In the UK the King Keg and other plastic barrels are used extensively, and with the S30 valve make a relatively cheap option for adding gas. Thanks once again for a very clear and concise video.
Thanks John. Yes I used these many years back when I lived in England. They really fall into the mini/party keg section, despite their size. They are sold in few markets sadly, so I left them out to avoid lots of confusion!
Another pro for kegs, is making your own CO2 by fermenting sugar in them. No need for expensive high pressure bottles, regulators etc. I do, 2kg of cheap sugar in approximately 15L of warm water(40C), add approx 20g cheap bakers yeast, connect the CO2 production keg, via gas lines, to another 9L keg, full of water, with the dispense tap open. The gas pressure build up in the fermentation keg pushes water out of the 9L keg once it is empty the fermentation keg has been purged of most O2 and is ready for use. In my setup 70psi is often achieved, more than enough for carbonation. Also you can distill the by product, which gets to between 5 and 10 % abv.
6yrs ago I went to kegs (corny) and never looked back. I do use a few 3/4L camlock bottles each batch for taste testing and gifts. Specialty beers are good for bottling IMHO as 19L of saison or stout is had to get thru. In Canada you can get a used fridge free just for the picking it up if you watch for it. Mine took a year to get the cigarette smoke smell out of it though but pulling a pint at dinner time is total joy.
Thank you David, it does seem that there are other factors that control head retention and I will try and follow your sessions in 2024, I’m a little behind the eigh ball trying to work this iPad as well, kind regards Kem
Interesting, informative and concise. Thanks for taking the time. There’s a lot of brewing videos for the beginner to wade through just to get the basics.
Great video as always, Thank You. A huge advantage to kegs for me is I do one of the Peach Chardonay wine kits and carbonate it for the girls. This also helps with some goodwill when the law is discovered.
Hi Dave - I really like the short videos - straight up facts - clearly presented and interesting to watch. Its great for us new to home brewing it really helps us out. I am on the bottles for now but will consider kegs later on. Cheers
Thanks a lot Lee. I hope this one wasn’t too long for you? At 19 mins its my longest so far. I was thinking to split it into two but ive noticed in the past that not everyone watches both parts. I really want to get the full message out there.
Very helpful. I have only done two batches in my GF which I bottled this week, absolutely hated bottling! It’ll be kegging for me. I’d love to see a vid covering multiple keg set up, best pressures to use and transferring brews from fermenter to keg. Thanks for your dedication!
Ok great. I have made a corny guide here that you would find useful :- ruclips.net/video/Yv8aU43ibAY/видео.html but it doesnt cover quite all you mention.
Law of home brew equipment - love it! As for the cost of kegging, it may be expensive upfront but long-term it is cheaper both vessels and cleaners. B for beverage if you use it for anything other than beer 😀 You forgot the 6th o-ring in the pressure release release on the corny. Awesome video, thank you for making them
Sanke D keg user, like them so far besides freezing one and having it split, pretty easy to open with some practice. I was able to find a power washer tip that you can angle to blast the inside of the keg to avoid having to hit it with harsh chemicals everytime to strip off areas not accessable to scrubbing. ... Also sanke has a benefit that you can buy and use commercially made beer easier, than if your whole set up is for 🌽 kegs.
Thanks for your incredibly good videos, I love their quality ! And thank your for your spoken English which is very accessible for a non native English speaker like me, that's a dream !
Thanks, this was a very informative video. Although I have worked with Party Kegs and Cornelius kegs I always wondered about the Sanke kegs. We recently bought some Cornelius Kegs but had to replace the barb fittings with posts and poppers. That in itself was a big learning curve since 2 of the kegs had a different thread and imperial too. We are used to the metric system. We had to import the posts and poppers since it was not available locally. Cheers
Great as always. It's interesting how different countries fit into each of the categories you mention. For me there are four storage types: bottle (a hassle although is a true 'real ale' tends to condition better), polypin (plastic bag in a box, doesn't keep for long), plastic barrel with sparklet co2 bulb (cheap, effective although ....plastic) and Corny Kegs (and yes foaming is a big issue....these things are super easy to use although getting the right pressure can be challenging).
