Stauffbier
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Why oh why..
Do I drink so much?
The night before..
I have to bottle a bunch? :cross:
Do I drink so much?
The night before..
I have to bottle a bunch? :cross:
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Interesting find. I got my co2 bottle swapped today. It actually was certified, I just didn't know how to read it. I'm assembling everything and will be testing for leaks tonight. I was hoping to have my keezer up and running for my birthday, and it looks like I will.
Hmm, could be.I brought in a tank (in perfect condition) 10 years past certification when I started kegging. Guy swapped it for a crappy full one no questions asked. Except for having a full tank of CO2, I think I got ripped off.
If your kegger isn't operational by your birthday, I will be very dissapointed with you.
Do you think 11-64 is a date code on that pony?
Is that your mailbox?
Melana said:Or you drive really fast on the highway
brewingmeister said:Well yeah you and to everybody else basically. I'm just curious how these long commutes end up happening. House first or job first or what went down to cause it?
Here's a couple of pictures of my keezer. I wasn't able to use the neat 5 way manifold beaks sent me. One of the connector pieces on it is stripped. After looking at it for a moment though, it won't make much of a difference with the present setup. I used the 2 way piece instead. With 3 kegs I can actually run each one at either of the two psi's I can set with the dual regulator with only two connections per pressure. I would just have to adjust the regulator if I wanted all of them at the same psi.
In any case, I've got the high pressure side hooked to the 3 way manifold with the individual valves. That works better because it's connected to the high pressure regulator with a hose. Trying to hook up a manifold directly to the high pressure regulator was going to be a PITA because of how close it is to the tank.
I had started moving my hard liquor into the keezer too. I will have teenage nephews visiting in January, and the keezer lid locks. I doubt it would be a problem anyway, but best to remove the temptation.
What's in the one keg is 12 packets of great value early rise orange sugar free drink mix, and 5 gallons of water. I wanted to test things out with something I would actually drink, but that didn't have any sugar in it. That way, if it made a mess it at least wouldn't be a sticky mess. Good thing too. I didn't realize I needed to tighten the tops on the dispensing spigots. It leaked a bit before I realized what was going on.
Since there is no sugar in this, I'm hoping it will be noticeably carbed by tomorrow.
Haha, I might do something like that with my nephews!I never had you figured for a virgin kegger. I do have you figured for a smart dude. You will make it work and be happy. I carved koolaid once. It was good. I'm not sure why we never did it again.
The only finished wine I've got is already bottled. I have cider and black cherry wine that will probably end up in there, but they are still fermenting.Why isn't there wine in that keezer?
It's still an interesting thought. Maybe carbonate one batch with the co2 produced by another... I'm kinda tired tonight, and my mind is wandering.
I just had an odd thought. Would it be possible to partially refill your co2 bottle by putting an active fermentation in a keg? I'm thinking no. The amount of pressure you'd need to liquefy the co2 probably makes it impossible. Even if it doesn't, the check valves would.
It's still an interesting thought. Maybe carbonate one batch with the co2 produced by another... I'm kinda tired tonight, and my mind is wandering.
Yes, and yes.
Hey friends!
I found this this morning. I started a thread about it cause I thought it was sorta cool (some of you guys will think so too). I feel obligated to do something with it. I was thinking light fixtures. Any Ideas?
lschiavo said:It takes some serious...., Try setting your keezer to MAX. Anyone seen any nice boobs lately?
I just had an odd thought. Would it be possible to partially refill your co2 bottle by putting an active fermentation in a keg? I'm thinking no. The amount of pressure you'd need to liquefy the co2 probably makes it impossible. Even if it doesn't, the check valves would.
It's still an interesting thought. Maybe carbonate one batch with the co2 produced by another... I'm kinda tired tonight, and my mind is wandering.
Interesting. I'm still reading tangential threads from that.Here's a fairly long thread discussing capture of co2. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/how-about-co2-capture-system-48208/index3.html
So, while looking at the idea of compressing co2 from fermentation I thought of two things.
1. Why can't I naturally carb in the keg?
I did some more research and found that there isn't really any reason you can't. There are a couple of disadvantages. First that you end up with some trub in the bottle of the keg. So the first few glasses are somewhat yeasty. Second, the sealing rings on a keg don't usually seat perfectly. So corny kegs don't usually seal without pressure. Easy way around this, use a blast of pressure to seat everything. Then let the yeast carb the brew.
I'm not sure how much co2 you would expend doing that vs force carbing, but it seems like an easy way to save on co2...
I hadn't really thought about it, but I guess I could if I was making a sugar free soda with splenda or something. If I'm going to do that though, I wouldn't need the gas system at all. I'd just fill 2L bottles and cap them.LG, are you considering priming soda with yeast and sugar?
Mostly, I'm a cheapskate. That, and doing the bottle exchange was kind of a PITA. So I'm looking to conserve co2 a bit.Good morning LG
I've never naturally carbed in a keg but can see a time and place for it. Mainly if the pipeline was so full kegs were sitting around waiting to be carbed, then natural would be a great alternative. I don't think the CO2 used to seal the lid would be significant. Even when force carbing my kegs require a shot of pressure to purge the tank and seal the o-rings. But alas, who am I kidding? I haven't forced carbed a keg or brewed for that matter since early spring. I sold off four of my six cornies for the move.
If you naturally carbonate in the keg, wouldn't you still need to maintain pressure using a CO2 bottle, at least as the keg emptied? Otherwise your carbonation level would decrease as the headspace volume increased and residual CO2 came out of solution.
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