Kegging Setups

[Jerry]

This is the link to the thread that Jerry is talking about:

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...;showarticle=24

That's the one. Thanks mate.


Malted,

Don't worry, I won't call you a tool. Not out loud anyway.

You're right though about kegging being frustrating. Its all a bit confusing when you first set it up. I had all sorts of problems when I started.

But, once you sort it out, there's nothing better! :beerbang: h34r:

Have a read through the thread booyablack just linked to. All the information you need is here on AHB. You just need to read up on it.

Good luck,

Scott

 

[MarkBastard]

Malted, 4 metres of beer line sounds very excessive, particularly at 80kpa. What temperature is your fridge? I would say by far the most likely problem you're having is that your beer line is too long and thus the co2 is escaping from solution in the lines. Happened to me before too. Your lines only need to be long enough so that the pour is slow enough that you can pour a beer without excessive foaming. If it's too long the beer and co2 separate in the lines and because of this the beer sort of farts out of the tap as the gas escapes and it actually sometimes makes more foaming issues.

The issue with the gas escaping when you touch the disconnect is a concern. I've never had that before.

What line are you using by the way? Is it 8mm OD 5m ID? Does it have a brand written on it?

Is your keg a standard corny but without the black rubber on top?

 

[Malted]

But, once you sort it out, there's nothing better! :beerbang: h34r:
Have a read through the thread booyablack just linked to. All the information you need is here on AHB. You just need to read up on it.
Good luck,
Scott

Malted, 4 metres of beer line sounds very excessive, particularly at 80kpa. What temperature is your fridge? I would say by far the most likely problem you're having is that your beer line is too long and thus the co2 is escaping from solution in the lines. Happened to me before too. Your lines only need to be long enough so that the pour is slow enough that you can pour a beer without excessive foaming. If it's too long the beer and co2 separate in the lines and because of this the beer sort of farts out of the tap as the gas escapes and it actually sometimes makes more foaming issues.
The issue with the gas escaping when you touch the disconnect is a concern. I've never had that before.
What line are you using by the way? Is it 8mm OD 5m ID? Does it have a brand written on it?
Is your keg a standard corny but without the black rubber on top?

Thanks Jerry, Mr ******* et al.
Yes I did change the temp of the kegerator (down to crash chill another brew in secondary) and left the gas in, on the golden ale. I suspect with the drop in temp it may have become overcarbed.

I have gone from lines not long enough when I first got it going to potentially the lines being too long. I have had a play with the beer line length calculating spreadsheets and will revisit these.

Give your gas in disconnect a bit of a push and shove and see if it goes pssst.

I'll have to check the temp and beerline specifications (when I get home ).

No the keg is not a corny. I think it is a chinese custom made jobby I got from a guy on ebay (I know I got it from him, I just don't know where he got them). It is supposed to be 23L but I suspect it is 21L but I have not measured it's exact volume.

 

[Brewjohno]

Here are some pictures of my old house at Albany Creek.

I sold this house about 2 years ago and and left it all intact with the exception of the slushy machine.

I bought the fridge from the auction house down Clayfield way.

The font I got for about $200 second hand from Andale from a pub the pulled it out.

I had the set 3 regs on the back wall so that I could run seperate pressures on the kegs.

On the outside wall I had a very large cellamix gas cyclinder and inside the cupboard I had a smaller CO2 cylinder.

I used to keep about 4-5 kegs in the left door and all my glasses etc in the right door.

Everything thing on the back wall was made by me as well.

The slushy machine I would fire up with 1 alcoholic bowl and 1 non-alcholic bowl.

Defintely a crowd pleaser.

The Carlton Midstrength sign was one that was filled with oil and when you turned it on it pushed air through the oil making it look like the bubbles rising in the glass.

Since moving I have purcahsed a Kegerator Series 3 with 3 taps and am doing things a bit smaller.







Brewjohno

 

[MarkBastard]

Really nice mate.

 

[Adam Howard]

Malted. Rather than get rid of the Perlicks, consider these. Compensator

You can run really short line with your Perlicks with the flow restriction capability of a Celli.

 

[N3MIS15]

My party going setup. I can fit 3 9l kegs and a sodasteam cylinder comfortably.

 

[Nevalicious]

Finally, finally got my setup complete... Its not that it took ages to do or anything, just took a lot of convincing SWMBO that I NEEDED kegs!

Perlick 525s and MFL fittings. 3 taps, 4 kegs (with a little bit of manipulation ) 4th is for conditioning or soda water

Goodbye bottle washing!!

Sorry, photos courtesy of Nokia... <_<

 

[Cocko]

Finally, finally got my setup complete... Its not that it took ages to do or anything, just took a lot of convincing SWMBO that I NEEDED kegs!

Perlick 525s and MFL fittings. 3 taps, 4 kegs (with a little bit of manipulation ) 4th is for conditioning or soda water

Goodbye bottle washing!!

Sorry, photos courtesy of Nokia... <_<

*wipes tear*

Its beautiful man...

Show us the inside!

Pour on!

 

[Nevalicious]

Thanks Cocko... Pretty chuffed hey. I got given this awesome ffridge for nix when I started homebrewing... Took a bottle of Sparling Ale to Solver, got the colour matched and went to town on it!!! Towels rail door handles and everything.. Classy!! Its been my beer fridge for 18 months now...

Now, the inside is not completely sorted yet, but you get the idea... Cocko, decided on the manifold in the end as opposed to t-pieces... Glad I did hey. I also got non-return valves on all the lines to provide different carbonation on different lines if needed (ie Soda Water for Desiree)... Works a treat






Door mods... Not pretty but functional! Also note "drip tray" on floor

Keg on!!!!! :beerbang:

Tyler

 

[Cocko]

Thanks Cocko... Pretty chuffed hey. I got given this awesome ffridge for nix when I started homebrewing... Took a bottle of Sparling Ale to Solver, got the colour matched and went to town on it!!! Towels rail door handles and everything.. Classy!! Its been my beer fridge for 18 months now...