Pressure barrels are my choice less messing around with gas and can hold a little more than the standard corny kegs I make 23l batches because that's the size of my fermenter and not being able to hold it all in a corny keg ruled those out plus I can handpull my pints which I love tried beer in a bag for similar reasons but I always felt like i was about to split the bag and have beer everywhere
Great video David - thanks for the time and effort you put in to make this. I found your explanation of the difference between corny and sankey kegs particularly useful.
Great to see more videos about equipment options and reviews. would also like if you tied in how YOU use them with your grainfather to get some tips and tricks
Good information David. I personally use cornys which fulfills my requirements and sometimes a few brown glass beer bottles to take up surplus amounts of beer after filling the cornys.
Another great video David you have taught me so much. I am hoping you will be doing a video soon on Brewing a Dunkel or hefeweizen as I want to brew both beers soon.
Hi :) Thats great to hear :) I have shown a Hefeweizen. To make it standard just remove the dry hop. A Dunkel is on my list, I was in Berlin recently :) Here is the Hefe:- ruclips.net/video/cBCzmTj5Ipw/видео.html
Your fast and hazy is impressive too.. it has a fantastic body, shame i balls'd up the dry hop, i.e i didnt do it, just a massive hop tea.. tastes like a heavy clean pale ale though.. my larger drinking friends even seem to like it :)
Again I enjoyed your knowledge on the topic. Thank you. Have you done a video on balancing a draught system, especially wrt beer line lengths? Keep up the good work.
Great to hear, thank you :) I do have a corny keg guide. Balancing is a whole topic on its own though really. Best to check for line calcs and pressure/temp guides online. Plenty out there :)
Very nice :-). If the beer is always under your control then the color of the bottle won’t matter - none of us are going to allow our beer to sit out in the sun.
Hi David, have just watched your video on types of kegs which I found very good but I would love to know from someone like your self your way or maybe the correct way to actually carbonate the keg so as to get a really good head on my beer and keep it while you enjoy the whole glass All so when carbonating do you Leave the gas on continuously while carbonating is being done and at what pressure do you use and suggest Regards Kem 18:55
Hi Kem, Head retention is not so much about carbonation. This is a pretty massive topic that I intend to cover in 2024. In short there are various things within your recipe and process that can work for and against this. When carbonating and serving it is common to leave the c02 connection on for the full duration.
I always enjoy your videos and would like to thank you for improving my brewing knowledge and techniques. We need to keep a lid on the " Law of home brewing " to avoid blowing our cover. I had a twinge of guilt when you mentioned it. However, it soon passed when I thought of the quality beer that my Grainfather produces. David, where can I get the " Just Married " graphic that I saw on your Honey Beer video. I would like to use it on my honey beer bottles as it appeals to my sense of humour.
I've recently started to keg my beers. At present I'm using Corny kegs. However, as I scale up my brewery I'll probably need to switch to Sanke kegs simply for the increased volume; so I appreciate the advice you provided in this video. One topic I'm experimenting with now is how to best distribute beers from a keg whether it be for competitions or sampling by potential customers. Any advice you have on that regard would be appreciated. I find your videos informative... Keep up the good work!
Great to hear. Yes Sanke kegs are a great option for large sizes. In terms of bottling from a keg you will need a beergun. Skip the chinese copies, close your eyes to the cost and get a Blichmann beergun. They are not cheap but they work well and will outlast several cheap chinese copies.
Have you tried to lift a full Sanke Keg? When full, you will not be able to lift them on your own. It also takes up more room than 3 Corny kegs. You also are limited to one beer in a space you could have 3 Corny kegs. . Hopefully, the Sanke works for you, but they have many disadvantages.
Very true. The bigger sizes are naturally heavy. I didn’t mention that as it should be obvious. Ive got a 30L Sankey, these are easy enough to lift solo. Like you say, pros and cons, like I pointed out in the video :)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew thanks for the answer. Yea the smart thing about the perfect draft is the integrated cooling unit and no co2 usage on a very small footprint on the tabletop.
