Pezzza Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Kegged the Pezzza Mtn Brewing's Rye PA "I'll Rye if I want to" Pretty cloudy Brew still but had to be done... and maybe it will settle down in the keg with that very useful Brewing Ingredient known as Time Here's the last Rye on CO2 - quite a nice Goldenish-Tan colour... this fella might go down that track if all that shittttt in suspension flocccs out Phaaarque it's sunny too!?! Not anymore just and more at the moment : ( 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Pezzza said: Here's the last Rye on CO2 - quite a nice Goldenish-Tan colour... this fella might go down that track if all that shittttt in suspension flocccs out Phaaarque it's sunny too!?! Not anymore just and more at the moment : ( Busy boy Pezman, you are going to have to nail a platform on that fence shortly, one of these days or one of those big wheat beers might go ars 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Finally, finally, got the other Brew - Märzenbier-ish kegged and now in the chilly bin with its mates, and the brewery cleaned up... no best-practice transfer w lack of time... so just the old food grade Si white hose... and a clean FV filled w CO2... n plenty post-fill burping. Thinking I might even push Nitro into the Märzen and make more of a Caffery's style... the colour is looking quite nice in the bottom of the empty SS FV Cleared up much better w less cold-time than the Rye PA. Giving it a hit of CO2 first - then will swap across to the Nitro mix... seems to work better that way. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Kegged my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone today. I had some issues with the floating dip tube. It had become twisted at the floating ball and kept floating to the surface and sucking air. Then the siphon stopped. This happened about three times. I ended up opening the FV to give the dip tube a jiggle so it hung properly. Then it was all good. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Kegged my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone today. I had some issues with the floating dip tube. It had become twisted at the floating ball and kept floating to the surface and sucking air. Then the siphon stopped. This happened about three times. I ended up opening the FV to give the dip tube a jiggle so it hung properly. Then it was all good. The Lipton tea solution @Shamus O'Sean? Love your work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Kegged my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone today. I love Sierra Nevada beers; I look forward to making them one day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Shamus O'Sean said: had some issues with the floating dip tube. It had become twisted at the floating ball and kept floating to the surface and sucking air. Then the siphon stopped I had that with the Fermzilla. That’s why I put the little filter on it. Better than the metal bolt I used previously… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Classic Brewing Co said: I love Sierra Nevada beers; I look forward to making them one day. That’s my next but one effort I reckon, after the Spitfire. But I also have gone back to knocking up some Coopers recipes if I haven’t got 5 to 6 hours to spare… Edited October 2, 2022 by stquinto Typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Jones Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Kegged my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone today. I had some issues with the floating dip tube. It had become twisted at the floating ball and kept floating to the surface and sucking air. Then the siphon stopped. This happened about three times. I ended up opening the FV to give the dip tube a jiggle so it hung properly. Then it was all good. Shamus, what weight are you looking for to indicate a full keg. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Pickles Jones said: Shamus, what weight are you looking for to indicate a full keg. 1litre is equivalint to 1kg so there for Shamus would be looking at 19kg for 19 litres of wort mind you you have to zero the weight of the keg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Pickles Jones said: Shamus, what weight are you looking for to indicate a full keg. I stop at 18.2kg PJ. I am paranoid about over filling. One because then I have to clean and dry out the gas to gas return jumper. Two because I did it once and gave the keg to my brother-in-law. Unfortunately, I gassed up the keg to around 15psi before I gave it to him. He then went and connected his CO2 before pressurising it. The beer in the keg, being slightly higher than the gas dip tube, shot up his gas line into his regulator. That was not fun to clean. Like @ozdevil says, I zero the weight of the keg (and the tea towel and the gas to gas jumper). 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On the subject of the Cornelious Keg there doesn't seem to be any clear answer to the actual fill line, I would assume it be the weld line as shown. I was always going to check the level with water but never got around to it, maybe I should buy some scales. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: On the subject of the Cornelious Keg there doesn't seem to be any clear answer to the actual fill line, I would assume it be the weld line as shown. I was always going to check the level with water but never got around to it, maybe I should buy some scales. Yes i would agree that is a reasonable assumption being the weld Line I would still Go the path of a set of Scales like Shamus has pictured Kegland have them at a reasonable price and i think @Hoppy81 may have these scales as well 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, ozdevil said: Yes i would agree that is a reasonable assumption being the weld Line I would still Go the path of a set of Scales like Shamus has pictured Kegland have them at a reasonable price and i think @Hoppy81 may have these scales as well Yeah, they look good I have seen them - Home Brew Grain Digital Scales - 40kg & reckon I will get some, I can't believe they are only $50! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I'm with @Shamus O'Sean on keg filling. I kegged a citra hopped ale yesterday and stopped at 18.6kg, always good to leave some headspace in the keg and also avoid the dreaded beer out the gas jumper. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I have actually filled mine higher to the top a couple of times but never experienced any issues, but I will go back to the line to be sure. I think scales are the way to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Kegging Day for a Coopers Pale Ale using US-05, this is day 14 @ 20c. It looks like it has done a good job & I like the colour, hopefully in a few days I will be having one out of the tap. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Jones Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Classic Brewing Co said: Yeah, they look good I have seen them - Home Brew Grain Digital Scales - 40kg & reckon I will get some, I can't believe they are only $50! These scales look good. Kegland are out of stock at the moment so I put my name on the Weight (LOL) list. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Just now, Pickles Jones said: These scales look good. Kegland are out of stock at the moment so I put my name on the Weight (LOL) list. Yeah, I noticed that, but I think it is a good investment, I don't think I could stand on there for a weight check though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmar92 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, Pickles Jones said: These scales look good. Kegland are out of stock at the moment so I put my name on the Weight (LOL) list. Have a look on ebay, there are heaps available and you can pick up an identical set for around $40. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Jones Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 3:09 PM, kmar92 said: Have a look on ebay, there are heaps available and you can pick up an identical set for around $40. On 10/3/2022 at 3:09 PM, kmar92 said: Have a look on ebay, there are heaps available and you can pick up an identical set for around $40. Had Look on Ebay got a set for $38. Thanks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I finally kegged the Pale Ale today, SG was 1.050 - FG 1.014, after yesterday's discussion on how much goes into the keg I found that filling it to the weld line must be 19l as I got 8 x 500ml Hef'e bottles out of it which makes 4l for the 23l batch. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 These Movers Dolly's from Bunning's are great for $16.00. One keg is full of beer & the other Sanitiser & you can move them with ease. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Classic Brewing Co said: I finally kegged the Pale Ale today, SG was 1.050 - FG 1.014, after yesterday's discussion on how much goes into the keg I found that filling it to the weld line must be 19l as I got 8 x 500ml Hef'e bottles out of it which makes 4l for the 23l batch. Nice work Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 18 hours ago, Pickles Jones said: Had Look on Ebay got a set for $38. Thanks You fellas get some cheap stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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