It's Kegging time 2022

[ozdevil]

4 minutes ago, Mickep said:

Okay so I hate to ask but has anyone got some decent links to info and vids on how to keg. 

Starting from scratch seems a bit daunting at the minute, any help on this would be appreciated muchly. 

you might want to check out  "The Homebrew Network"  have a look through these Videos
this guy explains it very well  

you have also met this person in real life

https://www.youtube.com/c/GashSlugg/videos

search through that url above
 

 

[Tricky Micky]

4 minutes ago, ozdevil said:

you might want to check out  "The Homebrew Network"  have a look through these Videos
this guy explains it very well  

you have also met this person in real life

https://www.youtube.com/c/GashSlugg/videos

search through that url above
 

 

Thanks Ozzie, luvyawork mate.

[ozdevil]

1 minute ago, Mickep said:

Thanks Ozzie, luvyawork mate.

Also look at this guy as well

David Heath 

very popular brewer and wealth of knowledge this bloke
 

 

 

[ozdevil]

@Mickep very handy carbonation card to have 

Edited February 18, 2022 by ozdevil

[ozdevil]

@Mickep  the above chart is for the set and forget method

so you would set your regulater to 12.3 psi approx   @ 2°c   to obtain a carbonation of 2.7 volumes of co2  

this will take 5-7days to carbonate  your beer

so if you wanted to carb a beer to the same level of 2.7 volumes of co2  @ 20°c (room temp)

you will need to set the regulator @33.3 psi  in 20°c to obtain 2.7 volumes  of co2
for the same amount of time
 

[Tricky Micky]

1 minute ago, ozdevil said:

@Mickep  the above chart is for the set and forget method

so you would set your regulater to 12.3 psi approx   @ 2°c   to obtain a carbonation of 2.7 volumes of co2  

this will take 5-7days to carbonate  your beer

so if you wanted to carb a beer to the same level of 2.7 volumes of co2  @ 20°c (room temp)

you will need to set the regulator @33.3 psi  in 20°c to obtain 2.7 volumes  of co2
for the same amount of time
 

Thanks Ozzie mate, that's really helpful. Gash also advised if I'm not in a rush to start drinking the beer, set to 14 psi for about 7 days at about 3 degrees and hold that pressure for serving.

[Shamus O'Sean]

3 hours ago, ozdevil said:

you might want to check out  "The Homebrew Network"  have a look through these Videos
this guy explains it very well  

you have also met this person in real life

https://www.youtube.com/c/GashSlugg/videos

search through that url above
 

 

He has some great videos.  Without his one on setting up a Series X kegerator, mine would probably still be in its box.  At the time he had the only video on how to do it.

I bet the Series X that featured in that video is now sitting in @Mickep's garage. 

[Classic Brewing Co]

52 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

I bet the Series X that featured in that video is now sitting in @Mickep's garage. 

Sounds like he got a great deal, it look as good as new !!

[RDT2]

3 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

He has some great videos.  Without his one on setting up a Series X kegerator, mine would probably still be in its box.  At the time he had the only video on how to do it.

I bet the Series X that featured in that video is now sitting in @Mickep's garage. 

It’s a small world  

[ozdevil]

4 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

He has some great videos.  Without his one on setting up a Series X kegerator, mine would probably still be in its box.  At the time he had the only video on how to do it.

I bet the Series X that featured in that video is now sitting in @Mickep's garage. 

i dare say you are very right  .  i know gash we have chatted on a reg basis.

the guy is always  helping new brewers    and he has some extract brewing video's as well

 

[Classic Brewing Co]

6 minutes ago, ozdevil said:

i dare say you are very right  .  i know gash we have chatted on a reg basis.

the guy is always  helping new brewers    and he has some extract brewing video's as well

 

I agree his videos are pretty much easy to follow, if anything it is as if he tries to relax newbies with his she'll be right, don't stress, just go with the flow attitude. He has a huge library of topics catering for everyone.

[ozdevil]

2 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

I agree his videos are pretty much easy to follow, if anything it is as if he tries to relax newbies with his she'll be right, don't stress, just go with the flow attitude. He has a huge library of topics catering for everyone.

yes ,  he doesnt make it complicated    

he  is like that in real life easy going  explains his methods and tells you directly

David Heath is another well worth watching   

both gash and david heath have qualifications to brew as well 

[Tricky Micky]

15 hours ago, ozdevil said:

19 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

He has some great videos.  Without his one on setting up a Series X kegerator, mine would probably still be in its box.  At the time he had the only video on how to do it.

I bet the Series X that featured in that video is now sitting in @Mickep's garage. 

i dare say you are very right  .  i know gash we have chatted on a reg basis.

the guy is always  helping new brewers    and he has some extract brewing video's as well

Should've seen his garage, no room to swing a cat (sorry all you cat lovers) for all the brewing gear. I think someone may have given him a nudge to offload the thing Definitely a Brewers toy shop going on in his garage. 

[Tricky Micky]

15 hours ago, ozdevil said:

yes ,  he doesnt make it complicated    

he  is like that in real life easy going  explains his methods and tells you directly

David Heath is another well worth watching   

both gash and david heath have qualifications to brew as well 

Oz, he definitely came across that way. Really relaxed about stuff. He was very generous, offering to help out over the phone if I needed advice getting started with the kegging. Just watched his rockin' n rollin' vid on forced carbing, it's obvious he practices what he preaches.