Hi David, this is ideal for me. I am just moving into kegs as my brew area is filled with far too many bottles. I chose corny kegs and a small fridge with a picnic hose system. Do you have a video on tap systems? Many thanks for the information!
Hi. Great video. Just wondering, can you keg in a corny without using a fridge? I want a cleaner option than bottling. Currently getting too frequent infections in bottles because of their shape and the difficulty in cleaning them. I also do not want to run another fridge. I was thinking of filling some bottles for chilling prior to drinking. Thanks!
Hi David. I read, in the comments on your Belgian Blonde guide, that the optimal temperature for aging ale is 14c. You mentioned this in reference to aging in bulk. I'm curious how this relates to bottled beers. I only bottle, I prime each bottle with dextrose powder, use oxygen absorbing caps, then store for about two weeks at about the highest temp reached during fermentation (to carbonate), then refrigerate for a week or two before drinking. Should I adapt this method at all to accommodate the 14c guideline? Favored styles are IPA, saison, stout, wheat.
Hi, yes with ales in bottles the optimal temp for conditioning is also 14. Lagers are best added to a fridge in the way you are doing but not ales. I suggest only adding ale to the fridge when you intend to drink them within the next hour or so.
Heya, question about logistics. How would you go about say brewing a 20L batch of beer, but your just have a 3-4L uKeg? Would you suggest getting enough bottles to bottle up the leftover beer, or keep it somewhere without the carboration liquid and siphon off the yeast. Also what's the time limit on this option? Looking to get into beer brewing, and don't mind spending a bit on a grainfather, but the fermentation & beer storage options is where I'm pretty much at a loss. Great videos though!
Sorry for the lack of reply, this is due to a fault with messages from RUclips sadly. The easiest way would be to use a keg but the cheapest way would be to bottle it :)
With regards to @10:10 the secretary of my rifle club told his wife that if he was to die and she was to sell all his rifles, sell them for twice the price I told you I paid for them.
G'day David, yet another great video. I use the large 58L sanke kegs & tend to rotate the 1 keg from brew to brew. I do have a second & wonder what your advice might be to condition one while finishing the other ( up to 2 weeks on average). Would you purge and leave to condition uncarbonated or possibly carbonate & condition? Thanks for any advice.
What is the best ways to store a keg when it does not have any beer in it, for short (a couple of weeks) and longer terms (upwards of 3 months), please?
Thanks David, good overview. I always enjoy watching your videos. I've been using Cornelius kegs for a while and find they work well for me but I've always used CO2 for carbonation. Is there a reason why I would want to prime my beer instead and just use CO2 for dispensing?
Hello David, great video thank you. I would like to start kegging, would you recommend buying reconditioned or new kegs? A bit worried the reconditioned ones may be a bit ropey?
The recon ones are okay, but I found that when handling them you'll get black marks on your hands. I do wonder if they polish them up with shoe polish.
Great video David! Very useful indeed, so thank you :) I was hoping you covered barrels as well, but maybe in the future? ;) Great channel! Keep up the good work
Disadvantage of kegs: Unless you have a lot of them, you are restricted in variety of beers you can drink at a given time, unless you have bottles as well.
David I have a question about using kegs or more specifically the gas. I’m looking into kegging my meads and ciders using just nitrogen. So if I decide to brew my own beer and keg it could I us priming sugar for natural carbonation then us nitrogen for serving or would I have to use CO2 or beer gas for the beer? I would like to keep it simple and not have to have different gas tanks for each.
Yes you can use priming sugar in full sized kegs for carbonation. The keg will need to be at the temps required for this though, so many just carbonate with gas. It is also faster. You can use a mix of nitro and c02 for beers. Its popular for stouts.Balancing that is important. Hope this helps.
David Heath Yes it helps, but brings up another question if I may. What do you mean by balancing when using the nitro and Co2 mix? Also would it work to use just nitro for serving after naturally carbing or would the beer lose its carbonation?
