Kegged the rye beer. Did not go smoothly. I used the pump type racking cane and couldn't get the racking cane to maintain a seal so I would fiddle with it to try and keep the seal. This would cause a rough siphon. Then I tried to just use a vinyl tube and fill it with StarSan solution and try to get a siphon going that way.
I got the beer out but it was a mess. Way more yeast made it into the keg than normal. Way more splashing and oxygenation than normal. Not happy.
After that I pressurized the keg to 20 and shook the crap out of it for 15 minutes to get the CO2 into solution. Then I moved it to the chest fridge. After a few hours I gave it a go. I drew out a lot of yeast so I tossed that glass. I tried again and got an ok glass. It was carbonated. Still needed a little bit more but I tasted ok.
I should be ready for New Years Eve party. Let's just see.
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