Slowly but surely...

[Snotty]

Picked up my first Corney keg today. Have new O-Rings and will start to clean it tonight. Hopefully it works well and I may be able to put my Ale in it this weekend. Just to give it a shot, I am going to carb naturally and see what happens. I have been told that I will only need a 1/3 of the priming surgar to carb? Does that sound right?

[Jeepindog]

Depends how much smoked malt is in the beer... :flipoff2: I always force carb my kegs, but that amount of priming sugar sounds about right. I know it's less than the amount for bottling. Go to www.howtobrew.com and see if there's anything there under the priming section. Also, try www.northernbrewer.com forums. If you've never been there, its a great resource. There's a sub-forum for draft systems that will have your answer if you search.

Isn't a keg so much cooler than a Party Pig?

[Snotty]

Isn't a keg so much cooler than a Party Pig?

No, that Pig is pretty damn cool! :flipoff2:

I may still pick one up because the pressure idea and ability to transport and maintain carbination is pretty cool.

[Jeepindog]

No, that Pig is pretty damn cool! :flipoff2:

I may still pick one up because the pressure idea and ability to transport and maintain carbination is pretty cool.

A 2 liter soda bottle will do those things, too. For less than $5 I will make you one. You pick the soda.

[Snotty]

Will you make it look like a pig too?

[ColoradoXJ13]

...just had to share, I borrowed a friends corny and CO2 tank and brought one of my beers into work, it is sitting in a 4*C cold room and we start at about 4pm every day...

[Jeepindog]

Will you make it look like a pig too?

I'll spray it pink and draw some eyes on the front, but the curly tail is up to you...

[Snotty]

lol

Ok, so I bought the fittings today and now have a spout as well. I am sanitizing now and will put my ale, with priming sugar and let that carb for about two weeks and hopefully have kegged/carbed beer. After two weeks, it is going in my garage and hopefully help some of the settle.

Does anyone have any experience with using the Co2 Keg charger? I can't swing the tank and gauges for a little while since all spare money goes to my jeep for Moab. But I am thinking for test run, the charger should work, right?

[xjmatt]

lol

Ok, so I bought the fittings today and now have a spout as well. I am sanitizing now and will put my ale, with priming sugar and let that carb for about two weeks and hopefully have kegged/carbed beer. After two weeks, it is going in my garage and hopefully help some of the settle.

Does anyone have any experience with using the Co2 Keg charger? I can't swing the tank and gauges for a little while since all spare money goes to my jeep for Moab. But I am thinking for test run, the charger should work, right?

It's just like a big bottle of beer so make sure you keep it somewhere warm to carb! Afterwards you can crash it to help clear.

The keg charger works all right for the $20 it costs. Just make sure you have lots of CO2 cartridges on hand because if your experience is like mine you'll go through them left and right once you're pushing beer. It's good for a super portable setup but I switched to a 5lb CO2 Tank as soon as I was able for my portable setup.

[Snotty]

Placed the keg in a closet that stays about 70 degrees. Hoping that there is still enough yeast in suspension, combined with the warmth, that it carbs right up. But man, there almost no yeast trub in the bottom and the beer itself, was very very clear.

Had a little bit of it and bleech! It is super malty! The color is nice copper color though. Hoping the wife likes it! My blonde ale has been moved from the 70 degree closet to the 60 degree basement. When I rack to secondary next weekend, it will go into the 55 degree crawl space. I hope to be able to get a Co2 tank etc when that is ready to keg.

[Jeepindog]

Had a little bit of it and bleech! It is super malty! The color is nice copper color though. Hoping the wife likes it!

What style of brew did you keg?

[husker267]

Snotty - A C02 charger should work for you in the short term. Since the beer is already carbed, the whole point of the charger is to replace/maintain the pressure in the headspace while drawing off the beer. As you know, as the headspace pressure nears equalization to the beer, the slower the beer will pour from the tap. :beer:

[Snotty]

What style of brew did you keg?

It was just an Ale, but... Seems to me be on the lines of an Octoberfest, but was not my intention. You will have to try and see what you think. My wife really likes it though. The mouthfeel is thick and the taste would be good, if it was much less malty.

Be ready in a couple of weeks and you are more then welcome to try it.

[Jeepindog]

Sounds like it was your own recipe? Malty beers are good in the colder months. I'd like to try it.

[Snotty]

All my recipes are pulled from my, uhhh...

Yeah, it is malty, to malty in my opinion but I like drier, hoppier/bitter beers.