Introduction to Kegging P1 - Overview

Kegging is great. It's easy and you can mess around without hurting your beer. In this video, I go over the basics of kegging, including cleaning, taking it apart, and talking about the CO2 tank - something that has not been discussed on YouTube at the time of this recording.

Link to a great site where you can read about kegging, and the tables I promised are here.
http://morebeer.com/themes/morewinepro//kegging.pdf
http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php

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[mumu132]

Craig, have you experimented with Nitrogyn in the keg mixture...similar to how guinness does theirs?

[CraigTube]

@mumu132 I wouldn't know where to find it.

[bamc666]

GREAT DUDE!!! i JUST BOUGHT A COCA COLA KEG N' I LEARNING ABOUT HOE TO USE IT

I HAVE A QUESTION....

MAY I PLACE THE CO2 TANK INSIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR? I MEAN THE LOW TEMPERATURE CAN AFFECT THE GAS.....OR NOT

[CraigTube]

@bamc666 That's fine. A lot of people don't want to be drilling holes in their fridge, so they put the tank inside.

[apoteker01]

Craig,

Kegging looks kind of industrial and technology heavy. It also needs a greater monetary investment than most of us care to make. I like making do with less to get more. Kegging is not the way to do that. I love stARTING WITH MALT EXTRACT, HOPS, YEAST AND HOT WATER AND LETTING NATURE DO THE HEAVY LIFTING. Sorry for the caps. Fat finger syndrome. I like the final ferment/carbonation in the bottle. Once again the little yeasties are working with a human to get the job done.

[CraigTube]

@apoteker01 Absolutely. I can totally see your point here. Probably the only reason I started kegging is because I got them for cheap, and I wanted to do it for YouTube. I love kegging and kegged beer, but I will still be bottling certain batches because there's just something about natural bottle conditioning with some beer styles. Cheers.

[MrGonzajam]

Craig. Thanks for the video. I'm going to keg my first batch of homebrew this weekend. I got the Mark II keg washer. I'm going to hook it up to the keg beer in connect and run PBW through it. Then i'm gonna run StarSan through it. Do you think that this method will be good enough to clean and sanitize without taking apart the keg? So far the Mark II works pretty well for carboys and beer lines. Keep up the good work on the videos and thanks for the KY tip.. ;)

[helicrashpro]

100psi LOL... try 2000psi. If you did not have a regulator you could turn a keg into a bomb.

[krollins7]

Great video - thanks! I just purchased a keg system and this was just what I needed.

[TheGearhead133]

Thanks Craig these videos have taught me a lot. I actually want to try this for myself now. Great job!

[SharpshooterAus]

Hey Craig, just love your video's.My name is Craig also and im from South Australia.Home town of my fav beer Coopers.

Keep up the good work!!!

[0HippyHunter0]

@craigtube how do you keep your sediment out of your beer with a keg?

[zanti79]

Great videos. I just purchased a starter kit with keg, CO2-tank, regulator etc, and watching this helped a lot. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Norway

[mumu132]

@immolateus Is it worth the hassle?  I mean is the texture change worth it?

[immolateus]

@mumu132 I have done nitro...it is about the same cost as a Co2 setup...the nitrogen bottle is a little different and has a different regulator so you can't interchange it with your Co2 equipment. I have mine hooked up to my kegs exactly the same as a Co2 setup but the gas is different. A stout faucet is the tap you will want to use instead of a regular tap faucet. Fairly easy to find the parts online...a welding supply shop is where I fill my bottle with 70%nitro / 30%Co2