How to Get Gelatin into Pressurized Beer?

[day_trippr]

You think all that stuff is easier to "inject" a keg with than a big syringe stuck into a gas QD stem plugged on a gas post?

Cheers!

 

[Broothru]

You think all that stuff is easier to "inject" a keg with than a big syringe stuck into a gas QD stem plugged on a gas post?

Cheers!

Absolutely!

I use a brown plastic beer bottle, Fill it partially with whatever I’m injecting into the keg, usually diluted with distilled water. Pump up the bottle to 2-3 psi CO2 greater than the keg pressure with a carbonation cap, attach it to the keg with a Gas In to Gas In jumper line, and it transfers in seconds, leak free. I always get leaks using a syringe, even with Lure Lok fittings.

Plus, cleanup is a breeze. I just put some distilled H2O in the bottle, swirl it around, pump it up and reconnect to the keg. Cleans out the line and the gas post and QDs in a flash.

 

[jmstone617]

I’m with @day_trippr — 10ml syringe —> short piece of EVABarrier tubing —> Duotight Gas QD. Easy.

 

[sibelman]

10ml syringe

My only brewing syringe is 300ml but I think it'll do small injections too.

 

[day_trippr]

I have 1ml, 20ml, 100ml and 300ml syringes, some sizes I use mostly for workshop projects but have found them useful for some brewing function. And they're so cheap via AMZ it's nbd to have different sizes...

Cheers!

 

[jmstone617]

Yea I bought these

https://a.co/d/iEVjnkp

 

[Bobby_M]

I sell this kit for less than $20 and most of the cost is in the QD and free flowing ball lock to 1/4" barb that makes sucking the product into the syringe super easy.

 

[MikeCo]

I am thinking of trying one of these methods. Doesn't this get gelatin in the gas post even if it's fully dissolved? Do you just clean the gas post thoroughly when the keg is empty?

 

[doug293cz]

I am thinking of trying one of these methods. Doesn't this get gelatin in the gas post even if it's fully dissolved? Do you just clean the gas post thoroughly when the keg is empty?

Yes, there will be gelatin residue on the components inside the gas post and gas "dip" tube. Thorough cleaning will remove the residue, and hot water/cleaning solution works faster than cold.

Brew on