How to KEG AND CARBONATE HOMEBREW in a CORNY KEG (ball lock)

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

2:00 WHAT WE NEED 5:47 MANDATORY BEER CHUG 6:18 HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER 10:07 FAQ'S

[@markanibas8805]

Just started kegging and I made a fermenter out of a keg and tried pressure fermenting. Should I transfer to serving keg before a cold crash or what would you do

[@TheAwesomeadam25]

The best channel for homebrewing on a budget! Probably saved me hundreds and hours of time. Plus the entertainment factor cant be beat lol

[@ignoranceisstrenght1984]

Second time watching this video. First time, it made me buy two corny, a 10 pounds CO2 tank, dual regulator, those lines from amazon and a faucet. This is good stuff. Everything i needed to know. Cheers!

[@donoughmacgillycuddy1207]

Hey man, just made my first Irish red here in Irland and your video it the most clear on how to use a keg :)

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

glad that worked out for you DM!

[@cwallace2090]

Just started kegging and your videos have been a great help, THANK YOU!!! Also very entertaining too :) You Guys ROCK!!!!!! THANKS

[@dannyzwolf4546]

If I get a small ball lock keg and force carbonate, can I leave the co2 tank disconnected while sitting in the fridge?

[@garynoone672]

Just doing my fist brew after trying it 20 years ago. Wish I had have thought of kegging it back then. I gave up because I was sick of cleaning/sanitising bottles.

[@RyanBittnerGC]

Those Marino clips are hilarious, Great storytelling

[@ryanfang3413]

Would you recommend barb or MFL for disconnect?

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

I just bottled my first batch. Totally hated it. I just received my first kegerator and will be kegging from now on.

[@craigboozer6953]

Cheers! Thanks for making stuff basic for us that ain’t engineers or chemists!! Brew on!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers craig!

[@craigboozer6953]

Quick question now that i digested it a bit more, how do you have two taps on single regulator line? Is there a splitter or secondary regulator?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

One of them is just screwed into the door for my fridge. Thats it. Its not connected to anything on the inside. Cheers!

[@desirayreynoso1146]

Did you ever post the sangria recipe

[@dbeatdano498]

Is that Chrono Trigger playing in the background? Also great video guys!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yessir! Nice catch

[@donaldblankenship8057]

How do you keep out trub?

[@gardencity3558]

Just bottled my first batch of home brew. Bottles suck, except a growler for travelling, thus I'm here and geraing up to clone this steup in my shed. No more bottles only kegs Brajs!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

you got this braj!

[@viraj1981deshpande]

Can you transport the keg after keeping it 3/4 days in Refrigerator? Also whats the ideal temp in Refrigerator should be to keep the beer cold?

[@Sparks00psn]

Been bottling for a year. Graduated! Just kegged first batch yesterday. So much easier. Probably going to be a problem with the amount I make now /: probably going to be a lot. Bottling was the only thing holding me back in the process.

[@AnimeSlaps]

"bottling was the only thing holding me back" is a line straight from an anime with a brewmaster protagonist

[@jacobross8007]

Where in Vista is there a set of train tracks?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Santa Fe

[@garynoone672]

When you are leaving your keg to carbonate for the 3-4 days, what psi do you have the co2 at? tia

[@slipknot73745]

Just for clarification, "caustic" refers to strong bases not acids. Acids have a pH of less than 7 and bases higher than 7. In the bev industry they use both acid and base/caustic CIP so less an issue there. Just thought I'd pitch in given acids vs bases makes a difference in getting brew water chemistry right. Love the vids, keep them up!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You gotta host one!

[@Khaladas]

Awesome video, I just got my setup from my favorite home brew supply to do my first all-grain. He described the same steps you are showing here, so very helpful to have this as reference. Will make sure not to skip the MBC step :D

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

ha MBC is most important part Mike!

[@poorasslawstudent]

What size tubing do we most likely need for the beer line?

[@davidframe47]

My keg is at 12 psi but I just get a bunch of foam. How do I fix this? My current beer is a hazy ipa. I have tried to drop the psi all the way down to about 5/6 and nothing seems to work

[@jon-paulbetteridge207]

Hi Can you pressurize the corny keg after raking then remove it from the Co2 supply when it is pressurized . I.e. if I take the beer in the house and pressurize it to stop the O2 getting to it the move it to the pub shed to use on tap . Many thanks jp

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I have no clue what you just said but cheers!

