let's talk about kegging beer

A friend of mine used to brew up some pretty good stuff, Double Jeopardy Espresso Stout among other things. He'd keg it up in old soda fountain canisters, and use the usual CO2 setup. This style has nearly disappeared since the soda industry went bag-in-box.
 
Soda syrup cans. 5 gallons, wide opening on the top for cleaning, runs off a CO2 set-up. Also when you're not brewing, you can usually have them filled at your favorite brew pub for about $35.00 and keep that in the fridge. :) I would assume that your brew supply would know about this stuff. The people I knew that had them refered to them as "Corny Kegs". Found this link. Corny Kegs. I use to live in Vancouver, so I knew that I'd seen them there.
HTH,
Thanks,
Dan.
 
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Beezil said:
would you happen to know which style to go to?
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Beezil, if you're asking me that question, no I don't. Give the guys a call. They show an 800 number. Sorry!
Thanks,
Dan.
PS All I know is that it'd be the only way to go. :cheers:
 
i live on the east coast in PA and i have been hearing that murphys irish stout is not being imported in the US anymore. i called umpteen beer distributers around here and no one has is. Please say it aint so. thats my fave beer.
 
Yeah, It seems to be so....

The Irish pub on the next block used to pour a damn good Murphys, I guess their barrels require their own set-up and fittings....anyway, there were a ton of beer-slingers there who were all from cork, the bar owner has family in cork and limerick, which coincidentally, are my counties, so of course they had Murphys!!!!

then all the sudden they got rid of it, and the story was their distributors were real bastards....and the guiness distributorship was easier to work with since that stuff flows like niagra in chicago.....so they made the switch.

I was depressed for months...

I have pretty damn good "clone" recipe for murphys if you want me to post it, I'll try to dig it up tonight.
 
Glad I have a bunch of Murphy's still in the fridge! And I'll gladly take that clone for Murphy's, although I won't try it 'til I have a few under my belt. (Holly got me one of those cheap kits awhile back, been itching to use it, I think it's going to turn into yet another expensive hobby.)
 
moneypitxj said:
...i have been hearing that murphys irish stout is not being imported in the US anymore...
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I was going off of this post, and I do hope that it is in error.
 
That would suck, since I have yet to try any Murphy's that B & praise over.

Recipies for all please!!! I don't brew yet, but have few excuses not to. I like the sound of Chris' Super Carbon Space Keg Chillerator. ("high speed" in our lab is marinating grubs & vacuum sealing with our new gizzy)

I did get to try some Sierra Celebration over the holiday... not too bad :wow:
The breakfast beer of champions? I'd like a clone of that on tap for special occasions.
 
I gotta pitch in my 2 cents here.

Soda fountain kegs are the way to go! Bezil, I remember talking about brewing on this forum years ago, I can't believe you've been bottling this whole time.

I used to spend way more time washing/sterolizing/filling/capping bottles than actually brewing (I only do extract brewing)

Not only can you keg 5 gallons in about 10 minutes, but you can force carbonate it in only 2-3 hours! Just pump the pressure up to about 60psi and roughly shake the keg every 20 minutes or so (Yes I said shake the keg!) Talk about immediate gratification.

I too havnt mastered the use of a cold plate, but with a dedicated fridge at home or a few bags of ice for a BBQ or camping trip, and you're set.

Out here in the SF bay area, you can get a beat up 5 gal keg for about $20, or a nice rebuilt one for about $45. You can get an old regulator at a swap meet for $10 and the most expensive thing will be the CO2 tank.

Happy Kegging :D
 
This may be a dumb question, but is the CO2 tank for my welder the same thing I'd need run a tap?
 
sequoia...

I think he was reffering to kegs of murphys....I hope.

brewmaster.....

you don't know how funny that is......

so I went to brew & grow tonight.....

I told the guy the reason I haven't been in the store for over a year was because I got sick of bottling......

he laughed.

he asked how long I had been brewing for....

i showed him a recipe that I had plans to by supplies for, which had a bunch of gooey extract stains on it, had a date scribbled on it "1995".....

he couldn't believe I've been bottling the whole time.....

and I could see why....

the wall that used to have stacks of those cool grolsch-style pop-top bottles have been replaced by kegging equipment.....apparently, NO ONE bottles anymore.....he says the only ones that buy pop-top bottles anymore, are first-timers, and even they come off asking about kegging, because of some article they read on the internet about kegging cost-economy and all the time spent....

man, I felt like a total jerk!

so I came home with two STAINLESS used corny kegs in GREAT condition for 25 bucks each....not a dent or scrath on them. I also got a small co2 tank, but the reg I will get from industrial supply, and the fill-up from my welding supply shop......

I popped my american lager wyeast bag which is dated december 3rd, and it has already started to go, so it looks like I re-ignite my beermaking tomorrow night, with an awesome lager recipe......

can't wait
 
Beezil said:
I popped my american lager wyeast bag which is dated december 3rd, and it has already started to go, so it looks like I re-ignite my beermaking tomorrow night, with an awesome lager recipe......

can't wait
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Keg party at Winterfest? :cheers: That link you posted earlier really has a lot of great info, but that pic of the Firerock had me droolin' for some, so I went to their website www.konabrewingco.com and found that it's now available in Cali and AZ, so I ordered some from the place in Cali even though the shipping is ridiculous. I'll try and save one for you :rolleyes:
 
Beezil, you won't regret your investment! I have an assortment of kegs and have been known to be flowing up to 3 different flavors of beer at BBQs and Camping (I've slowed down the past few years though much to my friends disapointment)

I'll let you in on a little secret I came up with to make your beer more portable. I put a valve stem on an extra keg CO2 fitting and use one of those little CO2 bicycle tire fillers. After force carbonating off your large CO2 tank at home, you can easily dispense a whole keg off of a few small bb gun type co2 cylinders. Or of course a power tank would work nicely on a wheelin trip.

Bbaker, as far as I can tell, there is no difference between industrial and food grade CO2, so as long as it's not an argon mix, you can definitely use your welding tank. I went the other way and I am finding my little 5lb brewing tank isn't nearly enough to last with my new Lincoln 135. 5lb was just about enough for 3 kegs and 1 rock rail!
 
Brewman,

can't you talk about the effects of co2 a little bit?

meaning, I'm hearing things about how much co2 is absorbed wether the liquid is cool or not....

what is the best way to conserve co2?

once i rack the beer into the corny keg, and put the top on, should I just leave it like that until a couple days prior to drinking?

should i add 3/4 cups of priming sugar to the keg to condition it?

these are question I can't seem to find real answers to.
 
actully, i was referring to the murphy's beautifully packaged and tasting cans. there isnt too many bars that have murphys on tap. unless its a true irish bar, but most have that mainstream beer(guinness). :bawl: i was told that murphys wasnt selling enough in the states. that blows. :flamemad: hey beezil i would be glad to have that mock up recipe of murphys irish, :cheers: it would beat buying cases if youngs double chocolate stout
 
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