How To Keg Home Brewed Beer With The Coors Light / Miller Home Draft System - Beer Review Dude

[JacobyChitown]

to MKRM27.. who cares about it staying fresh. It's beer! You don't leave it in there for an uncertain length of time. I'd drink the hell out of it and then.. refill it yeah!

[wrench747]

Great video! negative posters are just idiots, guess they never heard of starsan. Was using mini kegs, but they don't last forever, and Midwest Brewing just raised the price to 15 bucks for a new empty one. Really guys $15? Will be using your method, thanks.

[MrSailplaner]

Nice Video. Can't believe how stupid some of these posters are! They don't have the balls to put up a video but make dumb-ass comments to guys that do. How's the home brew coming?

[MustanGT2003]

is the home draft container plastic or aluminum?

[jbrookeiv]

@MustanGT2003 Plastic.

[jbrookeiv]

@MKRM27 Have you ever kegged homebrew? You always fill the container in the presence of oxygen, but then purge it with CO2 once filled. It's the exact same principle here. Also, the bottle is obviously airtight or else it would leak CO2. Get your facts straight before calling me an idiot.

[aliendb]

@jbrookeiv How are you purging this system? I went to LHBS, they described a fairly decent way of using the bottling wand with a stopper to fill Growlers from a kegging system - in order to keep CO2 'dissolved' in the liquid. does holding this tap upright and purging out excess gas work here? On a separate note - the airsoft CO2 cartridges often have Silicon oils in the gas mixture to help lub the mechanisms... you'll probably see an unnatural oil slick in the beer if used...

[MKRM27]

In fact, this is worse than leading to bad beer... It's dangerous. That plastic bottle can explode, when exposed to pressures it wasn't designed for.

[jbrookeiv]

@MKRM27 Wrong and wrong! You replace the CO2 cartridge, it fills the space with CO2 and keeps the beer fresh.

[Mustangdude20]

@jbrookeiv exactly its the same materials used for the tap a draft so you should have atleast 5 bottling in each home draft system before the bottle degrades

[MrWildcat2U]

@MKRM27 We homebrewers are well aware of sanitation issues, and there probably aren't many of us who wouldn't swish some idaphor or star san in it before we purged with co2 and put home brew in these. Done properly, beer would last months and months in something like this, as long as the beer style would lend itself to aging, that is. You keep right on drinking the store bought stuff, and leave projects like this to those of us who know better.

[Danro05]

your boycotts not going so well if you bought a coors product

[jbrookeiv]

@Danro05 I was actually given the keg, and did not drink any of the beer.

[EDillio]

I bought a box of 16g food grade CO2 cartridges, but the neck was to long and it did not fit tight into the tap and all the CO2 leaked out. Where can I get the right size-shape CO2 cartridges?

[jbrookeiv]

@EDillio The brand I used was Genuine Innovations.

[HaroldsLincoln]

Nice video. I have a couple of questions: why would you have to release pressure after naturally carbonating? Don't you carbonate to your desired volumes of CO2? Also, the CO2 will already be dissolved into your beer using natural carbonation - putting in the fridge just makes it cold. (But if you are force carbing then that will happen more quickly under cold conditions.) How many uses do you think you can get out of the Coors system?

[timmmah80]

Thanks for the vid man, I was confused as to how I was going to pull the CO2 cartridge out, but when I heard it clicking on your video as you unscrewed it. I thought fuck it and went to town. Though I just used my hands to unscrew it not a set of Vice Grips like you. But none the less thank you.

[bombdoghandler]

Thanks bro! Just what I searched for! Glad you made the video! This would work great for Mr. Beer systems, too!

[americanbeertv]

Thanks for this video! I saw this in the local store and wondered if there was a way to do it. I just didn't want to spend 20 buck on swill to find out that you couldn't! I'm really interested in seeing the video when you are all done.

Cheers!

[unionrdr]

Weeell,I ain't seen my baby since the night before last. I'm gunna get juiced man,I'm gunna get gassed. John Lee Hooker was a good choice. Now just take the usual 5-6 gallon beer kit (extract would be easiest),& divide The ingredients by 4 for the smaller batch. Most kits make a max of 6 gallons,divided by the smaller 1.5 gal equals 4. Just keep unused malt extract in the fridge,re-sealed. And the yeast left in the packet,maybe tape it shut in a cool dry place.

[dbd1964]

I just saw one of those little kegs at Walmart today.. thought why pay so much for so little beer? You just answered that question! I'm going to give it a try. Thanks!

[Roadhay]

I am interested in the follow-up to this video. I'm curious to know if there are issues with the yeast clogging up the tube. If not, I was planning on doing the same thing.

[dinopena7]

I don't like your shirt.

[ctalbot2008]

Neat. These haven't made it to Canada (yet?), so I'll have to keep an eye out for them next time I'm in the US. What is the Home Draft System made out of -- food-grade plastic? What volume of liquid does it hold?

[jbrookeiv]

@ctalbot2008 1.5 gallons, or 6 liters.

