thatleetboy said:I am lucky enough to have a bunch of 15 gallon kegs, and one ten actually. I have tried the airlock both as a tube, and the airlock route as illustrated on bodensatz. The tube is a lot less fussy, as long as you don't have dogs or kids to knock the "blow-off bucket".
I hate carboys, so this works fine for me. Easy to rack into the next keg, but you will use a lot more CO2. OTH, no O2 in your beer.... Finally, if you are using the keg as a secondary, no need for venting off the CO2, just gets the beer carbonating a little earlier...
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Bobby_M said:Instead of modifying a lid for an airlock, you can just attach a gas in disconnect and run the tube into a jar of water. I wouldn't use a corny as a primary because it's only 5 gallons and I don't care what kind of blowoff tubing you use, the krausen is going to be 5" tall due to the narrow vessel.
Also, there's really no difference as far as O2 exposure is concerned between this an a carboy. You can easily flush carboys with CO2 and do no-o2 transfers by connecting a hose between two carboy caps and even using CO2 to transfer. The corny has no real advantage on this front.
Bobby_M said:Instead of modifying a lid for an airlock, you can just attach a gas in disconnect and run the tube into a jar of water. I wouldn't use a corny as a primary because it's only 5 gallons and I don't care what kind of blowoff tubing you use, the krausen is going to be 5" tall due to the narrow vessel.
Also, there's really no difference as far as O2 exposure is concerned between this an a carboy. You can easily flush carboys with CO2 and do no-o2 transfers by connecting a hose between two carboy caps and even using CO2 to transfer. The corny has no real advantage on this front.
Please let us know how this Red Hook clone turns out! I have an extract + grain clone kit from Midwest that I intend to brew up this weekend. Their ESB is definitely one of my all time favorites.BierMuncher said:Primaries 1 & 2- 10 Gallons of My Red Hook ESB Clone "Captain Hooked on Bitters"
one foot wide, three feet high...jdoiv said:Question for you on the 15 gallon cornies. Do you have the dimensions on these?
Thanks! Now I just need to find me a couple.thatleetboy said:one foot wide, three feet high...
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