new to kegging

[whatthefunk41]

so im kinda new to the whole keggin thing....ive bottled countless brews and its kina expensive buyin bottles....so went to keggin...any tips???

 

[wild]

any tips???

This method of getting the beer kegged takes 1 hour of which 35 minutes is unattended.
PRELIM: Chill the beer to 40°F to floc the yeast.

1. Disassemble the keg and separate out/in tubes and rings.
2. Rinse the keg with hot water.
3. Drop the out tube into the keg.
4. Add PBW. Fill to the brim with 120-160°F water.
5. Place parts in a bowl and submerge in PBW solution.
6. Soak for 35 minutes.
7. Rack PBW to extra vessel (bucket). This step cleans the cane.
8. Rinse keg and all parts with hot water well.
9. Fill keg and out tube with sanitizer. Fill parts bowl with sanitizer as well.
10. Soak for 5 minutes.
11. Assemble keg.
12. Attach the CO2.
13. Pressurize at 5 PSI.
14. Check for leaks with sanitizer spray bottle.
15. Push the sanitizer out with CO2 into another vessel.
16. Sanitize the cane.
17. Release pressure and open keg.
18. CO2 is now predominantly in the keg.
19. Rack the beer.
20. Attach lid. Pressurize with 5 PSI. Check for leaks again.
21. Increase pressure to 25 PSI and shake the hell out of it.
22. Let stand for an hour.
23. Rack the PBW to the yeasty fermenter for cleaning.
24. Let stand 35 minutes.
25. Then rinse.
26. Rack Sanitizer to the fermenter.
27. Let stand five minutes.
28. Shake.
29. Rack to the drain. Now everything including the cane is clean.
30. Chill. Reduce to 10 PSU, release pressure, and serve.


And...
http://www.leeners.com/kegcleaning.html

Good luck,
Wild

 

[Dark_Ale]

You may already know this but the In and out post are a little differant. I have the ball lock type so If you try to put the co2 bottle on the out side it will go if your force it and be a pain to get off. If you have pressure on your keg it will back up into your regulator making a mess.

 

[LouT]

Yup, this link here is very handy for figuring out your carbing pressures for various styles of beer and for determining your draft line lengths, and even has some troubleshooting tips:

http://hbd.org/clubs/franklin/public_html/docs/balance.html

 

[whatthefunk41]

hey lout ur doing a california common rite....hows that cuz thats my new brew to do and as of a matter of fact it is gunna be startd on monday nov 3 i was gunna add more yeast like 2 maybe 3 vials of the whitelabs in it...what u think

 

[malkore]

FYI, getting into kegging isn't exactly cheap.
anywhere from $15-$40 for a used keg, possibly another $5 for new o-ring kit
a regulator for $20 and up depending on new/used, single gauge/dual, 1 output or T'd.
and then of course a CO2 cylinder will likely hit your for around $70.

last but not least...how you gonna cool those kegs?

(and this is just assuming cheap picnic taps and not draft towers)

 

[SuperiorBrew]

Check out Chris Knight's YouTube Videos

 

[LouT]

hey lout ur doing a california common rite....hows that cuz thats my new brew to do and as of a matter of fact it is gunna be startd on monday nov 3 i was gunna add more yeast like 2 maybe 3 vials of the whitelabs in it...what u think

Bought the kit, but no time to brew before some upcoming travel -probably around Thanksgiving before I get to brew it...

 

[whatthefunk41]

yea i kno what u mean i have a thankgivin ale that ill be keggin probbly this week so yea....btw people how do u filter i wanna hear all ideas

 

[HenryHill]

Probably best to start a new thread for ideas on filtering, so potential help would be drawn directly to the question.

Really, most don't filter, since using proper fermenting/racking procedures reduces any need to.