[@NetworkGeek280]

What film is the human torso guitar from? lol

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

from Dusk until Dawn with George Clooney

[@NetworkGeek280]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE A classic. I should have known.

[@curtishand6180]

Do you have a booth at the Millennial Fair? 😉

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Ha! I wish curtis 🍻 ❤️

[@christophermorrisiscool]

Do you keep the co2 tank connected to the keg??? After putting in the fridge?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Always connected

[@christophermorrisiscool]

Are you still pushing c02 into??

[@bertb4185]

I wanna be your friend - but I dont have the facial hair! What do I do?

[@yonagwy5826]

I used to bottle in Kuwait and Saudi. The good Ole days!

[@styx0703]

How to purge if my lid dont have prv?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

if you don't have PRV, you need to get a lid with a PRV fast because it's a bomb

[@theronjclark]

just curious....... 11:12 thats Pops ???......right???.......

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

oh yeah PH

[@alvaradobrewhouse6387]

CH, another classic video! I'm kegging my next batch, searched "kegging homebrew" and boom! your video popped up but my bad, I should've know better. Thx Braj...

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Much love tom!

[@slugger777]

Would it not be better to have a clean keg filled with starsan solution then tap out all of the starsan replacing it with C02. That way you are damn sure that you have mostly CO2 and minimal 02? The only drawback is that you have a 20L batch of sanitizer at the end of it then. I guess it does not matter that much if you are not doing pressurized transfers.

[@thomasfrank1227]

Thanks brother! I appreciate the insight. I’m a bottler at the moment and I’m considering kegging

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You got this TF!

[@77poisson]

Thanks guys!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

cheers braj!

[@MrSurprenant1]

Bottled many times First time kegging. Thanks for the video

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers bro!

[@jeremiahhuskins952]

Hey H4L where is the new video? I anticipate these on wednesdays. I am watching them all over & over. On a serious note, you are my favorite KZbin channel.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Means the world bro. Literally best comment ive ever received. - CH

[@jeremiahhuskins952]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE CH... You are the coolest dude ever. Never stop doing this.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

❤️

[@nikhildhoot4252]

Awesome video guys...very easy to understand and funny too!! Excellent learning tool for anyone looking to move to kegging from bottling.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

thanks for watching Nikhil!

[@joshturner4741]

Im looking to build a jockey box. Trying to track down the hardware and Im having trouble finding a wall shank assembly. Basically a nipple with 2 nuts and a rubber washer, or do I need 2 beer shanks and just attach a jumper on the keg side of the box and attach a gas line. Thanks braj.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

No clue, cheers!

[@ryanwilson181]

this is off topic from brewing but I'm a photographer and I have seen you're using a sony right? that lens you got is a beast and in my opinion Zeiss glass is the best I shoot Nikon and my only way to get Zeiss glass is from a real old lens. And yours is an f/2.8 I don't see you shooting at f/2.8 for your videos but I would say around f/6.5 - f/8.0 is the sweet spot for sharp shots anyway thank you for the videos I'm just now getting into brewing beer.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Nice catch ryan cheers!

[@staveb0mb]

My keg is leaking CO2 from the PRV! It has good spring to it. Any ideas? Just need to replace it?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Turn the keychain thing and move it down and around until it stops leaking gas

[@staveb0mb]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE thanks I'll give it a try!

[@staveb0mb]

Didn't work. Is it supposed to lift up and screw down to increase the tension in the valve? It's leaking out of the holes in the side.

[@staveb0mb]

Check out this video I shot of my leaks. I bought another used keg and it is leaking too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIXaXoCAZpp3ea8

[@chaserandolph6437]

Does CO2 replace priming sugar? Getting tired of bottling!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yes, kegging is way better!

[@joshuameyers9620]

Great video guys, thank you. Quick question... In their prime, who would win in a bare knuckle match; Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, or Sonny Landham?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

carl or ventura 4 sure

[@uarenothelping3128]

Wow thanks for the info... YOU ARE HELPING!!

