Kegging

[Mike Neilson]

Looking at doing a keg set up, Is it cheaper and easyer to go with the brew craft setup or designing your own set up, and getting the bits from the likes of Craft brewer, etc?
Whats your thoughts?

[jt]

Second one, the shake method, that needs to also be cranked up at 35ish. AND, importantly, you want the CO2 to go directly into the beer.

No, I leave it at dispensing pressure - it can not be over carbonated by doing this.
Crank it up to 35psi and shake too long and you'll have a foam fest. How long is too long ?

you usually sneak a pint or two to see how it's going - well I do anyway

Amen !

[Barry]

yeah completely agree jt. How much is too long. I reckon 2 minutes but to me this is the riskiest proposition of all three methods.

[jt]

There's still variables, like how cold is the beer, how much retained co2.
Play it safe - you want beer, not endless froth for days until you get back to equilibrium

[studio1]

I always force carb down the beer out tube, whilst shaking for a few minutes. Then often leave it at 25psi for a few more hours. My beer is usually close to 0 when it goes into the keg too.

I don't recall having a frothing/overcarbed problem and am mostly happy with the carbonation levels I get.

[Dale]

Anyone using an Air Stone to carb up their beers in a keg? Just saw them on craftbrewer. Ta

[Tony]

Just a quick question. When you hook up new lines, fittings, taps, etc. Do you flush them through before using them, or do you just go ahead and use them? Thinking of off flavours here.

[Reviled]

I gave it a quick flush with hot napisan then hot starsan when I first got mine, but probably fine either way...

[MrC]

I washed my fittings & picnic taps coz they seems a bit greasy. I only cleaned the beer lines, not the gas. I treat my taps like my bottles, clean them before storage and rinse again before use.

[vdog]

Anyone know where to go to get a regulator checked out? The one I bought seems to have a leak - I've emptied a full gas bottle in about 3 weeks... Just got it refilled and hooked up, stuck it in the fridge, and the bottle pressure dropped from 750 to 500psi overnight. Gutted - I want to be able to drink my bloody beer, but I can't if it's flat and there's no CO2 to push it through!

[Mike Neilson]

Take it to BOC and they will send it off to Chch to some dude.

[Reviled]

Have you leak checked all of your kegs and lines? I find some of my keg poppets leak which is why I dont have my gas hooked up constantly, which is also probably why I have come to enjoy beer with minimal carbonation lol

The pressure could have dropped due to the temp change also?? Just a thought?? The pressure on the bottle isnt exactly an accurate way to tell how much gas is left in the bottle, weight is...

[Nick T]

Agree - the bottle pressure should drop somewhat if you refridgerate it - but vdog did lose a whole bottle in 3 weeks previously. When I was worried about a leak, Kenneys Beverages suggested to me to first of all put all you gas disconnects in a bucket of water,while hooked up to a live gas bottle, to see if they are the problem (often they are, apparently), then spray soapy water around all your other fittings to see if any bubbles form, and then hook it all up again and spray soapy water around all your keg lids to see if they are leaking through the seal.