for my next batch, which is a Czech Pilsner currently in the lagerator (mini fridge I use for lager fermentations), I will add in the priming sugar and let it naturally carbonate in the keg. After a few weeks I will add enough CO2 to get it through the lines and see what happens. The best part is the experimenting and finding out new things.
Below will be a pic of the witbier in all its glory.
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“Quaintest thoughts, queerest fancies come to life and fade away. What care I how time advances; I am drinking ale today.” – Edgar Allan Poe