Now, the inside is not completely sorted yet, but you get the idea... Cocko, decided on the manifold in the end as opposed to t-pieces... Glad I did hey. I also got non-return valves on all the lines to provide different carbonation on different lines if needed (ie Soda Water for Desiree)... Works a treat

Door mods... Not pretty but functional! Also note "drip tray" on floor

Keg on!!!!! :beerbang:

Tyler

Whats better than an awesome, potential, keg fridge? A free awesome, potential, keg fridge!

Awesome work bro! Cheers for the pics....

HAHA on the manifold... I did the same! Who knows best? :unsure: B)

Keg TF on!

\m/

 

[white.grant]

decided on the manifold in the end as opposed to t-pieces... Glad I did hey. I also got non-return valves on all the lines to provide different carbonation on different lines if needed (ie Soda Water for Desiree)... Works a treat

Very nice setup there. Tell me why you need the non return valves on each line, I thought that with the manifold you would be regulating the carb on different beers through its valves?

cheers

grant

 

[Nevalicious]

Very nice setup there. Tell me why you need the non return valves on each line, I thought that with the manifold you would be regulating the carb on different beers through its valves?

cheers

grant

I'm new to this all Grant, so I hope I'm right otherwise I wasted some cash. By having non return valves on each line I can isolate the other beers, wind the reg up, force or slow carb to a desired level on one keg (ie really high for soda water for the wife), turn the reg back down to serving pressure, open all of the isolators and not have all of the beers equalise back to one level... I have 3 different beers on tap and soda water out of a party tap. I'm happy to keep all the beers at the same pressure, but not the soda water... If I just used the isolators, and had soda water higher carbed than the beers, connected it back up to the manifold, over time the pressures in all of the kegs would equalise, resulting in higher than normal carbonation in my beer kegs...

I figured it was prolly worth the extra expense

Hope this makes sense!? FWIW it seems to be working quite well...

Cheers

Tyler

 

[Housecat]

Finally, finally got my setup complete... Its not that it took ages to do or anything, just took a lot of convincing SWMBO that I NEEDED kegs!

Perlick 525s and MFL fittings. 3 taps, 4 kegs (with a little bit of manipulation ) 4th is for conditioning or soda water

Goodbye bottle washing!!

Sorry, photos courtesy of Nokia... <_<

Nice fridge! Looks like the big brother of my fridge here. :beer:

 

[WarmBeer]

Finally, finally got my setup complete... Its not that it took ages to do or anything, just took a lot of convincing SWMBO that I NEEDED kegs!

Perlick 525s and MFL fittings. 3 taps, 4 kegs (with a little bit of manipulation ) 4th is for conditioning or soda water

Goodbye bottle washing!!

Sorry, photos courtesy of Nokia... <_<

I like the way it sits there so subtly amongst all the other white-goods in your kitchen.

Well done, top job!

 

[Nevalicious]

Nice fridge! Looks like the big brother of my fridge here. :beer:

Been keeping my eye on this thread for ages, drooling...

Your setup was a notable addition... Well Porno setup mate. Love the Coopers green. Must be a south aussie thing hey!! :super:

@ WarmBeer - Its amongst the whitegoods in the laundry... Hiding :lol: Well, atleast its in the house and not relegated to the garage!!

 

[white.grant]

I'm new to this all Grant, so I hope I'm right otherwise I wasted some cash. By having non return valves on each line I can isolate the other beers, wind the reg up, force or slow carb to a desired level on one keg (ie really high for soda water for the wife), turn the reg back down to serving pressure, open all of the isolators and not have all of the beers equalise back to one level... I have 3 different beers on tap and soda water out of a party tap. I'm happy to keep all the beers at the same pressure, but not the soda water... If I just used the isolators, and had soda water higher carbed than the beers, connected it back up to the manifold, over time the pressures in all of the kegs would equalise, resulting in higher than normal carbonation in my beer kegs...

I figured it was prolly worth the extra expense

Hope this makes sense!? FWIW it seems to be working quite well...

Cheers

Tyler

Ahh I get it, back flow.

Cheers

Grant

 

[wobblythongs]

I'm new to this all Grant, so I hope I'm right otherwise I wasted some cash. By having non return valves on each line

Nice work.
I did it the tight arse way and only bought the shut off Tee and a couple
of JG tees from that. As soon as I hooked it up back flow from a new charged keg flowed up the gas line into the 1/2 full keg what a mess.

The next day I did the right thing but a little different went to 6mm water filter line to fit the quick release fitting.

Where did you get the JG beer connect for the back of the draught tap?

 

[Nevalicious]

Where did you get the JG beer connect for the back of the draught tap?

From BeerBelly mate. The Perlicks I bought from the states had barbed fittings on them but struggled to get a decent seal on them, even with keg lube etc etc. I may have been fitting them together wrong but nevertheless, they (JG fittings) were much easier to use... Bout $9.90 each I reckon.

FWIW I got most of my fittings from BB, the inline modular tap assy's were only $9.90 ea too, as were the NRV's... Definitely the cheapest ones I had found. They're not JG, but do the job just as well. Just have the risk of slicing you're fingers open whilst fitting the hose on the barbs <_<

Tyler

 

[wobblythongs]

From BeerBelly mate.

Tyler

Thanks I've just had a look and I'm a little lost and can't find it on any brew shop either.
Just to clarify what I'm asking here is a pic of your pic. The plastic back nut 1/2 BSP to 8mm JG beer line bugged if I can find that part any where and looks like a handy item.