Just Kegged My First Beer!

[MeLoveBeer]

4*, my serving pressure is approx 80 KPA and beer line is 8mm OD/6mm ID (the john guest stuff). Keg kings calculator indicates that I would need anything between 3m to 7m of beer line to balance the system (current length of the line is 2m).

Edit: Just downloaded and entered all the relevant details into the spreadsheet and it recommends 4m of beer line. I've got 10m of line sitting at home, so will give this a crack this evening. Simon, given that we have the same system (or close enough anyway), I'll let you know how I go (will discuss tonight anyway).

 

[hsb]

Good luck balancing your setups. Congratulations on the first kegged brews. I'm now an old pro looking at my third keg this week Definitely no going back to bottles, I'm finding the beer on tap just a thing of untold joy. Tastes better, happens quicker, is pure awesome.

FWIW I force carb at 280kPa - 60 seconds. Then leave 1 hour. Set to 80kPa (my Serving Pressure) and all is good, no foam. I like my beer on the lower side of carbonation though, 1.5 Volumes was the target. 8mm line. Think I have 3m, er or was it 2m, I forget now. My fridge is at 9C too.

Maybe not the worst idea to just keg at Serving pressure, wait 2 weeks, if you have the time.


My next journey is to get this show on the road. Need to get some mobility so I can take a keg to a BBQ. My checklist so far is some kind of picnic Tap (Bronco?) and ??? Taking the CO2/reg seems risky/a hassle but I don't want to shell out big dollars coming up with an alternative. Any quick tips?

 

[booyablack]

Good luck balancing your setups. Congratulations on the first kegged brews. I'm now an old pro looking at my third keg this week Definitely no going back to bottles, I'm finding the beer on tap just a thing of untold joy. Tastes better, happens quicker, is pure awesome.

FWIW I force carb at 280kPa - 60 seconds. Then leave 1 hour. Set to 80kPa (my Serving Pressure) and all is good, no foam. I like my beer on the lower side of carbonation though, 1.5 Volumes was the target. 8mm line. Think I have 3m, er or was it 2m, I forget now. My fridge is at 9C too.

Maybe not the worst idea to just keg at Serving pressure, wait 2 weeks, if you have the time.


My next journey is to get this show on the road. Need to get some mobility so I can take a keg to a BBQ. My checklist so far is some kind of picnic Tap (Bronco?) and ??? Taking the CO2/reg seems risky/a hassle but I don't want to shell out big dollars coming up with an alternative. Any quick tips?

Sounds like you need something like this hsb:

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=979