Why I LOVE my Kegs

Alright, so I hate the monotony of bottling, but that seems so blasé a reason. Really, what I love (and I'm just experiencing this right now) is that a keg -- which I thought was nearly empty -- just keeps churning out pint after pint.

With bottles, you know.

With a keg, it's a mystery.

haha. untill you want it empty to put in new beer and the damn thing wont quit, and your seeing triple, because you thought it was only 3 pints worth.

I'm there. I just want to clean it out.

my next purchase will be some kegs. im way over bottles anythign over a 12 pack.

I wanted to empty a keg, so I started filling bottles thinking I would get 1 or 2 full bottles. Pulled a whole six pack before it sputtered out.

This did not work out so well last night. After pulling seven pints I gave up.

Big_Blue said:

This did not work out so well last night. After pulling seven pints I gave up.

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Quitter.

It's always fun to have one of those nights where you're going "Alright! Gonna float this keg tonight. It's super light so gotta be maybe 2-3 pints left!"


3 hrs and 6-7 beers later, you're still pulling the handle and beer is flowing.

There are times where I know multiple kegs are getting real low and every pint pulled is playing Keg Kick Roulette.

After a couple of years of that periodic drama I put together a separate carbing/holding fridge to extend the pipeline, so when a keg did kick it wasn't so traumatic...

Cheers!

I just finished my first keg today. Took me totally by surprise. I thought I had at least a growlers worth in there. I guess I underestimated my beer consumption. But at least the keg is now empty for my stout.

I'm all about the kegging. I always keep a growler or two around to finish off my kegs.

day_trippr said:

There are times where I know multiple kegs are getting real low and every pint pulled is playing Keg Kick Roulette.

After a couple of years of that periodic drama I put together a separate carbing/holding fridge to extend the pipeline, so when a keg did kick it wasn't so traumatic...

Cheers!

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The best idea ever!!!

Is it bad that in my head, I see myself with a 7cu ft fermentation freezer, a 14cu ft keezer, and a 7cu ft holding freezer?

Jeez, I'll NEVER save any money.

Get a keg volume meter they go on the side and work wonderfully!! I like to bottle 2-4 22 oz bottles before I runout!!

nickmv said:

Jeez, I'll NEVER save any money.

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You gave that plan up when you started brewing

patthebrewer said:

You gave that plan up when you started brewing

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La la la la la....DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT....La la la la la.

Not listening!




But my wallet that just bought a Blichmann Floor Burner, 15gal Spike welded kettle, and kettle H/W seems to be listening attentively. Weird....

nickmv said:

Is it bad that in my head, I see myself with a 7cu ft fermentation freezer, a 14cu ft keezer, and a 7cu ft holding freezer?

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Not at all. I have a 17cf fermentation fridge, a 17cf carbing/holding fridge, and a 10cf 6-tap keezer. Whatever it takes!

Jeez, I'll NEVER save any money.

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Just keep telling yourself it's not about the money, it's about the beer

Cheers!

I've been trying to kick a keg now for a week and the sucker STILL keeps spittin' out beer!:rockin:

nickmv said:

Is it bad that in my head, I see myself with a 7cu ft fermentation freezer, a 14cu ft keezer, and a 7cu ft holding freezer?

Jeez, I'll NEVER save any money.

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Nope. I've got a 20x20 brewery room in my basement, two temp controlled fermentation fridges, a 20 cu ft serving keezer, a 23 cu ft storage keezer, and two mini fridges for bottles and about 20 kegs.

Planning on building a TEC cooled temp controlled conical this summer to make some room and get rid of the ferm fridges.

Craigslist is your friend.

nickmv said:

Is it bad that in my head, I see myself with a 7cu ft fermentation freezer, a 14cu ft keezer, and a 7cu ft holding freezer?

Jeez, I'll NEVER save any money.

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You forgot a freezer to hold the bulk hops you have repackaged into one ounce packages.

rustym said:

I've been trying to kick a keg now for a week and the sucker STILL keeps spittin' out beer!:rockin:

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You are not trying hard enough.

DirtyOldDuck said:

You forgot a freezer to hold the bulk hops you have repackaged into one ounce packages.

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Got that covered: I use the freezer on my carbing/holding fridge to hold my vac-sealed home grown hops and my bought bulk hops. And I keep yeast in the fridge compartment on that unit.

MachineShopBrewing said:

[...]Craigslist is your friend.

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Truer words have never been spoken. I got all three of my chillers for a total of $350 - and one of the fridges was brand new, with the other only 2 years old and spotless. The freezer was the oldie of the bunch - at 5 years.

It can take time to find the really great deals on Craig's List stuff, but it's totally worth the investment...

Cheers!