Showing posts with label kegerator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kegerator. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Home Kegging

I purchased some CO2 from Bevco yesterday, and I set up my keg system. The first beer on is an amber, and it tastes great! I am having some problems balancing the system though. Basically that means there is a lot of foam on the beer and I'm not sure if it is super carbonated. We'll get the balance figured out, there are a lot of equations to calculate the propper pressure, but I think trial and error will be better in the end.I ended up drinking enough last night to give me a headache today though. The alcohol content on the amber ended up being almost exactly 5% abv.
The Raspberry Wheat is looking really good so far. I think my goal is to brew a batch a week, I think that is very doable

Bottled: Brown Ale
Keg 1: Amber Ale
Keg 2: empty
Keg 3: empty
Secondary: empty
Primary: Raspberry Wheat
On deck: Cream Ale

Friday, July 11, 2008

Kegs


I have ordered some cornelius kegs online. They won't be as nice as the one pictured above, they are used. I just found out they arrived today. Basically they are containers that probably had soda syrup in them previously. I am excited, it will be easier than bottling and cuts out several steps of the brewing process. I purchased a separate refrigerator to house these kegs, eventually I intend to make this fridge into a kegerator. The first batch that I will keg is an Amber Ale, I think I am going to try a raspberry wheat ale next. Hopefully I can get it pitched this weekend.