Cask Conditioning

[FINA]

I want to cask condition a premium bitter for a party, but am not clear on what volumes of CO2 I need to be at, therefore how much sugar to add. I'm going low tech, gravity feed through a picnic tap and cold towels to keep it 50-55 for serving.

Thanks,
Brad

[blipiddybrew]

According to Brewing Classic Styles, 1 to 1.5 volumes is appropriate for that style. If you are adding sugar for cask conditioning, promash says 1.71 oz or 0.11 pounds of corn sugar would be used to reach 1.5 volumes per 5 gallons.

Hope that helps.

[ziggy]

Yeah that sounds about right, about 1/4 cup of corn sugar should do the trick. What you want to do is dissolve the sugar in a cup of water like you would for bottling, cool it, add it to the keg, rack the beer on top, and put 30 psi in the keg to seal the lid. Leave that condition for however long you are planning on conditioning it. When you serve just throw away the first pint because that will be yeast slurry. There's no need to cut off an inch of the dip tube in my opinion.

[FINA]

Thanks. I appreciate the advice.

-Brad