How Much Is Left In The Keg?

[Uncle Fester]

When the tap goes pshhht, the keg is empty. Never fails.

Mine doesn't go pshhht, it goes flaaahpshtfoarflaahpaaaarshhhhwoar :lol:

PZ.

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flaaahpshtfoarflaahpaaaarshhhhwoar

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Zymocenosilicaphobia happening ! h34r:

Batz

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People, you are not making sense.

Have you been drinking no-chill beer already? h34r:



M

 

[dicko]

As topic asks - how can I tell (aside from weight)? I don't want to move the keg and stir up any crap inside (it's just nice and clear now!).

Cheers -Mike

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You might try boiling a kettle and put some hot water in a small cup or jug.
Pour the boiling water down the side of the keg and you will get condensation on the bottom at the beer level. If you dont get much condensation you can feel the temperature of the keg and the bit with the beer in it will be cold.

When I first started kegging I used to serve all the beers in the one size glass and note how many glasses I had served - this was a PITA.
I agree with the others. When the beer is really clear and it tastes excellent then the keg is just about empty.
Cheers

 

[Trough Lolly]

To determine the depth of beer remaining in a keg, you need a jibberscrinsen. They're very delicate measuring instruments that are hand crafted in the Black Forest by an elderly gentleman who makes cuckoo clocks with a blindfold on, for the challenge.

You hook up the jibberscrinsen to the flow potentiometer for cooled beverages which are available on E-bay - just search for a whapcaplet or JID (Jibberscrinsen Interface Device).

Do you have a computer handy? You'll need one to assist you in measuring the whapcaplet output. I'm not sure if the client runs on Macs yet, but it's typically available on Micro$oft - I think it's up to service pack 4 by now. So, you take the keg out of the fridge, connect the whapcaplet enabled jibberscrinsen and let the technology do it's thing.

Or you sit the keg outside the fridge and look at the condensation... h34r:

TL

 

[MVZOOM]

Thanks TL,

I had version 4, but it conflicted so badly with Verresdion that I had to un-install both Verresdion and the Ghechy client. Ghercy was of such use measuring the colour of the brew that I decided to keep it instead of Jibberscrinsen.

Bloody Microsoft.

Cheers - Mike

 

[warrenlw63]

To determine the depth of beer remaining in a keg, you need a jibberscrinsen.

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Alternatively you could just buy one of those machines that go... Boing! Boing! :lol:

Warren -

 

[Trough Lolly]

Love your work Mike!
Genuine frontier gibberish - it never ceases to amaze me at how complicated a simple process such as brewing beer can become!!

Let's go and have a beer... :chug:

Cheers,
TL

 

[Trough Lolly]

To determine the depth of beer remaining in a keg, you need a jibberscrinsen.

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Alternatively you could just buy one of those machines that go... Boing! Boing! :lol:

Warren -

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You mean the machine that goes...ping!

(With apologies to all the Monty Python fans out there!) :lol:

 

[pint of lager]

I always thought that machine went bing.

Rather than spend all your money on that expensive shiny gadget on ebay that Trough Lolly described, buy another keg, brew another beer and have it carbed and ready for when you hear the bad sound that means the keg is empty.

Next time you get a few brewers together, ask them to describe, and preferabley replicate the special sound of the keg running dry.

 

[warrenlw63]

Yes. It can make for a fun day. If that's not enough you can also replicate the sounds of airlocks. That's a real hoot too. :super:

Bloop! Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!

Warren -

 

[Trev]

I'm almost too embarressed to describe my over simplified method but.......


I open the fridge, gently lift the keg and feel how heavy it is. If it feels a bit light then it's probably close to empty


Sorry,
Trev

 

[kirem]

I too look at the amount of jibbers and then attach the squince'n, all the time making sure to avoid the golden rivet.