makisupapolice14
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I've been home brewing on and off for years and recently bought a house and we are hoping to finally start kegging soon. I'm looking to buy a 2-3 tap commercial style kegerator that we can place both commercial beers and homebrew on tap interchangeably.
I have a friend who owns a brewery and he has offered to give me a few 1/6 barrel sanke kegs free of charge. In doing some research, it seems that this would be a good route to go for being able to meet our needs.
I've read through various threads and cleaning the sankes seems easy enough. For those who currently use sankes to keg their homebrew, can you give me a rundown of your process?
Besides the kegs what other equipment will I need to comfortably have 2-3 beers on tap? Any tips for the best way to transfer beer from the fermenter to keg? Ie you don't just siphon from fermenter to keg like you do when siphoning into a bottling bucket, correct? I'm a newb when it comes to the intricacies of kegging in general And want to be well informed before I just jump into the deep end and start wasting $$ haha
Thanks!
I have a friend who owns a brewery and he has offered to give me a few 1/6 barrel sanke kegs free of charge. In doing some research, it seems that this would be a good route to go for being able to meet our needs.
I've read through various threads and cleaning the sankes seems easy enough. For those who currently use sankes to keg their homebrew, can you give me a rundown of your process?
Besides the kegs what other equipment will I need to comfortably have 2-3 beers on tap? Any tips for the best way to transfer beer from the fermenter to keg? Ie you don't just siphon from fermenter to keg like you do when siphoning into a bottling bucket, correct? I'm a newb when it comes to the intricacies of kegging in general And want to be well informed before I just jump into the deep end and start wasting $$ haha
Thanks!