Terry08
Well-Known Member
Some of you will have read about my trial of using a 4 litre wine bladder to prime a brew in. As I said it worked but too much trouble. Plus the concern over the simple valve and possibility of bursting.
Any way I have now obtained a 5 litre plasic water container which is very solid.
My proposal which I shall do tommorrow is to treat it like a bottle and prime it and fill and leave for 3 weeks. Based on my wine bladder trial I know it will gain sufficient carbonisation.
Now after 3 weeks minimum I will put it in the fridge for two days to condition.
Now I realise that as beer is served the pressure will drop and gradually the Co2 will leech out of solution. But at a party 5 Litres (<7 x 750ml Bottles) will not last long.
This works as the wine bladder proved. Now the next step for me is to fit a Schroder valve (Bicycle) and virtually add the required pressure.
Now I have taken on board comments about oxidisation but I believe carbon Dioxide and Oxygen do not mix and any Co2 will blanket the beer and prevent the pumped in air coming in contact. Air which is actually nearly all nitrogen sitting on top. For bacteria the gas present should be quite lethal.
So for the storage and conditioning period the beer is preserved as it would be in a bottle.
So we will see. I will make one consession once opened the life of the 5 litre plastic keg will be limited but just think of the benifits.
You take a plastic keg to a party in an esky and after dispensing say 3 litres you increase the pressure with a mini bike pump. For the sole purpose of helping delivery.
I have the beer ready to bottle tomorrow and will prime and fill the sanitised container.
As an aside this water container I am about to use is one of two we use when we caravan around so the second stage will be when I can get a spare cap. I do intend to support the sides with cable ties to prevent some of the side distortion.
As I said the Wine bladder idea was succsessfull and the beer was Delivered through the valve rather primatively but with a good head and lively beads.
I will comment on the result some 3 weeks from now, Hmmm! just in time for Christmas Me Mad never
Any way I have now obtained a 5 litre plasic water container which is very solid.
My proposal which I shall do tommorrow is to treat it like a bottle and prime it and fill and leave for 3 weeks. Based on my wine bladder trial I know it will gain sufficient carbonisation.
Now after 3 weeks minimum I will put it in the fridge for two days to condition.
Now I realise that as beer is served the pressure will drop and gradually the Co2 will leech out of solution. But at a party 5 Litres (<7 x 750ml Bottles) will not last long.
This works as the wine bladder proved. Now the next step for me is to fit a Schroder valve (Bicycle) and virtually add the required pressure.
Now I have taken on board comments about oxidisation but I believe carbon Dioxide and Oxygen do not mix and any Co2 will blanket the beer and prevent the pumped in air coming in contact. Air which is actually nearly all nitrogen sitting on top. For bacteria the gas present should be quite lethal.
So for the storage and conditioning period the beer is preserved as it would be in a bottle.
So we will see. I will make one consession once opened the life of the 5 litre plastic keg will be limited but just think of the benifits.
You take a plastic keg to a party in an esky and after dispensing say 3 litres you increase the pressure with a mini bike pump. For the sole purpose of helping delivery.
I have the beer ready to bottle tomorrow and will prime and fill the sanitised container.
As an aside this water container I am about to use is one of two we use when we caravan around so the second stage will be when I can get a spare cap. I do intend to support the sides with cable ties to prevent some of the side distortion.
As I said the Wine bladder idea was succsessfull and the beer was Delivered through the valve rather primatively but with a good head and lively beads.
I will comment on the result some 3 weeks from now, Hmmm! just in time for Christmas Me Mad never