Kegging Q & A

[krockett]

Lads my pressure has been dropping slightly all day. I have it at 30 psi for 36 hours as suggested, and it has been dropping as far as 20 before I push it back up. Is this a potential problem with the regulator?

[Greg2013]

Lads my pressure has been dropping slightly all day. I have it at 30 psi for 36 hours as suggested, and it has been dropping as far as 20 before I push it back up. Is this a potential problem with the regulator?

No m8 you have a slow leak somewhere,get a spray bottle with starsan solution or fairy liquid solution and spray all joints and connections from the regulator to the keg,where there are bubbles that is your leak.

[Greg2013]

Ok so gang i am gassing up those two pilsners today,say i put them at  2 Celsisus/15psi how long will it take for them to carb fully ?

[johnrm]

@Greg, scroll down to carbonation.
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/wordpress/brewwiki/guide-to-corny-kegging/

[johnrm]

@cruiscinlan yes, push, then pull. There is a release ring on every fitting, you need to depress this to release the line.
OD for gas is generally 3/8" I'm sure you can get metric too.
On the liquid side, 3/8" also, pub taps have 5/16" so you may need a length of this and an adaptor.
Nothing to stop you heating and stretching beer line to fit a barb fitting.

[Greg2013]

@Greg, scroll down to carbonation.
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/wordpress/brewwiki/guide-to-corny-kegging/

Spot on Johnrm got that and gassing it up now,since they are already at 2 Celsius i am going for 12psi and leave for a week before trying.

[krockett]

Lads my pressure has been dropping slightly all day. I have it at 30 psi for 36 hours as suggested, and it has been dropping as far as 20 before I push it back up. Is this a potential problem with the regulator?

No m8 you have a slow leak somewhere,get a spray bottle with Starsan solution or fairy liquid solution and spray all joints and connections from the regulator to the keg,where there are bubbles that is your leak.

The bubbles test isn't working. It hasn't been as bad since but you can hear the gas intermittently running to keep the pressure up - I presume this is a sign of leaks?

Researching this since people are suggesting that once you have your keg cleaned, fittings upgraded etc, you should carb it up empty, leave it connected to the gas line and submerge the top of it into a bucket of water. This will show if theres a leak.

[David]

Lads my pressure has been dropping slightly all day. I have it at 30 psi for 36 hours as suggested, and it has been dropping as far as 20 before I push it back up. Is this a potential problem with the regulator?

No m8 you have a slow leak somewhere,get a spray bottle with Starsan solution or fairy liquid solution and spray all joints and connections from the regulator to the keg,where there are bubbles that is your leak.

The bubbles test isn't working. It hasn't been as bad since but you can hear the gas intermittently running to keep the pressure up - I presume this is a sign of leaks?

Researching this since people are suggesting that once you have your keg cleaned, fittings upgraded etc, you should carb it up empty, leave it connected to the gas line and submerge the top of it into a bucket of water. This will show if theres a leak.

If you are turning off the regulator the pressure drop could be the gas being absorbed by the beer hence the need to keep the regulator on when carbonating.

[Acott]

Received my tap and Co2 regulator from My Beer and Wine today, fair play he did a deal and sorted me out with the required fittings, great service! You do have to ring to get a response though.

Now all that's left to get is a cheap under counter fridge, some beer lines and a Co2 canister!

[Acott]

Hmmm, I took for granted that a corny would fit in any undercounter fridge like what Mac has below. Although I'm just going for a single tap / single keg setup so not too worried about getting two kegs in there. From what I know the Finlux below is exclusive to Harvey Norman.

Kegged my first batch tonight. Am still waiting on my drip tray.



I had no idea whether there would be coolant lines where I was drilling but was lucky - it all turned out ok.

This fridge was too small for two kegs (55 cms - assumed it would be big enough) but I carved out some of the insulation and managed to get two in.

I got a 7kg gas tank from the guy in Mayfield in Cork. Cant fit it in the fridge - think its driving the missus mental. Had a leaky valve on one of my cornys, and just realised tonight that you need to buy new O Rings. The main o ring on the neck smells still of Fanta despite 3 soaks in Oxy clean, but I needed to get this batch off the hops - will be buying a few packs of new ones asap. Hopefully it'll be ok.

Would recommend the taps - ridiculously easy to set up. I'll be setting up a cooling system using a fountain pump in a couple of weeks when the bank balance has recovered from this.

[johnrm]

If its a metal (pipes run through it) cooler box, it is possible to bend these down.
It just requires a lot of nerve!

[Acott]

Hmmm, I took for granted that a corny would fit in any undercounter fridge like what Mac has below. Although I'm just going for a single tap / single keg setup so not too worried about getting two kegs in there. From what I know the Finlux below is exclusive to Harvey Norman.

I just mentioned it because I've an under counter fridge where you've no chance - freezer compartment at the top and big compressor bulge at the bottom, apparently the coolant coils go thru the shelf bit in the freezer compartment so it can't be a adjusted.

Ah I get you, the one I'm after is an undercounter larder fridge without ice box. I seen them from around €129 new, but I'm holding out for something on DoneDeal

[hopapotamus]

just spotted this on ebay .....any opinions?
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Beer-cider-lager-Free-Flow-T-bar-Tap-pipe-pump-cooler-/301201823189?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46210715d5
they have a stout tap too for €27 i think

[cruiscinlan]

Another Q on kegging, can I put beer into my kegs as is for conditioning or are they only airtight with the disconnects on?

[auralabuse]

Another Q on kegging, can I put beer into my kegs as is for conditioning or are they only airtight with the disconnects on?

You can do that no problem