Kegmenter Technique

[pcqypcqy]

This morning I decided to dry hop with loose pellets in the keg. I figure I've chopped 20mm off my dip tube, and I'm not sure the yeast cake is going to be that high on a 6 gallon batch, so I figured make use of this dead space and fill it with hop matter.

I just de-gassed, popped the lid, through them in, then re-pressurised off my gas cylinder.

Will leave it sit for a few days then crash chill and transfer on Sunday probably. See how it goes.

 

[Mardoo]

Be sure to burp off any oxygen any time you open the kegmenter.

 

[goldstar]

For those who've bought higher psi gauges, can you share the links where you bought them from?

I too find the KK spunding valve a bit of a pain. Wish there was a more accurate alternative.

I got mine through RS Online. It was only $15.

 

[Futur]

I got mine through RS Online. It was only $15.

Which gauge did you end up going with? I'm not sure of the thread and size of the correct gauge to use.

 

[pcqypcqy]

Brewed a batch if IPA that ended up being 28 litres in the end, wouldn't have thought I'd have any krausen issues with this.

So wondered why this morning I had liquid coming out the spunding valve.

Worked it out - I had put the spunding valve on the correct post, but when I cleaned/sanitised earlier I must have put the gas post onto the liquid dip tube.

Oops.