The bottles you will buy have a balance of n2 and co2. The trick is the right balance. Some great advice and info on this here:- byo.com/article/nitrogen-draft-tap-projects/
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Haha, many thanks Christian :)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew newbie here, great lesson thanx, very informative...thanx
Cheers 🍻🍻🍻
It's just the best thing I've seen on the interweb! Thankyou. In saying that I also realised I have no life, thank you.
Thank you, an online life is still life :p
Thanks David. I’m glad I found your channel. Just the type of advice I need and I appreciate that you stay focused on the topic and keep it concise.
Great to hear and much appreciated 🍻🍻😎
A thorough treatment of an important subject for brewers - especially those entering the world of brewing.
Many thanks Don, much appreciated:)
In the UK the King Keg and other plastic barrels are used extensively, and with the S30 valve make a relatively cheap option for adding gas. Thanks once again for a very clear and concise video.
Thanks John. Yes I used these many years back when I lived in England. They really fall into the mini/party keg section, despite their size. They are sold in few markets sadly, so I left them out to avoid lots of confusion!
Another pro for kegs, is making your own CO2 by fermenting sugar in them. No need for expensive high pressure bottles, regulators etc.
I do, 2kg of cheap sugar in approximately 15L of warm water(40C), add approx 20g cheap bakers yeast, connect the CO2 production keg, via gas lines, to another 9L keg, full of water, with the dispense tap open. The gas pressure build up in the fermentation keg pushes water out of the 9L keg once it is empty the fermentation keg has been purged of most O2 and is ready for use. In my setup 70psi is often achieved, more than enough for carbonation. Also you can distill the by product, which gets to between 5 and 10 % abv.
Great, thanks for sharing :)
6yrs ago I went to kegs (corny) and never looked back. I do use a few 3/4L camlock bottles each batch for taste testing and gifts. Specialty beers are good for bottling IMHO as 19L of saison or stout is had to get thru. In Canada you can get a used fridge free just for the picking it up if you watch for it. Mine took a year to get the cigarette smoke smell out of it though but pulling a pint at dinner time is total joy.
Thanks Mark. Yes, I really favour corny kegs myself.
I am really appreciating these informative and well presented info extravaganzas..!
Many thanks Michael :)
Thank you David, it does seem that there are other factors that control head retention and
I will try and follow your sessions in 2024, I’m a little behind the eigh ball trying to work this iPad as well, kind regards Kem
Cheers Kem 🍻🍻🍻
Thanks from Scotland
Thank you :)
Interesting, informative and concise. Thanks for taking the time. There’s a lot of brewing videos for the beginner to wade through just to get the basics.
Glad it was helpful! Many thanks Alan :)
Very informative. Great content, as always. Your a beer brewing Guru
Cheers Michael, I am glad you found this useful.
Thanks again for this.
Cheers 🍻🍻🍻
Very well presented video. I like that you gave pros and cons for each category and not just give your opinion without facts.....Take care, Bluefin.
mustang774 Thank you. Yes that was the concept behind this video. Thankfully most saw it :)
Great video as always, Thank You. A huge advantage to kegs for me is I do one of the Peach Chardonay wine kits and carbonate it for the girls. This also helps with some goodwill when the law is discovered.
Many thanks Cam, much appreciated:) Sounds like a sensible move to me :)
Excellent coverage of the options. Thanks
Thank you Rob, plenty more on my channel :)
Very useful video and amusing also, very good!
Many thanks Alan :)
Hi Dave - I really like the short videos - straight up facts - clearly presented and interesting to watch. Its great for us new to home brewing it really helps us out. I am on the bottles for now but will consider kegs later on. Cheers
Thanks a lot Lee. I hope this one wasn’t too long for you? At 19 mins its my longest so far. I was thinking to split it into two but ive noticed in the past that not everyone watches both parts. I really want to get the full message out there.