[@bradvonreaden1550]

Hey, love your channel. I just kegged my first batch but think I had a huge F up. I ended up syphoning back about 1/2 a cup of star sans from the airlock. So the star sans is in the keg too. Is the beer skunked? Live and learn

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Nope! Ride it out!

[@bradvonreaden1550]

Awesome. Thanks braj lord.

[@EmptyAltruism]

Holy crap the music from chronotrigger…rpgs peaked with that game. It’s my favorite #1 game to this day

[@gardencity3558]

FNG brewer here 2 batches in am done with bottles. They suck. Time for Corney kegs.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

you got this braj! :)

[@suwirwong]

Where and how to get co2? Is there such a thing food grade co2?

[@nickstehno6564]

See if there is a welding supply store near you. That's where most people fill their tanks

[@AlbieTom]

Just found your channel, been homebrewing for a few years. Looking forward to taking some of your advice into practice. I'm going to try a 30 minute mash my next brew.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

AlbieTom keep us posted!

[@markl2747]

Vid is hilarious guys , keep it up!. Still bottling but after this, might take it to the next level. Thanks!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers mark!

[@alexthebeaner69]

I’ve seen people keep their co2 tank and regulator inside their fridge and some outside, does this matter?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Doesnt matter at all! Cheers bro

[@LLigaia]

Good video! One of these days I might actually start kegging and when I do, I'm consulting your channel at length.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Im holding you to it!

[@RyanTheLaiEn]

Str8 artistic genius @3:18. I laughed so hard lol

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thx for watching Cheers Braj!

[@RyanTheLaiEn]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE Thanks for all of the help avoiding regret and expensive mistakes! Quick summary question - fast forward until chilling the beer at serving temp in a fridge while holding at 10-12 psi - basically after 3-4 days desired carbonation is usually reached? That’s awesome - I’m doing my first 5 gal keg soon.

[@amadeomendez6646]

Why don't you need to have the 10 ft hose for the beer line and you just plug a faucet to the ball lock connection directly? I have had a lot of trouble with a damn foamy beer, I use a ball lock with a silicone hose (about 50 centimeters) and a picnic tap so I'll try with line balancing approach, but I see a lot of videos where ppl just plug a faucet with not just a small beer line but no line at all.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers!

[@bonefinger332]

Do you add priming sugar when kegging?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

BONEFINGER you dont add priming sugar when you keg. Just for bottling

[@bonefinger332]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE Hahaha... well that sucks, just added priming sugar and set the co2 at 30 psi

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You making a bomb? 💣

[@bonefinger332]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE Thanks for the words of encouragement. 👍💥🍻

[@Dilfed]

Ran the bar at a big pub in England and I can tell you cleaning the beer lines on 20 taps is not great. What is great tho is the emptying of the lines at the end of shift which yeilds around 3 pints from each tap. 🤣 Then it was just a matter of showing up at 3 am once the lines were all cool enough to do the cleaning which took around 1h30 and turning that shit back on because 10am you betcha someone is showing up and wanting a pint of Guinness. Thinking turning my little Danby fridge into a kegarator but for now Botting is my go to, easier to give beers to friends and family too.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

You got this Louis!

[@brechtverborgh2625]

Had to rewatch this several times, epecially the part at 5.47.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers Brecht!

[@lazyplumber1616]

we need a video on how to have the worst parties ever...that is some solid information that needs to be shared. Thanks for the vid, a refresher for me, still enjoyable...like a beer.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Coming soon!

[@joealitz4157]

Should I keep it at this psi for all beer styles? I have a stout in there and was wondering if I should keep it at a lower psi

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I keep all my beers the same. 8 psi is good for me

[@DamienRowatt]

Great video guys, very funny 🤟

[@amypachuau2999]

Can I use force carbonation for ginger ale? After the force carbonation do I need it to be chilled for four days for a non alcoholic ginger beer?

[@robertschaffer2919]

You ever keg with nitrogen? If so what’s your process, do you carb any at first or just on nitro for like 2 weeks?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

we made a whole video on it, cheers Rob kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3-YfJmZm6uHpZY

[@2uglyforradio152]

I’m going through your library content one by one... I need more beer in my life. Maybe a camel back pillow apparatus full of beer for couch naps.

