Arrheinous
Well-Known Member
So I'm really getting into cask ales but it's tough to find a good place around here. There's just one sports bar nearby that has it and their pick of beers for it is so-so.
The 5L minikegs that places like Bell's put out would be a cheap, sturdy vessel for mini releases of cask ale. But I've got too much homebrew in stock right now to screw around with buying and drinking a whole extra 5L of someone else's beer.
But then I got an idea: if I can bring the minikeg up to 55ish, vent all the CO2, pour off some of the beer, and add the yeast/sugar/finings/oak chips to simulate a cask then I'm good to go. And there's 5L of Bell's Best Brown ale in stock which would be a good style to test this on.
There's just a week until a friend's going away party and he's a big beer fan so this would be something cool to try out. I have everything else I need - can even just add some of the ESB I brewed last night right into the minikeg for the secondary fermentation.
My only question is can I properly remove the gas vent to put in my additions with out having the thing blow up in my face? I've seen projects involving empty 5L kegs but is there going to be a sanitation issue with a full one?
The 5L minikegs that places like Bell's put out would be a cheap, sturdy vessel for mini releases of cask ale. But I've got too much homebrew in stock right now to screw around with buying and drinking a whole extra 5L of someone else's beer.
But then I got an idea: if I can bring the minikeg up to 55ish, vent all the CO2, pour off some of the beer, and add the yeast/sugar/finings/oak chips to simulate a cask then I'm good to go. And there's 5L of Bell's Best Brown ale in stock which would be a good style to test this on.
There's just a week until a friend's going away party and he's a big beer fan so this would be something cool to try out. I have everything else I need - can even just add some of the ESB I brewed last night right into the minikeg for the secondary fermentation.
My only question is can I properly remove the gas vent to put in my additions with out having the thing blow up in my face? I've seen projects involving empty 5L kegs but is there going to be a sanitation issue with a full one?