[terpsichoreankid]

Nice!

[lifeasatrucker]

cool vid man

[sklikizos]

Did you try the water that came out? Was it carbonated at all? I'm looking for a quick, relatively cheap way to carbonate water before I get a CO2 tank for my keg system - This seems like a potential option - what do you think?

[jbrookeiv]

@sklikizos I know you can force carbonate the beer, or any other liquid in the keg. Put one cartridge in, put it in the fridge, and let the CO2 dissolve for a few days. Keep replacing the cartridges until you get a carbonation level you are satisfied with.

[sklikizos]

@jbrookeiv nice, thanks. might just try this out. You can get the CO2 canisters for under $1.50 a piece (including shipping) if you buy in bulk online.

[robinarielmedia]

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[drnorris56]

great video thanks fir the tip.......thumbs up

[pneugass]

Cool product that will make home brewing much more accessible; using Coors Light for brats is about right! Also will produce a clearer brew than bottle conditioned.

Another beer making system is from U-Brew It where I made my last 55L batch :: youtube.com/watch?v=kHaf0-f6mi­0

[WannaBeDj100]

Awesome man... I was not aware u could get this from beer companys. Thank u SO MUCH for showing me this...

[310biglynwood1]

good video man

[glitch777]

cant wait to see if it works

[mrfleaoooi]

one issue with that type of co2 is that it isn't pure and has lubricants and other "dirty" contaminants that get into your beer. best way to go to keep those out are to buy food grade co2 cartridges, they are more expensive, but worth it to keep the beers taste. if you cant stand the bottling process the best option is to get a 5 gal corny keg and recondition it and hook it up with a reg and 5lb co2 tank (which can be filled with pure co2) its more money up front but it'll save in the end.

[jbrookeiv]

@mrfleaoooi As far as I know, unless it clearly says "Not for human consumption" on the cartridge, that shouldn't be an issue. Also, if in doubt, you could just contact the manufacturer.

[mrfleaoooi]

@jbrookeiv its not a safety issue. you can use those all you want. Im just saying that class of co2 holds contaminants that affects the flavor of the beer. if you don't want the beer effected you would have to use the pure/food grade class co2. I know Genuine Innovations bike pump co2 cartridges are food grade (only kind i use after tasting the difference, when i cant use my big setup of course)

[jbrookeiv]

@mrfleaoooi It's funny you say that, because that's brand I ended up getting. Good to know, thanks for the tip.

[pinkync]

Good info, but I'll stick w/ my 1 liter flip top amber bottles. You can't beat the "BLAST" when you first open one of those.

[jbrookeiv]

@pinkync Only problem with that is you have to drink the entire liter in one sitting. The 1.5 gallons in this lasts 30 days from the time you pour your first pint.

[jbrookeiv]

@pinkync Only problem with that is you have to drink the entire liter in one sitting. The 1.5 gallons in this lasts 30 days from the time you pour your first pint.

[videoMC2010]

good vid man I tried this too.

[BillyBroas]

Good idea man. When I see these products come out I usually ignore them, so kudos for seeing the potential in them. I love turning BMC products into something that makes good beer. Kinda like my converted Bud kegs.

[gabethegun]

the whole purpose of kegging is to skip priming and lots of bottleing correct? So why would you want to buy that keg if you have to prime it and let it sit for a few weeks anyways? Seems kinda pointless to me unless the Co2 cartridge can carb it all by itself instantly like a real keg. Sorry dudes, not tryin to sound like an ass, but it's not any different than bottling.

[jbrookeiv]

@gabethegun Hey, good points Gabe. The main reason I use this instead of bottling is that it is one HUGE bottle instead of a bunch of individual bottles.

Also, you can force carbonate it with a few CO2 cartridges. Try it sometime, it's a great, cheap alternative to kegging.

[Fanbrew]

This is really a great way to share your homebrew. Bring enough to share without the mess of bottles.

[MrSweetWort]

Really great idea man! I think that i will be running out to get one myself after watching this, a great way to cut down on bottlling! I will be interested to see the results when you fill it up. Are you sure that you can carb in the bottle? That is the only thing that I would be worried about as priming can go awary sometimes.

[jbrookeiv]

@MrSweetWort Hey, yup it works great with natural carbonation. It will definitely get tight inside the bottle, but it shouldn't explode. You can use a little less priming sugar if you're worried. Supposedly, you can also force carbonate by using 4-5 CO2 cartridges.

[therealbigtasty]

Yeah, dude! You're on to something. I'm getting one of those my next beer run.

[ciphyre]

Sweet, perfect way to bring your home brew with you when your away from home for a night of good beer drinking! BTW perfect use for such a crappy beer that comes with it!

[sjporr]

great information man!!

[jbrookeiv]

@sjporr Thanks! Do you homebrew?

[sjporr]

@jbrookeiv Yes indeed. Kind of a obsession I guess you could say. I call my little adventure Lillte Face Brewing. Check out my channel lots of brewing vids