How to keg?

[poison2003]

Hey im wondering if i buy a keg from northern brewer a used 5 gallon tank
http://northernbrewer.com/kegs-disconnects.html

How do i get the beer in it and would it require anything additional to buy?
And do u think its easier then just botteling

 

[olllllo]

Hey im wondering if i buy a keg from northern brewer a used 5 gallon tank
http://northernbrewer.com/kegs-disconnects.html

How do i get the beer in it and would it require anything additional to buy?
And do u think its easier then just botteling

Easier... Yes. but I still bottle on occasion.

It was right under your nose.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/Hi-Res/kegging-system.pdf

 

[rdwj]

you just siphon into the keg. As for additional parts, you'll all the stuff shown here.

For serving, you can use a cobra tap or a tower instead of the shank that's shown

 

[poison2003]

thx for the help

edit

For normal kegs which u get beer with u just use a hand pump without any co2 right?
So if i was to fill one of those i wouldnt need anything else right?

 

[sirsloop]

the hand pump is just means to pressurize the keg. You can use sanke kegs with a Co2 system. Typically if you buy a commercial half keg for a party or something, the beer will either be consumed in one day or thrown out... so pumping air into the keg is not a problem. If you buy a half keg for your own consumption over several weeks, you would need to put C02 in there. You could put a hand pump on a cornie keg if you wanted to....

 

[jjasghar]

you might want to read though this also....

http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.1/fleming.html

i just found it ~20 minutes ago.

 

[poison2003]

oh i see thanks again