Very helpful. I have only done two batches in my GF which I bottled this week, absolutely hated bottling! It’ll be kegging for me. I’d love to see a vid covering multiple keg set up, best pressures to use and transferring brews from fermenter to keg. Thanks for your dedication!
Ok great. I have made a corny guide here that you would find useful :- ruclips.net/video/Yv8aU43ibAY/видео.html but it doesnt cover quite all you mention.
Thank you. Very good comparison. Now I know where to go further in my home beer storage.
Great to hear :) Plenty more videos like this on my channel.
Law of home brew equipment - love it!
As for the cost of kegging, it may be expensive upfront but long-term it is cheaper both vessels and cleaners.
B for beverage if you use it for anything other than beer 😀
You forgot the 6th o-ring in the pressure release release on the corny.
Awesome video, thank you for making them
Haha :) Ive kept that part of the video hidden from my wife, suggest you do the same :)
Sanke D keg user, like them so far besides freezing one and having it split, pretty easy to open with some practice. I was able to find a power washer tip that you can angle to blast the inside of the keg to avoid having to hit it with harsh chemicals everytime to strip off areas not accessable to scrubbing. ...
Also sanke has a benefit that you can buy and use commercially made beer easier, than if your whole set up is for 🌽 kegs.
Thank you :)
Thanks for your incredibly good videos, I love their quality ! And thank your for your spoken English which is very accessible for a non native English speaker like me, that's a dream !
Thank you that is much appreciated :) More coming soon!
Great video and detailed explanation. I have just started using kegs and it was good to see i had a lot more options than i thought i did
Great, glad you found it useful :)
Thanks, this was a very informative video. Although I have worked with Party Kegs and Cornelius kegs I always wondered about the Sanke kegs. We recently bought some Cornelius Kegs but had to replace the barb fittings with posts and poppers. That in itself was a big learning curve since 2 of the kegs had a different thread and imperial too. We are used to the metric system. We had to import the posts and poppers since it was not available locally. Cheers
Yes there are some differences out there between different markets. Best to stick to European stuff though if you live there :)
I am in South Africa. Here we get a mix of USA and Europian.
Ahh I see. You will find differences in regulators and c02 bottles also.
Yup, that's for sure. :-)
Great as always. It's interesting how different countries fit into each of the categories you mention. For me there are four storage types: bottle (a hassle although is a true 'real ale' tends to condition better), polypin (plastic bag in a box, doesn't keep for long), plastic barrel with sparklet co2 bulb (cheap, effective although ....plastic) and Corny Kegs (and yes foaming is a big issue....these things are super easy to use although getting the right pressure can be challenging).
Thanks Liam. Yes there are different options out there for different nations. My guide here is intended to offer command generic solutions.
Pressure barrels are my choice less messing around with gas and can hold a little more than the standard corny kegs I make 23l batches because that's the size of my fermenter and not being able to hold it all in a corny keg ruled those out plus I can handpull my pints which I love tried beer in a bag for similar reasons but I always felt like i was about to split the bag and have beer everywhere
I used to use them myself. Pros and cons really.
Great video David - thanks for the time and effort you put in to make this. I found your explanation of the difference between corny and sankey kegs particularly useful.
Thank you Henry, that is great to hear :)
best tips! thank you!
Cheers Mahmut 🍻🍻🍻
Great to see more videos about equipment options and reviews. would also like if you tied in how YOU use them with your grainfather to get some tips and tricks
Ok, I can do that :) Thanks for the feedback :)
Good information David. I personally use cornys which fulfills my requirements and sometimes a few brown glass beer bottles to take up surplus amounts of beer after filling the cornys.
Great :) I wish I had more kegs, then I would probably keg everything!
David Heath Can never have enough kegs!
Totally right!!
to the point and helpful
Thank you :)
Great video as usual but was hoping you'd also discuss cask storage and the shelf life of each solution
Thank you. Yes, good idea :)
Another great video David you have taught me so much. I am hoping you will be doing a video soon on Brewing a Dunkel or hefeweizen as I want to brew both beers soon.
