Kegging without space in a refrigerator?

[Calypso]

Is it possible to start kegging without space for said kegs in a refrigerator? I live in an apartment. There's no room in the fridge and no room for another unit.

So I guess I'd have to fill some bottles from the room temp keg, refrigerate them until chilled, and then drink. Would that work?

 

[2ellas]

Big ass bucket of ice? Aside from that, there are smaller kegs that would fit in the fridge. I can't see kegging warm just to bottle though. Seems like an extra step. What about a jockey box?

 

[cbenn22]

Below is a link for a calculator than can be used to show you what setting you will need to set your regulator at to properly carb your beer. The reason it takes so much pressure is because the beer will hold less co2 at warmer temperatures (if pressure is kept the same).

http://www.brewersfriend.com/keg-carbonation-calculator/

You're more than likely going to need to chill the keg before bottling though. Trying to bottle off a warm keg is just asking for a ton of foam. If after carbing, you turn the pressure way down right before bottling you may be able to get away with it.

 

[Calypso]

Hmm. So it sounds like it wouldn't work so well. I saw some of the smaller kegs, but I might just have to wait until I move to a bigger place.

How do normal people manage if they have, say, six different beers in kegs and they want to take some to a social event? Or, say you brew a big RIS or barley wine. How do you age it for a year?

 

[shortyz]

Hmm. So it sounds like it wouldn't work so well. I saw some of the smaller kegs, but I might just have to wait until I move to a bigger place.

How do normal people manage if they have, say, six different beers in kegs and they want to take some to a social event? Or, say you brew a big RIS or barley wine. How do you age it for a year?

if its in a keg, its refrigerated, fill bottles with a beer gun or a tap adapter thing.


aging, im pretty sure most guys just put it in the basement.