Keep in mind that unless you filled your keg from a brite tank or filtered it first, there will be a small amount of yeast/ sediment on the bottom that will get stirred up whenever you move it and can take some time to become a clear pour again (unless you leave it on the scale for the entire life of the keg).
This is a great example of what is great about home brewing today. Home brewers have always been resourceful and creative. With the internet (thanks Al) not only is this man able to take his ideas directly to his market but forums like this enable the members to help create awareness. His siphon is another elegant solution and dual purpose.
I use these on my kegs. They work great, however, you can’t move or disturb the keg once the metal ball is in place or it will fall off. I have to remember to apply the catch magnet if I need to move or jostle the keg for any reason.
Just build a scale with scale sensors and connected them to the raspberry pi in my keezer. Every one as a rasp in their keezer, right?
Assuming you have a keg to exchange ;-). I use the level indicator as it gets near the bottom as my indicator that I need to brew soon since my beer fridge can only hold the two kegs currently on tap.
Ah. Well, then. I have four good kegs and one sucky one, room in the fridge for two, but a faucet for only one. I drink a keg usually in 3 to 4 weeks. When one is empty, I brew. If I notice the on tap keg getting kinda light, I brew. If I am a week or two behind on brewing, I still got plenty of beer, plus now I keep a stash of bottled beer for emergencies.
I use these. They're great. I have one keg that the outside magnet falls a few pours before the keg kicks, but that's not much of a problem.
Yeah, not everyone likes math, but many do.
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WIth something like this, how does the system know how much there was to start with? Do you enter, say, "5 gallons" into the program and it counts how much is poured? Sensors in the taps or something? or is there a scale or something attached?
If that doesn't work I just lift it if I really need to know how much is left for some reason. Like will it hold up and have enough for a party or should I replace it. It doesn't take to terribly long for the sediment to resettle. I will say it kind of makes you nervous pouring the last few pints as it is almost devastating when the keg blows. The wife's keg blew out last night one beer before she was ready to call it a night. I had been razzing her for the last couple days that her keg was like a circus clown car and every beer could be her last. Worse yet is when you have multiple blow outs in a night. Usually after a party this will happen, like blow 3 one night and 2 the next which just happened to me after New Years.
"Santa" brought me several of those this year. I haven't had the chance to brew or put any in a keg yet, but it's good to know they work.
