What is the ideal keg pressure?
Serving Temperature Overview
Serving Temperature by Brand
Serving Temperature by Style
What is the ideal keg pressure?
With regards to keg pressure, based on my research, there isn't an ideal pressure, but it is best to understand that the purpose of the pressurized gas is to help push the beer through the line and not to shoot it out.
Start at 6 PSI and adjust slowly up from there. Most people find that they are fine around 8 PSI, with 10 PSI to 11 PSI being a bit on the high side, although it might enhance the head of the beer. Heavy products, like Guinness, may require 28-30 PSI to flow properly with the right head.↑ Back to Top ↑
Serving Temperature Overview
| Style |
F |
|
| Fruit beers |
40-50° |
|
| Wheat beers and pale lagers |
45-50° |
|
| Pale ales and amber or dark lagers |
50-55° |
|
| Very strong ales, such as barley wines and Belgian ales |
50-55° |
|
| Dark ales, including porters and stouts |
55-60° |
|
Source: luxist.com
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Serving Temperature by Brand
| Style |
F |
|
| Anchor Old Foghorn |
55° |
|
| Anderson Valley High Rollers Wheat Beer |
50° |
|
| Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen |
48° |
|
| BridgePort India Pale Ale |
50-55° |
|
| Celis White |
48-50° |
|
| Chimay Cinq Cents |
50° |
|
| Framboise Boon |
47° |
|
| Fuller's London Pride |
50-55° |
|
| Guinness Extra Stout |
50-55° |
|
| North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout |
55-64° |
|
| Pilsner Urquell |
48° |
|
| Poperings Hommel Bier |
50° |
|
| Rogue Maierbock Ale |
48° |
|
| Schneider Weisse |
48-54° |
|
| Unibroue Quelcque Chose |
158° |
|
Source: realbeer.com
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Serving Temperature by Style
| Style |
F |
C |
| Lite American Lager |
40-45° |
4-7° |
| Standard American Lager |
40-45° |
4-7° |
| Premium American Lager |
40-45° |
4-7° |
| Munich Helles |
45-48° |
7-9° |
| Dortmunder Export |
45-48° |
7-9° |
| German Pilsner (Pils) |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Bohemian Pilsener |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Classic American Pilsner |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Vienna Lager |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Oktoberfest/Marzen |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Dark American Lager |
48° |
9° |
| Munich Dunkel |
48° |
9° |
| Schwarzbier (Black Beer) |
48° |
9° |
| Maibock/Helles Bock |
48° |
9° |
| Traditional Bock |
48° |
9° |
| Doppelbock |
48° |
9° |
| Eisbock |
48° |
9° |
| Cream Ale |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Blonde Ale |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Kolsch |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| American Wheat or Rye Beer |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Northern German Altbier |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| California Common Beer |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Dusseldorf Altbier |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Standard/Ordinary Bitter |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Special/Best/Premium Bitter |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Scottish Light 60/- |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Scottish Heavy 70/- |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Scottish Export 80/ |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Irish Red Ale |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Strong Scotch Ale |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| American Pale Ale |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| American Amber Ale |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| American Brown Ale |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Mild |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Southern English Brown |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Northern English Brown Ale |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Brown Porter |
55° |
13° |
| Robust Porter |
55° |
13° |
| Baltic Porter |
55° |
13° |
| Dry Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Sweet Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Oatmeal Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Foreign Extra Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| American Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Russian Imperial Stout |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| English IPA |
46-50° |
8-10° |
| American IPA |
46-50° |
8-10° |
| Imperial IPA |
46-50° |
8-10° |
| Weizen/ Weissbier |
48-54° |
9-12° |
| Dunkelweizen |
48-54° |
9-12° |
| Weizenbock |
48-54° |
9-12° |
| Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) |
48-54° |
9-12° |
| Witbier |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Belgian Pale Ale |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Saison |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Biere de Garde |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Belgian Specialty Ale |
48-52° |
9-11° |
| Berliner Weisse |
48-54° |
9-12° |
| Flanders Red Ale |
48-55° |
9-13° |
| Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Sraight (Unblended) Lambi |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Gueuze |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Fruit Lambic |
46-48° |
8-9° |
| Belgian Blond Ale |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Belgian Dubbel |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Belgian Tripel |
48-50° |
9-10° |
| Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
50° |
10° |
| Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
50° |
10° |
| Old Ale |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| English Barleywine |
55-64° |
13-17° |
| American Barleywine |
55-64° |
13-17° |
| Fruit Beer |
50° |
10° |
| Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer |
46-55° |
8-13° |
| Christmas / Winter Specialty (Spiced Beer) |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Classic Rauchbier |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Other Smoked Beer |
50-55° |
10-13° |
| Wood-Aged Beer |
50-55° |
10-13° |
Source: schiesshouse.com
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