Edited February 19, 2022 by Mickep

[Classic Brewing Co]

2 minutes ago, Mickep said:

Should've seen his garage, no room to swing a cat (sorry all you cat lovers) for all the brewing gear. I think someone may have given him a nudge to offload the thing Definitely a Brewers toy shop going on in his garage. 

Good to hear you got a bargain mate, these opportunities only bob up now & again. All the best with your kegging adventure too, I am envious but in no position to jump in the big end just yet 

[ozdevil]

Just now, Classic Brewing Co said:

Good to hear you got a bargain mate, these opportunities only bob up now & again. All the best with your kegging adventure too, I am envious but in no position to jump in the big end just yet 

when they come up @Classic Brewing Co  you jump at it because  you may never get a great deal again, you just have to work the finer detail later

Yes i get your not in the market to jump into it yet, but when you do  and your looking for something similar  and i discover a good deal like @Mickep  got  I will certainly  let you know , like i did for Mickep




 

[ozdevil]

18 minutes ago, Mickep said:

Oz, he definitely came across that way. Really relaxed about stuff. He was very generous, offering to help out over the phone if I needed advice getting started with the kegging. Just watched his rockin' n rollin' vid on forced carbing, it's obvious he practices what he preaches.

mate he will help you  alot  

he does practice what he preaches   , he doesnt make it complicated more simple

he also done alot of extract brewing in his time as well with youtube
 

[Pale Man]

Great buy @Mickep  excellent way to get into kegging buying from Gash. You'll have after care service if needed.

Agree with whats said about Gash and his approach to brewing, dont go in too serious and tense. A lot of his videos helped me find my way with all grain and learning the Brewzilla.

[ozdevil]

17 minutes ago, Pale Man said:

Great buy @Mickep  excellent way to get into kegging buying from Gash. You'll have after care service if needed.

Agree with whats said about Gash and his approach to brewing, dont go in too serious and tense. A lot of his videos helped me find my way with all grain and learning the Brewzilla.

myself  as well   learned heaps just watching what gash does etc 

Another bloke  that is really easy to listening  to and does alot of beerco  stuff   his name is stass  

both resprected homebrewers   gash and Stass





 

[Shamus O'Sean]

12 hours ago, ozdevil said:

he also done alot of extract brewing in his time as well with youtube

I did a NEIPA based on his Coopers Australian Pale Ale recipe video from a while ago.  It was a beauty.

[kmar92]

Kegged a Coopers XPA clone today and it was not an easy transfer. As I mentioned elsewhere my fermentation fridge died on Friday, fortunately the Coopers XPA clone in the dead fridge was at FG. The down side was that I had commando hopped a big wallop of simcoe and lemondrop into the kegmenter and had intended to cold crash the brew to drop out the hops but the fridge had other ideas! So today I did the transfer and it was a pain as it just kept blocking the floating dip tube. I had to blow the dip tube out many times to get the transfer done but I got there.

Now there is 19l of 24° beer in the Series X and it is working really hard to cool it, hope that it handles that.

Edited February 20, 2022 by kmar92

[ozdevil]

8 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

I did a NEIPA based on his Coopers Australian Pale Ale recipe video from a while ago.  It was a beauty.

he certainly knows his stuff  

[ozdevil]

6 hours ago, kmar92 said:

Kegged a Coopers XPA clone today and it was not an easy transfer. As I mentioned elsewhere my fermentation fridge died on Friday, fortunately the Coopers XPA clone in the dead fridge was at FG. The down side was that I had commando hopped a big wallop of simcoe and lemondrop into the kegmenter and had intended to cold crash the brew to drop out the hops but the fridge had other ideas! So today I did the transfer and it was a pain as it just kept blocking the floating dip tube. I had to blow the dip tube out many times to get the transfer done but I got there.

Now there is 19l of 24° beer in the Series X and it is working really hard to cool it, hope that it handles that.

series X will handle  cooling mate   

my current brew i am doing is in my kegerator which is the series X   and i have just turned it to cold crash my hop slam ipa.

What i would have done when your fridge had died  and before  doing the keg transfer would have been remove what beer you had on tap  (small sacrifice for a couple of days) and placed your coopers XPA  in the series X to cold crash

the beer you had on tap still would have been fine to re connect and pour once you did your keg transfer

but isnt hindsight a wonderful thing




 

[kmar92]

11 hours ago, ozdevil said:

series X will handle  cooling mate   

my current brew i am doing is in my kegerator which is the series X   and i have just turned it to cold crash my hop slam ipa.

What i would have done when your fridge had died  and before  doing the keg transfer would have been remove what beer you had on tap  (small sacrifice for a couple of days) and placed your coopers XPA  in the series X to cold crash

the beer you had on tap still would have been fine to re connect and pour once you did your keg transfer

but isnt hindsight a wonderful thing




 

Thanks Oz, that would have been the smart thing to do but it never entered my mind! Anyway Series X has finally got it down to 2°, took it awhile but the Coopers XPA clone is ready to be carbonated.

[Red devil 44]

Just kegged my Peach & Pear Cider, put on serving pressure to sit now until the lovely brides birthday in late March.