carboy pump?

[webstercan]

is there a such thing as a pump i can attach to a carboy full of beer so i can get cups out of it ( assuming the beer will be consumed in a night ) for a party or something ?

 

[944play]

Your garden-variety siphon with a bottle filler wand would work.

Do you really serve warm, flat, yeasty beer at your parties?

 

[webstercan]

Your garden-variety siphon with a bottle filler wand would work.

Do you really serve warm, flat, yeasty beer at your parties?

this is actually my first brew so ive never even served before , i never mensioned it but of course i would rack the beer and put it in a garbadge can of ice before serving! i just didnt think i would have to mension it cause most people syphon the sediment off and chill there beer before serving , but what im thinking is if the beers gonna get drank in a night why bottle it? and couldnt i just prime the beer in the carboy aswell with a wire holding the cap down or something?

 

[buzzkill]

DONT DO THIS! go pick up some cheap booze.... and bottle and wait till its ready to drink. unless you hate all your friends and dont ever want them to come over for some drink.

 

[Edcculus]

No, you absolutely need to bottle your beer!!! If you don't want to bottle, invest in a kegging setup.

If you serve your warm flat beer out of a garbage can, that is exactly what it is going to taste like. Even some of my best beers taste like crap directly out of the fermenter. Glass carboys aren't meant to hold pressure. If you bung the top, its likely the whole carboy will eventually explode.

If you took the time to make the beer, why skimp on packaging it? Plus, if it doesn't all get drank, you will have to pour the rest out. If you bottle, all you have to do is stash the extras away.

 

[webstercan]

No, you absolutely need to bottle your beer!!! If you don't want to bottle, invest in a kegging setup.

If you serve your warm flat beer out of a garbage can, that is exactly what it is going to taste like. Even some of my best beers taste like crap directly out of the fermenter. Glass carboys aren't meant to hold pressure. If you bung the top, its likely the whole carboy will eventually explode.

If you took the time to make the beer, why skimp on packaging it? Plus, if it doesn't all get drank, you will have to pour the rest out. If you bottle, all you have to do is stash the extras away.

can you please explain what a kegging setup is and how much money i would have to invest into that ?

 

[devilishprune]

This is a bad idea. Just bottle it or don't serve it, because it will most likely suck. Maybe if you tasted it out of the fermenter and liked it, but that doesn't mean everyone else will. People never think their own kid is ugly

Just buy some beer and let your brew ride out. You'll thank us for it.

 

[Edcculus]

First off, all of the questions you have posted so far scream "underage". We are all about helping newbies out, but you are asking some very basic questions that would be cleared up if you bothered to read a book, or even dig around on the site a little.

But.....here goes.....


The cheapest way for homebrewers to keg is in Cornelius or soda kegs. These kegs which were previously used by the soda industry to hold soda premix have been abandoned since all of the soda manufacturers are using bag-in-box setup for syrup. Although the vast surplus is dwindling, soda kegs are still relatively cheap.

A good place to start is Keg Connection.

Their cheapest basic kit is about $150. That includes 1 keg, a 5# CO2 tank, a basic CO2 regulator and all of the fittings and hoses. The basic kits come with a picnic tap (sometimes called cobra tap) to serve out of.

I ended up going for the 2 keg upgrade kit. Aside from 2 kegs, the major advantage of this setup is the dual body regulator. Instead of splitting a line out of one regulator for multiple kegs, I can control the pressure in each keg separately.

You are also going to want some sort of refrigerator to keep the kegs cool. The cheapest and easiest way a lot of people do it is to buy a chest freezer and equip it with a temp controller. The controller has a thermometer probe that goes inside the freezer and keeps it at the temp you set it for so the beer doesn't freeze.


There is also a sticky that has a lot of great info on kegging


I think all of the links to keg connection I posted take you to the main page. To get to the homebrew kits, navigate to "homebrew > Ball lock kits > Standard kits > basic kits

 

[jason.mundy]

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[maxamuus]

First off, all of the questions you have posted so far scream "underage".

Profile says 19.

 

[jason.mundy]

It also says he's from Niagra. I assume this is Canada. So he's good at 19.