A little background - I visited the Answer a month or two ago and have become fascinated with Randalls due to the Andall series of beers. I picked up 2 10inch water filter housing randalls and hook those up to my system for parties/events, and I couldn't be happier with the results.
Here's the thing though - I want to Randall an entire keg. I've tried filling one of my randalls, and using it to daisy chain to kegs, one pushing through the randall into the other. Results were Meh (not using hops, I'm using random ingredients).
My thoughts are that 1. there isn't enough contact time, and 2. there just isn't enough ingredients/surface area to carry through an entire keg, without doing it very, very slowly. 3. pre-carb'ed kegs lose a LOT of carbonation in this process.
So in my mind - I need more randall volume, ingredients, more contact time, and to do this pre-carbonation.
So my thought - pick up a 1-1.5 gallon keg and fill the sucker to the brim with my randall ingredients (could get expensive) I can add a filter around the dip tube so that it doesn't clog. Then I'll pressure transfer from my conical, through the randall keg at a low pressure, then allow it to slowly push it's way into the 5 gallon keg then chill and carb as normal.
My question - has anybody done this or does anyone see issues with this process? I'd purge both kegs with CO2 before starting to keep the risk of oxidation down.
I figure worse case scenario, I try it once, it doesn't work, and then I've got an extra small keg to travel with.
Here's the thing though - I want to Randall an entire keg. I've tried filling one of my randalls, and using it to daisy chain to kegs, one pushing through the randall into the other. Results were Meh (not using hops, I'm using random ingredients).
My thoughts are that 1. there isn't enough contact time, and 2. there just isn't enough ingredients/surface area to carry through an entire keg, without doing it very, very slowly. 3. pre-carb'ed kegs lose a LOT of carbonation in this process.
So in my mind - I need more randall volume, ingredients, more contact time, and to do this pre-carbonation.
So my thought - pick up a 1-1.5 gallon keg and fill the sucker to the brim with my randall ingredients (could get expensive) I can add a filter around the dip tube so that it doesn't clog. Then I'll pressure transfer from my conical, through the randall keg at a low pressure, then allow it to slowly push it's way into the 5 gallon keg then chill and carb as normal.
My question - has anybody done this or does anyone see issues with this process? I'd purge both kegs with CO2 before starting to keep the risk of oxidation down.
I figure worse case scenario, I try it once, it doesn't work, and then I've got an extra small keg to travel with.