Hi :) Thats great to hear :) I have shown a Hefeweizen. To make it standard just remove the dry hop. A Dunkel is on my list, I was in Berlin recently :) Here is the Hefe:- ruclips.net/video/cBCzmTj5Ipw/видео.html
Thanks David. Very helpful video! Reminded me exactly why I don't aspire to anything other my long time used bottling system :-)
Thanks Peter. Thats the thing, people need to find what suits them best :)
Hi David a very well put togther helpful guide my friend , thanks Ivan
Hey Ivan, very glad you enjoyed it :) More coming as always :)
Very informative !
Many thanks Jon :)
do you have a video on sunlight problems?
No. Its very easy. Do not put beer into direct sunlight. Indirect is fine though 🍻
Mank thanks, excellent video and narration. Cheers
Great, many thanks for the good feedback :)
great vid, ive just kegged your breakfast stout, its already tasting fantastic! would always love to see more stout/dark beer videos
Thanks, yes I do love that recipe myself. I am planning another stout soon, something different :)
Your fast and hazy is impressive too.. it has a fantastic body, shame i balls'd up the dry hop, i.e i didnt do it, just a massive hop tea.. tastes like a heavy clean pale ale though.. my larger drinking friends even seem to like it :)
Great :) Try it again sometime :)
Ahhh roasted barley. Super yummy.
Again I enjoyed your knowledge on the topic. Thank you.
Have you done a video on balancing a draught system, especially wrt beer line lengths?
Keep up the good work.
Great to hear, thank you :) I do have a corny keg guide. Balancing is a whole topic on its own though really. Best to check for line calcs and pressure/temp guides online. Plenty out there :)
Very nice :-). If the beer is always under your control then the color of the bottle won’t matter - none of us are going to allow our beer to sit out in the sun.
Thank you and lets hope not :)
Hi David, have just watched your video on types of kegs which I found very good but I would love to know from someone like your self your way or maybe the correct way to actually carbonate the keg so as to get a really good head on my beer and keep it while you enjoy the whole glass
All so when carbonating do you Leave the gas on continuously while carbonating is being done and at what pressure do you use and suggest
Regards Kem 18:55
Hi Kem,
Head retention is not so much about carbonation. This is a pretty massive topic that I intend to cover in 2024. In short there are various things within your recipe and process that can work for and against this.
When carbonating and serving it is common to leave the c02 connection on for the full duration.
I always enjoy your videos and would like to thank you for improving my brewing knowledge and techniques.
We need to keep a lid on the " Law of home brewing " to avoid blowing our cover. I had a twinge of guilt when you mentioned it. However, it soon passed when I thought of the quality beer that my Grainfather produces.
David, where can I get the " Just Married " graphic that I saw on your Honey Beer video. I would like to use it on my honey beer bottles as it appeals to my sense of humour.
Great, thank you :) Yes this law needs to be kept secret for sure! I will see if I can get you the image link.
OK found it! goo.gl/images/Yz4CkM
I've recently started to keg my beers. At present I'm using Corny kegs. However, as I scale up my brewery I'll probably need to switch to Sanke kegs simply for the increased volume; so I appreciate the advice you provided in this video. One topic I'm experimenting with now is how to best distribute beers from a keg whether it be for competitions or sampling by potential customers. Any advice you have on that regard would be appreciated. I find your videos informative... Keep up the good work!
Great to hear. Yes Sanke kegs are a great option for large sizes. In terms of bottling from a keg you will need a beergun. Skip the chinese copies, close your eyes to the cost and get a Blichmann beergun. They are not cheap but they work well and will outlast several cheap chinese copies.
Have you tried to lift a full Sanke Keg? When full, you will not be able to lift them on your own. It also takes up more room than 3 Corny kegs. You also are limited to one beer in a space you could have 3 Corny kegs. . Hopefully, the Sanke works for you, but they have many disadvantages.
