I would be interested in one or 2 of those.
PM me if any are still up for grabs.
Thank you.
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Hey, if there is any of you guys around Dallas area, i will have about six of these in a couple of weeks. If you are interested in a couple, I have extra you can have.
Mykek
You "could" ferment in these but for primary fermentation you will have a lot of spent yeast and other sediment. You should ferment in something else that can hold the desired final volume plus trub and headspace for fermentation/krausen. Food grade buckets are cheap, but I like carboys. When it clears, you could rack into the 'fridge keg" and add a calculated amount of priming sugar for the carbonation. It would take a lot of little cartridges to force carb. If I get my hands on one or 2 of these I will just fill from my force carbed kegs for portable dispensing.
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Hey guy's. I'm new here and the reason I found this is because of this Miller Fridge Keg that is sitting on my desk. Here is my idea and please correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be great for small or test batches? I decided to get back into brewing and do not want to go through the bottle thing again. I am not ready for a complete keg system but will be some day. This is where I need help, after fermentation if I was going to keg my beer, to add carbonation don't I apply co2 for a specified period of time at a certain temp?
Why can't I do that with this thing and then just use the canisters to dispense?
Would I have to install a valve somewhere on the fridge keg to vent the co2 as the first step? I'm still learning.
If you look at the tap for this thing there is another pin right next to the cartridge ratchet. I don't know what this is for yet?
This may be useful. If anyone has any success let us know.
wow.. as previous posters have stated these things are indeed incredibly ready for reuse... the tap screws off easily and then you can reverse twist off the co-2 compartment just with arm strength alone... no tools... it will snap a lock ring, but it is obviously non-functional... you can rinse out the tap easily with water and the tube is weighted at the end to sink to the bottom of the bottle so you get all the beer out of the keg...
the first thing i did was compare it to a standard non threaded 16g cartridge i had in the garage with my bike stuff... the canister is the same size but xnappo is correct... the ones in these kegs have a slightly thicker neck... I don't have a micrometer, but just with a ruler I think the bike tire carts are 5/16" and the ones in this keg are around 3/8" ... the one I compared it to does not say food grade (however they brag that their co2 comes from a naturally occurring volcanic source! hmmm)...
Someone posted a source a while back for Midwest homebrewing supplies Leland brand food safe carts... I went to Lelands site, and (not all) but most of their small Co2 carts are 3/8" so... I think these carts could be the right ones...
And I'd like to see my 1.080 beers ready from grain to glass in a week, and served to me by red-headed twin penthouse pets wearing garter belts and fishnet stockings, with Irish accents, calling me "master luv gun," but we can't always get what we want can we? :)
Mykek
You "could" ferment in these but for primary fermentation you will have a lot of spent yeast and other sediment. You should ferment in something else that can hold the desired final volume plus trub and headspace for fermentation/krausen. Food grade buckets are cheap, but I like carboys. When it clears, you could rack into the 'fridge keg" and add a calculated amount of priming sugar for the carbonation. It would take a lot of little cartridges to force carb. If I get my hands on one or 2 of these I will just fill from my force carbed kegs for portable dispensing.
It only took 2 cartridges to carbonate some apfelwein I filled one of these with. The first cartridge took about 3-4 days to absorb. It barely flowed out at all once the co2 cartridge was empty. Put a 2nd cartridge on there and left it for around another 4 days. It seemed carb'd enough and still dispensed almost all of the contents.
These seem more common to find lately. I've seen then at Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons. When they first came out they were priced around $25. They're now selling for $17 at Kroger and Albertsons. I'm planning on picking up a total of 3-4 of them. Enough for test batches and able to easily take a couple different beers to parties.
The 16gram co2 cylinders I've found locally work just fine in them. They're cheaper online. Although for people in the Dallas/Ft Worth area it might worth the drive to Foremans in Colleyville to pick them up. http://www.homebrewerysupply.com/
I got two of the Miller Home drafts from my brother-in-law and I was wondering how much priming sugar is required for the 1.5 gallon batch to bottle condition it?
Wow, so you actually carbed your apfelwein with the Home Draft System?
I bought a Coors Light Home Draft and can't wait to try this.
So, when you say it "absorbed" a cartridge, when you removed it to add a new cartridge, it didn't leak out the CO2 from the bottle?
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It only took 2 cartridges to carbonate some apfelwein I filled one of these with. The first cartridge took about 3-4 days to absorb. It barely flowed out at all once the co2 cartridge was empty. Put a 2nd cartridge on there and left it for around another 4 days. It seemed carb'd enough and still dispensed almost all of the contents.
Wow, so you actually carbed your apfelwein with the Home Draft System?
I bought a Coors Light Home Draft and can't wait to try this.
So, when you say it "absorbed" a cartridge, when you removed it to add a new cartridge, it didn't leak out the CO2 from the bottle?
It started to barely drip out when opening the tap. When the co2 cartridge was removed, it didn't hiss or anything. A way to tell if its spent is to open the tap and listen for co2 bubbling into the bottle.
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