Carbing in square keg

[Brewer #355723]

I recently purchased a 1 gallon Square keg. I am naturally carbonating a cream ale. I racked the beer to the keg, added my carbing drops and sealed the keg with the mini regulator attached. After about a week the gauge is showing about 15psi. I plan to put the keg into the fridge for about a week and then bleed off the pressure, attach the co2 cartridge and set it to 8-10 psi and hopefully serve some beer. Does all this sound like a reasonable plan? Thanks!

 

[Zambi]

The keggers need to chime in.
All I have heard is to use less sugar for natural carbonation in a keg as compared to bottle.
But don't ask me why

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Your process looks ok. Unless you have a floating dip tube, you will get yeast and trub in the first couple of pints. This is just me commenting here but I would be a little uncomfortable leaving the beer on the yeast cake that long. I'm sure there are varying opinions on this.

 

[HighVoltageMan!]

I don't think you need to bleed anything off. 15 psi at room temperature indicates a low carbonation level. It should be at 25-30 psi. Once the beer is cooled to serving temperatures, the pressure will drop to 10-12psi because the co2 is going into solution and the pressure drops. As far as sediment is concerned, you will get yeast in the glass, especially if the keg is moved. Just tell everyone it's a kellar bier, a really fresh German beer straight from the fermenter. They're really good actually.

 

[Donoroto]

Agree: Why bleed off CO2 just to add it?
At 38 F 15 (or 12 or...) PSI is fine. Two or three pints will bring that down below 8 PSI anyway - then you add the CO2.

 

[Minbari]

Considering the size, i would use this as a big growler. 1 gal is good for about 10 beers, you will waste 2 just getting the line clear. *Shrugs*

I agree with @Over The Cliff Brewing

 

[Mark Farrall]

I keg condition and I've heard I need less sugar, but I haven't bothered. It's just so easy to purge.

I do release the pressure in the keg before connecting to the gas in the kegerator though. I get the odd strange result (beer going where it shouldn't) when connecting a pressurised keg to the system. And you don't really lose much by just releasing the headspace in the keg.