Very true. The bigger sizes are naturally heavy. I didn’t mention that as it should be obvious. Ive got a 30L Sankey, these are easy enough to lift solo. Like you say, pros and cons, like I pointed out in the video :)
Nice, thanks for sharing :)
Excellent video. Is there a downside to using low profile 9 inch x 22 inch versus the regular 8.5 x 25 ball lock Corny Kegs?
Thank you. No, its just space, so it depends on your fridge or plan really.
Hey, nice video. Have you ever used “perfect draft-Kegs” I would like to see how you could use those for home brewers.
Thank you 😎No, I have not. There are other solutions though, as you saw in this video 🍻🍻🍻
@@DavidHeathHomebrew thanks for the answer. Yea the smart thing about the perfect draft is the integrated cooling unit and no co2 usage on a very small footprint on the tabletop.
Yes, I guess this would not be very easy to use with homebrew though sadly.
Hi David, this is ideal for me. I am just moving into kegs as my brew area is filled with far too many bottles. I chose corny kegs and a small fridge with a picnic hose system. Do you have a video on tap systems? Many thanks for the information!
Thanks Shawn great to hear. I have various videos about corny kegs in general. Tap wise check this out:- ruclips.net/video/lLLC5JtRvpo/видео.html
I also have videos about the black and flow control versions
Thank you sir!
Anytime :)
very informative cheers
Great, thank you :)
I pissed myself when I saw "the law" ...
Haha :) It works!
:)
Hi. Great video. Just wondering, can you keg in a corny without using a fridge? I want a cleaner option than bottling. Currently getting too frequent infections in bottles because of their shape and the difficulty in cleaning them. I also do not want to run another fridge. I was thinking of filling some bottles for chilling prior to drinking. Thanks!
Thanks Tim. You can but then you are going need somewhere else cold to store it. Otherwise getting the beer to absorb the co2 is going to be tricky.
@@DavidHeathHomebrew can I just use sugar? Like I do with bottles? Than use CO2 just to serve?
Yes, certainly. So warm area first then :)
Hi David. I read, in the comments on your Belgian Blonde guide, that the optimal temperature for aging ale is 14c. You mentioned this in reference to aging in bulk. I'm curious how this relates to bottled beers. I only bottle, I prime each bottle with dextrose powder, use oxygen absorbing caps, then store for about two weeks at about the highest temp reached during fermentation (to carbonate), then refrigerate for a week or two before drinking. Should I adapt this method at all to accommodate the 14c guideline? Favored styles are IPA, saison, stout, wheat.
Hi, yes with ales in bottles the optimal temp for conditioning is also 14. Lagers are best added to a fridge in the way you are doing but not ales. I suggest only adding ale to the fridge when you intend to drink them within the next hour or so.
@@DavidHeathHomebrew thanks. Should I do an initial week at a higher temp to carbonate, then bring down to 14c?
Yes, I would say 1-2 weeks. An easy way to go is to have one plastic bottle. This will go hard once carbonation is complete.
Thank you just watched the hefeweizen video will scale the recipe up to a 23 litre batch. Looking forward to your Dunkel weizen brewing video!
🍻🍻🍻Much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
Heya, question about logistics. How would you go about say brewing a 20L batch of beer, but your just have a 3-4L uKeg? Would you suggest getting enough bottles to bottle up the leftover beer, or keep it somewhere without the carboration liquid and siphon off the yeast. Also what's the time limit on this option?
Looking to get into beer brewing, and don't mind spending a bit on a grainfather, but the fermentation & beer storage options is where I'm pretty much at a loss.
Great videos though!
Sorry for the lack of reply, this is due to a fault with messages from RUclips sadly. The easiest way would be to use a keg but the cheapest way would be to bottle it :)
With regards to @10:10 the secretary of my rifle club told his wife that if he was to die and she was to sell all his rifles, sell them for twice the price I told you I paid for them.
Haha 🍻
Love it. Thank you very much. Very informative :).
Thank you, much appreciated :)
G'day David, yet another great video. I use the large 58L sanke kegs & tend to rotate the 1 keg from brew to brew. I do have a second & wonder what your advice might be to condition one while finishing the other ( up to 2 weeks on average). Would you purge and leave to condition uncarbonated or possibly carbonate & condition? Thanks for any advice.
