How many lines per regulator?

[jim_reaper1066]

So I am just beginning to build my keezer, but have already run into a bottleneck with my beer! I have the freezer, CO2 tank wi regulator, kegs, temp controller and couplers, but nothing is yet assembled. I also have 2 batches of beer due to be bottled/kegged tomorrow, and an already carbed keg.

So my question is this: Can I set my freezer to 4 degrees with the temp controller, keg the beer and run three lines off a single regulator to carb up all three kegs? I am in no hurry to carb these guys, I just want them off the dry hops and into the kegs ASAP, but have no manifold to properly split the lines.

Alternatively, is it possible to rack the beer into the kegs, purge a few times with CO2 and store them at room temperature until the keezer is finished and I have a proper manifold? Would this method be suitable to stabilize the beer from further oxidation, while at the same time allowing it to age without forced carbonation?

Sorry for the lame questions, but I jumped into the world of kegging without much of a plan though out.

 

[buzzkill]

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[wilserbrewer]

You can easily run additional lines off of the same regulator by using tees rather than a manifold.

Yes, I believe it would be acceptable to keg, purge and pressurize to seal a keg for storage. BTW, if you are looking to store them for a couple weeks or more, you could prime w/ sugar and your kegs would be ready to tap when you are...just a thought...never primed a keg myself, but others like it.

Tees and crosses for splitting gas lines, not as much control as a manifold, but will work.

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[RichBenn]

So I am just beginning to build my keezer, but have already run into a bottleneck with my beer! I have the freezer, CO2 tank wi regulator, kegs, temp controller and couplers, but nothing is yet assembled. I also have 2 batches of beer due to be bottled/kegged tomorrow, and an already carbed keg.

So my question is this: Can I set my freezer to 4 degrees with the temp controller, keg the beer and run three lines off a single regulator to carb up all three kegs? I am in no hurry to carb these guys, I just want them off the dry hops and into the kegs ASAP, but have no manifold to properly split the lines.

Alternatively, is it possible to rack the beer into the kegs, purge a few times with CO2 and store them at room temperature until the keezer is finished and I have a proper manifold? Would this method be suitable to stabilize the beer from further oxidation, while at the same time allowing it to age without forced carbonation?

Sorry for the lame questions, but I jumped into the world of kegging without much of a plan though out.

You can use the distributors like the other poster showed, as long as the pressure you desire for both is the same. Like you wouldn't want a high carbed wheat beer and a low carbonation british beer on the regulator.

As far as conditioning at room temp after purging -- as I understand it, you want alot more pressure to start (30 psi or more) if you aren't keeping it on CO2, and even then, you may want to give it a shot after a couple of days. That's cause the CO2 disolves and the pressure will drop. But you can carb them at room temp by using the CO2 charts, while you are working on the keezer build. You'll still be at a higher pressure because more CO2 is required to carb at higher temperatures.

 

[david_42]

Personally, I'd opt for priming the kegs and letting them naturally carbonate. But, regardless of how you carbonate or what temperature you store it at, getting your beer into kegs to condition is a good move. Easy to store, move, and totally opaque.

I've run 6 kegs from one regulator without a problem.

 

[specialized]

Is there a way to build these distributors by myself? Like from mcmaster? I think 30 dollars for a 2 way distributor seems a little high. Anyone have product numbers from mcmaster that would work?

 

[Bobby_M]

Just use hose barb tees or crosses.

 

[jim_reaper1066]

Thanks for the info, I hope that kegconnection will ship those manifolds up to Canada. So if I rack both beers into kegs, and force carb around ~30psi after purging a few times, they should be good to store off the gas for a little while until I get a distributer ordered?