Taking a keg to a party

[knappetak]

Apparently I'm a bit confused and just need a quick bit of guidance. I have a kegerator setup with co2 tank and all. Have a beer in corny that I want to take to a friends party that is carbonated perfectly and ready to go. I have a line of hose and with a connector for the keg out on one end and a push button tap on the other. Can I just connect that and with what's in the keg already for co2 I'll be able to pour til the kegs dry, or am I going to need to take my co2 tank as well? Just haven't done it before and any help would be appreciated.

 

[mikebowman]

You'll need more co2. The amount in the keg already might get you a beer or two. You can buy small co2 chargers which are perfect for something like this

 

[Eisendrath]

If...... your keg is 1/2 empty it is 1/2 full of CO2. If the pressure is at 12psi, the pressure at the last pour will be at 6psi. (Ideal gas law, PV = PV). I have done this it works great. It does not work for a full keg, but even almost works for a 3/4 full keg.

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

You can use the tiny CO2 cartridges with a trigger style injector, slightly larger CO2 cartridges that use a tiny (but expensive) regulator, a paintball tank with an adapter and a full sized regulator, or drag your CO2 tank along.

 

[audger]

or if you have a spare 5gal keg, you can fill that second keg with 12psi of CO2 and make a gas jumper to connect them. then you will have 6psi in each tank when you are done dispensing 5 gallons.

 

[Cheektronic]

If it were me, I would fill up a few growlers with a counter pressure filler... Less stuff to bring with me

 

[Hammy71]

If it were me, I would fill up a few growlers with a counter pressure filler... Less stuff to bring with me

Nah...nothing better than bringing kegged homebrew to a party. Something to think about: The keg is going to get pretty shaken up on the way to the party and your beer is going to get cloudy from all the gunk that settled. Here's a trick I learned from Yooper. Fill a sanitized empty cornie with CO2 and purge out the air. Make a short jumper out of beer line and two black out connectors. Hook up one to the full keg and the other to the new keg out post. As the beer flows into the new keg, purge so the beer keeps flowing. Once the original keg is empty, your good to go. All the gunk is in the empty keg and you can shake the full one until the cows come home and your brew is clear. I like the extra cornie as a CO2 reservoir. Never tried it. I went with the small CO2 cartridges and a cooler. Eventually I built this:

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Ran out of CO2 this week-end at a brew club party...

I took my mostly full corny, and put it on its side ("IN" side facing down) at a slight angle, and attached a picnic tap+connector to the IN side. This resulted in gravity fed beer, 'a la cask-ale. As long as the beer is not creating a vacuum, you can gravity feed. A short blip on the pressure release might get you going in you've gotten to a vacuum, although I'd avoid that due to oxidization.

M_C

 

[tesilential]

If it were me, I would fill up a few growlers with a counter pressure filler... Less stuff to bring with me

Seconded. Growlers are easy and classy. I just vent the keg, set reg to 2psi and fill straight from a picnic tap.

The keg system is for when I throw parties