keggings 101 help please...

[iceman1407]

Can anyone give me a crash course in the finer points of kegging? I got a batch that will be ready soon and wanted to keg all but a six pack. As it will be my first time kegging I'm looking for some help please

iceman1407

 

[FirefightingBrewer]

I too will need some help, I am in the same position.

 

[theschick]

Read the basic overviews. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sticky-kegging-faqs-43347/

Just like there are many ways to brew beer, there are many techniques to keg beer.

 

[iceman1407]

Awesome. Thanks very much. One other question to the masses. I found corny kegs at my local brew shop for about $50-52 in really great shape. Is this a good deal or are there better out there??

iceman1407

 

[bigpapa7272]

iceman MDHB in columbia has reconditioned ball locks for 41 bucks a piece plus tax

 

[iceman1407]

Bigpapa,

Yea that's where I was talking about. Is that a pretty good deal?? That's where I buy pretty much all my equipment and supplies. They seem pretty well priced and staff is always very friendly and helpful.

Your thoughts??

iceman1407

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw...A truly "reconditioned" ball lock keg (meaning cleaned, all O-rings replaced, and pressure tested - successfully ) for $41 is a good price imo. I usually pay around $40 for a cleaned-on-the-inside keg that holds pressure but needs new O-rings (@ ~$6.50 a set) and the outside could use reconditioning to "look nice"...

Cheers!

 

[Eisendrath]

I once bought a bunch for the club needing cleaning and rings for $25 each.
I'm telling you, it took about 6 hrs to scrub them well on the outside and inside.
With the cost of the o-rings, one tappet and one releif valve, and one is a total loss,,,,,
I'd say $41.00 is a great great deal for a reconditioned and tested keg.

 

[dinnerstick]

definitely read the sticky above but also check out the basic brewing podcasts, they have a few that cover the basics of kegging including one on how to dismantle clean and recondition a corny. you have to look through the archives but for example there is this in the 2010 archive

October 21, 2010 - Kegging Revisited
Andy and James talk about the basics of kegging from Andy's article in the November Brew Your Own magazine.

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=radio

 

[iceman1407]

Thanks for all the help everyone. I'll post some updates and pics of the progress. I gotta say this hobby is like crack

iceman1407

 

[Huskysibe]

I will be kegging in a few weeks with pin lock kegs, I have been reading all the stickies and posts on kegging. I have one question, how in the world do you purge O2 from the keg after filling it with beer without having the relief valve? Thoughts?

Billy

 

[Supergus]

I will be kegging in a few weeks with pin lock kegs, I have been reading all the stickies and posts on kegging. I have one question, how in the world do you purge O2 from the keg after filling it with beer without having the relief valve? Thoughts?

Billy

Billy,
Just pressurize the keg, remove the gas line connector, then press the poppet valve until most of the pressure is released, rinse and repeat a couple of times.
Just make sure you don't release the poppet valve from the liquid side, unless you like wearing your beer!

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