OEHokie
Well-Known Member
I generally ferment in kegs and thought of a concept that I wanted to run by the group.
Normally I ferment with them upright and use a siphon to transfer. I don't use the built in pipes because of the sediment in the bottom and I don't want it to clog up.
What if you fermented with the keg upside down though. You could hook a tube up to the (normally) out line that goes into a bucket for an airlock. Then when you want to transfer you could hook up to the gas line and transfer through that. The gas tube inside the keg should be above most of the sediment. You sacrifice a little beer for the amount that is below the tube, but that may not be a big deal. You could also modify the gas pipe to reach down a little more.
Are there any glaring errors with this? I know some people modify the beer tube to do transfers (bending it so it doesn't reach the bottom) but then I sacrifice some of the beer I'm serving instead of the sediment. Modifying the gas tube won't make a difference either way.
Or, is there an easier way? Possibly just switch out the beer line dip tube between transfers (haha, I just thought of this after typing the above)
Thanks for your discussion
Normally I ferment with them upright and use a siphon to transfer. I don't use the built in pipes because of the sediment in the bottom and I don't want it to clog up.
What if you fermented with the keg upside down though. You could hook a tube up to the (normally) out line that goes into a bucket for an airlock. Then when you want to transfer you could hook up to the gas line and transfer through that. The gas tube inside the keg should be above most of the sediment. You sacrifice a little beer for the amount that is below the tube, but that may not be a big deal. You could also modify the gas pipe to reach down a little more.
Are there any glaring errors with this? I know some people modify the beer tube to do transfers (bending it so it doesn't reach the bottom) but then I sacrifice some of the beer I'm serving instead of the sediment. Modifying the gas tube won't make a difference either way.
Or, is there an easier way? Possibly just switch out the beer line dip tube between transfers (haha, I just thought of this after typing the above)
Thanks for your discussion