kegging

[its 5 o'clock somewhere]

I just started my first batch. I was wondering how hard it is to keg beer. I am going to bottle the first batch. But later on I may want to go right to keg. I already have a fridge with co2 setup for commercial kegs. Just not sure how hard the kegging procedure is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Funkenjaeger]

I just started my first batch. I was wondering how hard it is to keg beer. I am going to bottle the first batch. But later on I may want to go right to keg. I already have a fridge with co2 setup for commercial kegs. Just not sure how hard the kegging procedure is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Assuming you mean the cornelius-type kegs that homebrewers use, it's about as easy as can be - clean and sanitize the keg, take off the lid, siphon your beer in, close the lid and smack it with some pressure to seal. You can use priming sugar and naturally carbonate, but most people force-carbonate - which can be as easy as sticking it in the kegerator, applying serving pressure (10-12PSI or so) and waiting about a week for it to carbonate. (though there are faster methods that can take you from filling to drinking in little more time than it takes for it to cool down in the fridge)

 

[malkore]

what he said.
I can keg in like 10-15 minutes, vs 90 minutes to bottle the same quantity.

plus it takes less sanitizer...usually just a gallon worth. pressurize it and depress the poppet on the out-valve to sanitize the dip tube.

its easy.