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What is the best ways to store a keg when it does not have any beer in it, for short (a couple of weeks) and longer terms (upwards of 3 months), please?
Hi, they should be stored clean and sanitary. No extreme temps. Hope this helps :)
clean then dry. air out sanitize upon reuse
Thanks David, good overview. I always enjoy watching your videos. I've been using Cornelius kegs for a while and find they work well for me but I've always used CO2 for carbonation. Is there a reason why I would want to prime my beer instead and just use CO2 for dispensing?
Great to hear. Some people prefer a natural carbonation instead of a gas forced one, thats all it is :)
Hello David, great video thank you. I would like to start kegging, would you recommend buying reconditioned or new kegs? A bit worried the reconditioned ones may be a bit ropey?
Reconditioned kegs are usually fine but I would only buy them if the saving makes it worth it.
The recon ones are okay, but I found that when handling them you'll get black marks on your hands. I do wonder if they polish them up with shoe polish.
Doesn't sound good to me!!
What about oak barrels?
I have a new series of video coming very soon on oak foeders and their use
Great video David! Very useful indeed, so thank you :) I was hoping you covered barrels as well, but maybe in the future? ;) Great channel! Keep up the good work
Thank you. Barrels perhaps in the future :)
Disadvantage of kegs: Unless you have a lot of them, you are restricted in variety of beers you can drink at a given time, unless you have bottles as well.
Variety is the spice of life :)
Now I understand why you home brew. Beer in Norway is so expensive!!!
It sure is insane yes!
David I have a question about using kegs or more specifically the gas. I’m looking into kegging my meads and ciders using just nitrogen. So if I decide to brew my own beer and keg it could I us priming sugar for natural carbonation then us nitrogen for serving or would I have to use CO2 or beer gas for the beer? I would like to keep it simple and not have to have different gas tanks for each.
Yes you can use priming sugar in full sized kegs for carbonation. The keg will need to be at the temps required for this though, so many just carbonate with gas. It is also faster. You can use a mix of nitro and c02 for beers. Its popular for stouts.Balancing that is important. Hope this helps.
David Heath Yes it helps, but brings up another question if I may. What do you mean by balancing when using the nitro and Co2 mix?
Also would it work to use just nitro for serving after naturally carbing or would the beer lose its carbonation?
The bottles you will buy have a balance of n2 and co2. The trick is the right balance. Some great advice and info on this here:- byo.com/article/nitrogen-draft-tap-projects/
David Heath ok thanks that will help. I have been enjoying your videos and appreciate your help.
How do you check how full is a sanke keg to not overfill it?
I would suggest ensuring that you are filling with very cold beer. You can then spray the side if the keg and see where the cold beer has reached.
Hallo how much sugar I need to add for a beer keg (sanke kegs) to have the right function and carbonation
I would suggest using co2 instead via a regulator. Much less fuss and you will need it anyway for serving pressure.
Mi problem is the natural carbonation the sugar is for exemple 5g/liter?
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You will still need to hit it with Co2 to serve
What are the consequences of storing (long term) beer kegs with carbonated beer at room temperature?
The beer will go off faster basically.
Do you have the ikegger? I am contemplating buying 4/5 L but was worried about your comment regarding pressure on only 2 bars.
No I don’t. Go for a full keg set up would be my advice, if you don’t have one. Stuff like this is better to buy for just party use.
I do have a full setup. This keg would be for party only. Another option is 9l with 300gram co2.
Ok great, should be handy then :)
Super informative! Just to be clear 99% of wives have already accounted for the 50% LAW. You do the math ...
Thank you and yes that is possible :P
10:08 I'm dead. HAHAHA
Haha :)
Starving kids at home screaming.
Sounds like you should feed them then! :P
Ha, Growler 🤦♂️
Yup, its an option 😎
Great Chanel but your voice is so mono tone
Lol thanks, I think :p