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Questions tagged [kegging]

The process of moving beer or wine into larger storage containers and sealing them for later consumption. Generally carbonated using CO2 or beer gas (70/30 Nitrogen/CO2).

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How long will a keg keep?

We're brewing faster than we can drink. Right now I've got 3 kegs on tap, 1 (primed) keg sitting in the garage (very cold), and 9 carboys ready to be kegged. My question is this -- how long will a primed keg last? Could I keg a beer, purge O2,…
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Is leaking CO2 a health concern?

I was reading this article about balancing a draft system, and came across this assertion: Do not place your kegerator in your basement. A catastrophic failure could cause the tank to drain, flooding your basement with CO2 As I understand it,…
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What equipment is needed for a faucet? What's a shank?

I've bought a kegging system which came with a "Camping Style" faucet, essentially just some tubing with a ball lock disconnect on one end and a tiny plastic faucet on the other end. I'm looking for a more permanent installation (inside a barrel).…
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Kegging and less-than-keg-sized batches

What are the drawbacks (if any) of using a 4-gallon batch with a 5-gallon kegging system? And what if the batch is only two gallons?
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Beer clearing in a fermenter or a keg?

I am working on clearing my beer, started using Whirlfloc, giving it time, etc in the primary. I read about some allowing beer to clear in a keg, doesn't the keg get clogged with the settlings? If cleared in a keg, what happens when you carbonate,…
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Keg filling auto shut off

I'm looking for an auto shut off for keg filling. Not the little ball and site glass thing from GW Kent, and not a $20k fully automated machine for commercial breweries. Just a simple electrical actuated valve that gets its signal from either a…
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Kegs head space

Could I buy a 16 gallon keg and only fill it with 10 gallons of beer and just fill all the headspace with co2? Will this cause the beer to absorb too much and be too carbonated?
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lemon flavor after kegging

So I made Jamil's California Common (minus the chocolate malt) with Wyeast Bavarian Lager yeast (2206). Fermentor samples tasted great, I had about 82% attenuation, so the 'flat' samples were nice and dry. I dry-hopped for 7 days with some extra…
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Kegging time for beer under pressure or not?

I want to keg my latest stout. If I plan to have it in the keg for a few weeks before a party, do I need to put pressure on it or not? If pressure, how much pressure? I know the day before drinking, I'll have it at 30 PSI for a bit before…
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How does keg lube help gaskets to seal on a keg?

How, from a physical standpoint, does keg lube help a gasket to seal better on a keg?
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Filter plugging from co2 pressure

I have been fermenting in a 42 Blichmann and when transferring the beer I plug the 1 micron filter with yeast even though I have dumped most of trub and yeast during the 3 weeks of fermenting. I use 5 lbs pressure from the co2 tank. I did not…
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Dented Corny Keg

I ordered some new corny kegs and a couple of them arrived with a dent in their side. I was wondering (hoping) if anyone knew of a method of removing those dents. Thanks in advance!
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Beer gas on corny keg

I have an existing keg of beer that I would like to switch to beer gas. Is this feasible? Are there any problems with doing this?
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CO2 tank slowly losing gas, not sure where the problem lies

So I have a rather simple keezer setup: The left keg is currently being force carbonated at 30 PSI. The top keg is being kept shut off from receiving CO2. The left keg's CO2 line is using a threaded CO2 keg adapter, I've ensured it is screwed on…
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tap line resistor

I just got my coffin style keezer all set up. I did the calculations to get a "balanced" system at a normal 12 PSI of pressure. This gave me 7 feet of 1/4" hose. Apparently my math was a little wrong, or something, because it seems like it still…
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