[@aaronwilson8966]

Do you guys have or plan on any videos for kegging and dispensing using nitrogen? I just kegged a golden stout and am force carbonating with CO2, then using nitrogen to dispense the beer. There are very few videos out there on homebrewing with nitrogen. Looking to get the right pressure setting on my nitro tank for the stout.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

We need have nitrogen kegging written down. Cheers aaron!

[@garyelderman1229]

Fire extinguisher company for inexpensive C02

[@nickrogers3111]

I been a kitchen manager and chef for 20+ years, on the beer line topic. If you have a budwiser account and buy kegs they send someone every month or every other to clean the lines, but yes sometimes they are 50ft long and never replaced and they are still disgusting . They call it a long draw, I don't like draft anywhere that doesn't have short draw system.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Good call Nick!

[@ussmak2902]

Do you leave your CO2 at 12PSI after carbonation or do you lower it?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Naw just keep it at 10psi for 72hourd

[@ussmak2902]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE I did my first corny keg with my Blue Moon clone I made. After day 3 at 12 psi, my carbonation is just about there. I think by tomorrow it will be perfect. Thanks again for these badass videos!

[@Natedavis4444]

Great video! Do you keep the psi at 12 to carbonate the beer and at this level to serve the beer? I have seen people carbonate at 20psi for 2-3 days and then serve between 10-12 psi. Thanks!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

what's the difference?

[@Natedavis4444]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE I’m not sure haha I’m new to kegging. So carbonating your beer at 20psi or 12 psi and then serving the beer between 10-12psi are the same?

[@carolhardy797]

Fab vid...one of the best...so informative.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Thanks for watching!

[@eduardovillegas2267]

Loving the vids! I bought a CO2 tank on OfferUp, it has a QF-35C valve. Would that still work with typical regulators? Thanks 🙏

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

No clue!

[@eduardovillegas2267]

HOMEBREW 4 LIFE Ahh all good. Lol keep up the good work 🍺

[@zt7489]

If the keg has been treated with StarSan what effect does pressurization and purging have on the foam, it doesn't turn into a foam factory, does it?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Just always be chill no matter wut and ur good

[@Sjakk-e3v]

Is it okay to keep my CO2 tank in the fridge with the keg, or does it need to be outside the fridge to stay at room temp?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

It doesnt matter at all. Go with whatever is most comfortable

[@frankcastiglione2690]

Good video bros, going to carbinate my beer this weekend. 🤙

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Chea braj!

[@grahamlawlorshomebrewrevie8227]

Great video lads very entertaining while learning, I am about to try my first brew a coopers irish stout, I have a cooler and Guinness tap and gas I am going to use is a 70/30 mix that is used for my Guinness, so I don’t have co2 so my question is do I just Syphon the stout into the keg when I am ready to tap it as if I just syphon it to age for a few weeks in the keg without been able to pressurize it will it go bad or can I keg it and leave it for a few weeks thanks

[@joereikow2577]

subbed on the mandatory beer chug. cheers

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Welcomes aboard Joe cheers!

[@JM-hf5od]

Love the channel. Had no idea you guys are in N county. Oside here

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yeah buddy oside and cbad village!

[@kylemarshall3136]

keep up the good work lads!!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers kyle!

[@lazyplumber1616]

I bottled a beer one time and said EFF this! bought a corney and a co2 tank the next batch!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Yes!

[@GenusBrewing]

Next up nitro? Also MBCs at 8am... let's gooo!!!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

I like where your head is at

[@slipknot73745]

lmao I just MBC'd at 10:30am. #nightshift

[@jakepollard9996]

You guys are sick!, educational and fun, cheers

[@joncarroll995]

Great video guys. Love the channel; look forward to visiting BM some day. During yesterday’s brew day, my wife had her girlfriends over for wine. I busted up in the house for a MBC. She just stared at me and rolled her eyes. They just don’t get it.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hell yeah Jon. Always remember.. theres never a bad time for a MBC!!!!

[@lynnhackworth7563]

Definitely like your videos learning a lot of stuff. My question is can I mix Vodka club soda straight out of a corny keg? Would it carbonate? If so what would be the ratio?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

oh yeah! same co2 pressure. 10 psi!

