Twtr25
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I've heard of people using corny kegs as a secondary fermenter...
I'm curious, what are the advantages and disadvantages to this???
I'm curious, what are the advantages and disadvantages to this???
For me it's nice to be able to age/condition and carbonate your beer in the same vessel.
Instead of having to transfer it to a keg to carbonate it.
Plus thats one less piece of equipment you haft to wash and sanitize.
I rack right from the primary.
Then after about a week into aging I'll apply co2 pressure to carbonate then let it sit a couple more days.
The first glass off the keg will have a little trub in it but after that the beer will run pretty clear.
Some guys take there dip tubes out and either cut a inch or so off the bottom or bend them so they stay out of the trub.
When you apply the co2 to carbonate, do you then chill it, or just let it sit at room temp???
Just started using corny's as my secondary. I found a 1/2" id tubing fits directly over the threads. So I pull a tube out and slip the clear tubing over the fitting then put a loop in it and fill with a little star san to make an airlock that will handle the small amount of fermenting that happens in the secondary. Seems to work well for me.
reposted hopefully the picture works.
cornys can withstand 120psi
when u seal as a secondary it ages and slightly carbs as it sits
whats the reason for using a blow off?
i've dryhopped in the keg warm for 7-14 days, then just chill and carb...also have dryhopped in the keg, cold and on gas...either way, i've left the hops in the keg until it kicked. never had a problem. i suspect it's because the cold really slows down the dryhop to where i never noticed any grassy flavors.
I tie unwaxed, unflavored dental floss to the hop bag and bring it out through the corny lid opening. The lid still seals fine, and it prevents the bag from eventually sinking and disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the keg. Also makes for easy removal if you don't like the flavor you're getting after a couple of weeks.
Also, I wonder, doesn't something have to depress the pin in the gas in post to allow off gassing? Or is the hose hooked to co2 fitting? I guess I don't understand what you mean by "threads"?
Still though, not being critical, just wondering. I like clever simple solutions like your overhand knot 1/2" tubing airlock.
I tie unwaxed, unflavored dental floss to the hop bag and bring it out through the corny lid opening. The lid still seals fine, and it prevents the bag from eventually sinking and disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the keg. Also makes for easy removal if you don't like the flavor you're getting after a couple of weeks.
thank you for this. sometimes the simplest solutions are right under your nose ( and inbetween your teeth!!)
That's my question as well - you'd have to take the poppet out of the gas post, or find some way to depress it.
You could also just put a gas disconnect on it and attach the hose to that.
I have considered just sanitizing a ping-pong ball and throwing it into the hop bag, so it floats at the top.
i've dryhopped in the keg warm for 7-14 days, then just chill and carb...also have dryhopped in the keg, cold and on gas...either way, i've left the hops in the keg until it kicked. never had a problem. i suspect it's because the cold really slows down the dryhop to where i never noticed any grassy flavors.
Also, I wonder, doesn't something have to depress the pin in the gas in post to allow off gassing? Or is the hose hooked to co2 fitting? I guess I don't understand what you mean by "threads"?
Still though, not being critical, just wondering. I like clever simple solutions like your overhand knot 1/2" tubing airlock.
I unthread the fitting and remove the tube before putting on the "blow off tube". I then dry hop using a hop bag in the keg as a secondary (7-10 days) finally I will rack into a fresh kehg to serve.
Sorry, I am a newb to kegs (just got mine in the mail this week). Are you saying you removed one of the posts and dip tubes? And the 1/2" blow off tube fit snugly in the hole for the post?
Here ya go, there is a threaded post that the post you see screws onto. That's what he puts his 1/2" tube on.
Thanks for the diagram. So, do you remove the poppet so air can escape?
Or get a gas disconnect and attach tubing to that. Or an airlock. Or consider the carbonation a bonus.
Another option is to just buy a lid like this:
http://www.kegglebrewing.com/Fermenting-Lid-for-Corny-Keg_p_120.html
Or consider the carbonation a bonus.
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