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07-07-2007, 08:46 PM
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just filled first keg
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wow, that was so easy. i pre cleaned the keg days ago. sanitized with star-san. pressurized and bleed both ball valves so the dip tubes are sanitized too.
easy racking. bleed out the air with a few CO2 filled, and plan to condition at room temp for a couple weeks and then ice it.
next sunday will be keg 2, my brown ale.
i won't give up bottling completely, but I'm glad I jumped into kegging!
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Primary: English Mild
On tap: Pale Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Gal in 2009: 27, Gal in 2010: 34, Gal in 2011: 13, Gal in 2012: 10
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07-07-2007, 08:47 PM
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You gotta love it!! I have not been back to bottling since I started kegging.
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On Deck -
Primary1 -Hop Knot 10/04/07
Primary2 -
Secondary1 -
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On Tap
Tap1 - Kelly's Rasberry Cream Ale 7/11/07
Tap2 - Black Stap Porter (8/25/07)
Tap3 - Hefeweizen 7/05/07
Waiting for tap\Conditioning
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07-07-2007, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by anthrobe
You gotta love it!! I have not been back to bottling since I started kegging.
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I have. Two batches as a matter of fact.
I find it cumbersome to transport kegs.
Bottles are in racks and fit into the trunk.
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07-08-2007, 12:13 AM
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Can't wait to go AG...
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Where'd'ya get the racks for the bottles. I have a royal PITA w/the bottles I've been saving, just for some future batches that I might want to bottle. My SWMBO says I'm kidding myself if I think I'll ever bottle anything now that I'm kegging!
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Primary - California Common -finally!
Secondary - nothing, back after year plus hiatus
Keg carbing & conditioning - nada
Drinking - store bought: Loose Cannon IPA, Wachusett IPA.
On deck: Trying to decide (beer); wine kit likely (red wine)
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07-08-2007, 12:19 AM
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I still bottle...Only when i feel like i have to brew and don't have an empty keg to put the brew in. The whole "but i need it" doesn't work with the mrs's anymore.
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Primary# 1: Dry Irish Stout
Primary# 2: Munich Helles
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Secondary # 2:
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Robust Porter
White IPA
Dry Irish Stout
Kegged & Waiting:
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07-19-2007, 12:37 AM
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I'm only resurrecting my own thread to say that I tap'd the keg tonight, and sampled the first draw just to check it out.
really didn't seem to be any sediment, so the 1 week secondary did a great job clearing it.
it does taste a lot like Killians irish red too. definitely a good beer, and kegging isn't that intimidating anymore.
it does need a few more days to carb at 10-12psi, but it was VERY drinkable. might pour another tonite and drink it down.

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Primary: English Mild
On tap: Pale Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Gal in 2009: 27, Gal in 2010: 34, Gal in 2011: 13, Gal in 2012: 10
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07-19-2007, 12:43 AM
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I am cleaning two kegs right now getting ready to keg for the first time too...can't wait for fermentation to finish on the 10 gallons of hefe I brewed on sunday, probably going to rack on monday or tuesday without a secondary, and force carb.
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