[@lynnhackworth7563]

@@HOMEBREW4LIFE thank you for the reply back. I apologize but I was looking for the ratio on the amount vodka you would put it in a 5 gal corny keg along with this club soda. Sorry I wasn't clear on the ratio thing... LOL

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

@@lynnhackworth7563 12psi is the highest you'd ever want to go. Porters, stouts, and pilsners would be around 6-8psi

[@hardystone7278]

So sometimes I brew 10 gallon batches (in 2 5 gallon carboy's) so the 5.18 gallon kegs just won't do. Have you ever worked with the full sized kegs? And if so are they worth the trouble?

[@Sparks00psn]

Personally never seen a full 15.5 gal standard keg with the top easily removable like Cornelius kegs but then again I haven’t done much looking for one

[@robertguay3773]

caustic is a base and it is strong enough to turn your skin into soap

[@jeffrhone4200]

These vids are awesome. I have taken a small 8 year break from brewing. Getting back into it. Have you ever tried setting up a nitro tap? Nitro IPA or milk stout sounds good.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Video coming out next week, cheers Jeff!

[@alexb5766]

If you shake the keg after filling with co2 multiple times you will not have to wait 4 days

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hey alex, check our “how to force carbonate” video if you wanna drink in 20 minutes

[@jonnyrmoore]

This is exactly the video I needed. Thank you!!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers jon!

[@alexrocks135]

Question: I’m planning to buy a kegorator next semester when I get financial aid 😅 BUT I’m still a bit confused on how kegging and carbonating works. When you said that you have to let it sit for 3-4 days on psi 12ish, what happens when that 4th day is up? Do you turn off the valve ? Or do you just continue to leave it in until your beer is gone? Also, let’s say you leave it on and it runs out like on the 2nd day from prior use, could that potentially ruin your batch? Or do you have time to go refill your co2 tank?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

always leave the valve on after there's beer in it. When the beer is gone, turn the co2 tank off, purge the keg, take the lid off, and clean the clean with hot water and pbw or oxyclean. Cheer!

[@alexrocks135]

HOMEBREW 4 LIFE Sickassfoo, thank you BUT I have one more question What we’re to happen if your co2 tank runs out while you have the valve on? Will this ruin your oxidize your beer? And how would you just go to your local store and connected the valve ASAP ? Or are you pretty much screwed ?

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

if the co2 runs our, your fine. There's no way for oxygen to get into the beer. Don't go to the local store and connect a valve. There's no need. Cheer!

[@alexrocks135]

HOMEBREW 4 LIFE sick, thanks

[@mjnmedia1]

Hop Head ruin your beer no. But when your tank goes empty, pressure on the gas feed line can go from positive to negative. Meaning there’s potential for beer to travel up the gas feed line. I know this because it happened to me and unless you have a check valve the beer will enter your regulator which is BAD VERY BAD.

[@kalescullen3600]

I wish I could give this video more likes

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Luv you bro! 🍻

[@kcalumpit]

Super good stuff!!!

[@09snyder09]

MBC gets the people going!

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Hell yeah Reid. Cheers Bro! 🍻

[@richgunckel6483]

hey loveyou guys vids i really want to get into brewing ive been slowly picking up all ineed man this stuff is expensive. keep upo ther good work.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Be resourceful! cheers Rich!

[@ShortBusScotty]

I stopped brewing years ago cuz I couldn't keep up with the bottles.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

🍻🍻🍻

[@ayolopez]

Don't dump your over-carbonated beer out! CH did not "ruin" his beer. I did the same thing and saved my IPA. It might make a mess, but just shake your keg and keep pulling on the PRV. Repeat. Eventually the beer shaking and prv pulling will bring the carbonation down. Get some towels ready. The process might get messy since the foam will come out through the prv.

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

first time I've heard that, but we will try it out!

[@poppatang4216]

Your Craigslist is much cooler than mine

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Keep checking it daily poppa!

[@Matowix]

I only got as far as the MBC

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

ha that's a long video.. your a champ for sitting thru it

[@kbird37]

Great channel

[@jolejar]

#13 Danny Boy! good video guys

[@HOMEBREW4LIFE]

Cheers James

[@burrs100]

Awesome!

[@pSH1951]

Where’s the new video