Keg Transfer Made Easy...

[razz]

Do you have a return gas line connected KHB ?

 

[Zwickel]

KHB, is there a no return valve in the gas line?

 

[KHB]

no i simply have a piece of line with the gas connect on one end and the other end has one of those clip on connecters for the tyre valve when i connect to my big keg before the little one you can hear it coming out the tyre connection so i know it works

 

[Zwickel]

KHB you know, the power of the gravity is very low, depends on the hight difference.

A tyre valve is a one-way valve, so if youre going to prefill the empty keg with a little bit more pressure than the dispensing keg is at, there cannot be a balancing gas exchange and the gravity pressure is not high enough to open the tyre valve.

Your problem is the tyre valve.

Cheers :icon_cheers:

 

[KHB]

KHB you know, the power of the gravity is very low, depends on the hight difference.

A tyre valve is a one-way valve, so if youre going to prefill the empty keg with a little bit more pressure than the dispensing keg is at, there cannot be a balancing gas exchange and the gravity pressure is not high enough to open the tyre valve.

Your problem is the tyre valve.

Cheers :icon_cheers:

Just re read the method i have been putting the kegs at the same height will try putting longer lines together and having the recieving keg lower and that will probably fix my problem. Feeling like an idiot right now

 

[Zwickel]

Just re read the method i have been putting the kegs at the same height will try putting longer lines together and having the recieving keg lower and that will probably fix my problem. Feeling like an idiot right now

ahhhh....mate....but anyway...the connector to the tyre valve should be able to hold the valve open as long as the connector is plugged on, not all of the available connectors can do so.

 

[KHB]

yeah i know mine holds it open

 

[raven19]

I just used this method to transfer my keg of IPA.

Bang up job there Ross & Zwickel outlining this simple method.

 

[MarkBastard]

Just used this method for the first time. Worked very well. Had to purge the bottom keg for longer than I expected, about 4 seconds or so.

 

[importmonkey]

I've been lurking in the wings for a while, and I think it's time for my question...

Will this work on regular "sanke" kegs? I built a bar in my basement but my kegerators won't hold anything bigger than 1/4 keg. This poses a problem since the main reason I built the bar was for Guinness and Magners. I have the coupler for import keg, gas, lines, etc. Here's the coupler for the D style keg I'd like to transfer to. It does not have a back-flow ball, but I'm not sure if it will support the gas coming out of the gas side. I have a few kegman kits to take the smaller kegs apart and clean them, but when I get them clean...how do I evacuate the air? Should I fill it with water then push the water out with the gas?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!
-Toby

 

[mika]

Just used this tonight, taking a party keg down south for the WA long weekend, very happy about that. But anyway, slow transfer, but worked well as I could follow the condensation on the side of the keg which confirmed my maths with the scale. Anyway, at the end of the transfer I've got one line that's just had gas in it, all good, put it away. But the other line has still got beer trapped between the two diconnects. How's everyone going about cleaning that line ? This time I just unscrewed the poppets and flushed the line, but not the smartest option I'm sure.

 

[hoohaaman]

Just pop both ends and drink it :chug:

 

[Trough Lolly]

Just used this tonight, taking a party keg down south for the WA long weekend, very happy about that. But anyway, slow transfer, but worked well as I could follow the condensation on the side of the keg which confirmed my maths with the scale. Anyway, at the end of the transfer I've got one line that's just had gas in it, all good, put it away. But the other line has still got beer trapped between the two diconnects. How's everyone going about cleaning that line ? This time I just unscrewed the poppets and flushed the line, but not the smartest option I'm sure.

G'day Mika,
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but when you clean the source keg, wouldn't you run some of the sanitiser and rinse water through the beer line to clean it? Just remove one of the disconnects to let the water flow...

Cheers,
TL

 

[mika]

I should check back on what I ask more often
TL, in this case (and I presume other cases) I was decanting from a 19L keg into a 9L 'party' keg, so didn't completely empty the source keg.
I could probably buy a couple of keg posts and use those to hold the disconnect poppets open and then flush the lines with hot water. Was kinda hoping someone had a cheap'n'cheerful way of holding the disconnect poppets open so I could flush the line. I bought beer line for the transfer lines, so pulling that stuff off the disconnects would be a mission in itself.

 

[Ross]

Mika,

Either upgrade to MFL disconnects so you can just pull apart after transfer - Or if you have a carbonator cap just fill a plastic bottle with some water & squirt through the line while depressing the pin in the other disconnect

cheers Ross

 

[michael_aussie]

A great thread this.
I was going to ask how to transfer between kegs, found this thread with the search function, and have all my questions answered.
Where have all the "old timers" gone?
I don't see most of these people posting now days?

 

[avaneyk]

Great thread this one! :icon_chickcheers:

When you purge the receiving keg are you filling it with sanitiser and then forcing this out with CO2 to remove all the air? One of my homebrew books talks about using tap water to fill the keg for purging. If I did it this way I'd probably boil and then cool the tap water before putting it into the keg.

So how are others doing this?

 

[avaneyk]

bump

 

[sim]

if you do your transfers on brew day you can brew with the boiling water, or use it for cleaning. a dedicated keg of sanitiser has been something if been thinking about doing - less intensive than boiling so much water just for a transfer. a little bit over kill, but having that quantity on hand would be nice for recirculating through the brew rig plumbing after cleaning.


sim

 

[raven19]

When you purge the receiving keg are you filling it with sanitiser and then forcing this out with CO2...

I would just purge an empty keg with a few shots of CO2 rather than pushing a heap of extra liquid through it, saves on CO2, and any CO2 in the keg will form a blanket over the beer to avoid oxidisation.