1st Time Kegging Home Brew!

[@richardkoomen170]

duidelijke uitleg

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

ontzettend bedankt! waardeer de stein, proost 🍻

[@raymaiden958]

Congrats on your progression. I highly recommend a floating dip-tube to let temperature and gravity clarify your brew. I used to use a similar set-up to fill my keg. I now use a black ball lock at the end of line that is attached to secondary to fill the keg. Additionally, I purge my kegs with CO2 via the dip-tube (you will need a black ball-lock for this step) with a grey ball-lock connected to the CO2 side.. The reason for purging via the dip-tube is that CO2 is heavier than air thus pushing the air up and out of the keg. The grey ball-lock has a small orifice to minimize air from back streaming into the keg. As the keg is filled with beer, the grey ball-lock acts as a vent for the CO2. I hope this was helpful and CHEER!.

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

Appreciate the feedback! Definitely looking into a dip-tube for future brews!

[@77transamguy]

Kegging is life changing for us home brewers, I do keep some bottles around to fill from the keg to give away. The bouncer is a good call but you can just put that sediment in and it will eventually settle, you don’t have to wast good beer. For your first time that was a great informative video! Keep em coming!!

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

I've got a few bottles still kicking around for sure. Appreciate the feedback!

[@richiedubs1062]

Brother you pretty much nailed it for a first time. I see this was a year ago, so I'm sure you're on to bigger and better things, but just in case I have a few suggestions. You can buy a carboy blow off hood for like $5 and a racking cane (you were bottling so I know you go one) and use NO MORE than 10psi of pressure from your CO2 tank to pressurize that carboy and do a pressurized no-oxygen transfer to the keg. You just set the depth of the racking cane to just above the yeast cake and you won't disturb it a bit. Gravity system is great, but $5.... and you get a big improvement in process. Cheers!

[@frankgarcia7760]

Awesome!!

[@jamesspinks716]

I connect my keg gas in to the top of the fermenter, then the fermenter tap to the liquid out on the keg after purging everything with CO2 then the keg will fill without any air contact. Hope that makes sense.

[@NW-lj6oo]

Good useful video. Why purge and then take the lid off the keg?

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

Thanks! This was my first time kegging beer. My thought at the time was this would create a bed of CO2 that would push out the O2. Was this the best option, no. Was it a learning experience, yes! 🍻

[@formerbigmike1]

Purge keg of oxygen, release co2 threw pressure release, When filling use a black connector and fill keg threw the out port on the keg. Keeping open pressure release valve. Then you get no oxygen in keg. Also use co2 to push beer from fermentation jug into keg.

[@SS-pi2yi]

When you placed the keg with co2 tank into the freezer for the 48hr carbonation step, what temp was the freezer? wouldn't the beer freeze into an ice block in the keg? OR is it a modified freezer where you are simply using space inside BUT at a modified 'fridge-type' temperature (what typically temp is good for keg carbonation) . Hence why I ask what temp is the 'freezer' in your video? (newbie here) please confirm - thanks.

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

It's an upright freezer, but plugged into an Inkbird temperature controller that allows you to control the temperature. I had it set at 38 degrees Fahrenheit, with a 2 degree differential. The temperature controller has two plugs...one for 'cold' and the other for 'heat'. This allows you to plug your fridge/freezer into the 'cold' outlet of the controller, and then I've also got a heat lamp in the freezer with a no-light ceramic bulb plugged into the 'heat' outlet. This allows me to controller the temperature more precisely during fermentation, and can also use it to crank the cold down to beer serving temperature. Hope this helps! Appreciate the support and happy to answer any other questions you have! Cheers 🍻

[@SS-pi2yi]

@@OZKOutdoorBrewing Ah..ok..I did not realize one could easily change the freezer temp using the inkbird. In your opinion, is it better to modify a fridge or a freezer..? or is it simply a matter of whatever one has that can house the keg inside?

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

@@SS-pi2yi Great question, and probably a hotly debated one lol. In my experience, the upright freezer is working a treat when combined with the Inkbird controller and the ceramic no-light heat bulb. On the other hand, a fridge might be the better option since an actual freezer isn't necessarily designed to operate at 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit. Although technically neither is a fridge, so I guess it probably comes down to personal preference and the options available to you. I wanted to spend as little coin as I could, and had a buddy donate the upright freezer, and later had another friend donate an SS side-by-side fridge to use as a kegerator. I've now got a dedicated fermentation chamber in the freezer, and a kegerator I built out of the fridge!

[@dylanfeltz5587]

You could avoid that tipping problem by having the keg on the floor and the carboy on the table. The table height has always been enough gravity for me.

[@codeinfurno]

I'll bring my growler over get me a sample bro! 🍻

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

Growlers are the perfect way for us to take camping!

[@joshlotto]

@@OZKOutdoorBrewing just bring the keg

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

@@joshlotto Definitely thought about it!

[@samshepherd26]

I don't think I'd be brewing anymore if I didn't buy my kegerator. I brew 2 batches at a time and I can keg them both in about 40 minutes. I don't know how long it took with bottles, maybe 3 hours plus.

[@SS-pi2yi]

Once you start carbonating the beer keg: - can you store it in fridge for use later? In freezer? At room temp? - How long for each case typically? Thx for the video!

[@samshepherd26]

@@SS-pi2yi yes you can store the carbonated keg of beer in or out of the fridge for as long as you want, probably not a good idea to freeze the keg. Think of a keg like a big bottle of beer.

[@SS-pi2yi]

@@samshepherd26 AH ok - nice analogy and in fact answers many questions - a BIG CAN OF BBER - luv it! Thanks Lastly - on some beer youtube channels ...they even said : - you can fill the keg with the beer - then close the keg and connect co2 tank and inject co2 into tank, remove tank connection, then release valve to exit any air - repeat this 3-4 times where teh co2 pushes out any remaining oxygen., - then keg has beer in it with some co2 over teh top (but not yet carbonated) - Apparently this can be stored in a closet at room temp till ready to use/carbonated for drinking? In your experience/opinion, is it better to carbonate when storing like a 'big beer can' as you stated or also safe/fine when storing as explained pre-carbonation? Thanks .

[@StoneyardVineyards]

You did fine , now go drink that good beer cheers

[@OZKOutdoorBrewing]

Thank you, cheers!

[@pauldugan585]

I would add bouncer filter inline to keg. That way you can tilt to get every ounce without the Dregs.