Quantity of Beer in Kegs

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Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Clean Brewer » Friday Jul 04, 2008 10:46 pm

Hello all,

Well, the time is coming near for me to get my keg set-up and just wanted to find out how much people brew when they have their kegs.

1.Do you just brew according to when a keg is just about to run out so you can just fill it straight away?

2.Do you brew and then C.C until the keg is empty and then clean and fill?

3.Do you just brew anyhow even if you have no spare kegs to put it in and just bottle it?

I would say that I would probably drink say 1 and a bit cartons worth of beer a week, so 1 keg would last say 2 weeks and if I had 2 kegs, that would last 1 month.

Im a bit worried about only brewing 2 batches a month(not enough) to feed my habit, it seems everyone on this forum brews quite regularly(more than twice a month) or does everyone just end up bottling?

Or, you have more mates drinking it aswell? I dont have any.... :cry: (well where I live anyway)
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Paul » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 7:34 am

When you first get a keg setup you will drink double or triple what you are drinking now. Start brewing and having as much in cc as you can so that when a keg blows youve already got beer chilled and ready to go into it.
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby KEG » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 9:34 am

get a few cubes to age beers for secondary fermentation. then you can have a 'production line' running, with beers still getting some decent age.
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Tipsy » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 10:22 am

I never have problems with spare kegs, they always seem to be empty :cry:
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Clean Brewer » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 2:59 pm

So really, 2 kegs would be fine and just have a couple cubes c.c??

Prob will get 4 kegs though so once 1 runs out I can hook it straight up..
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby scanman » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 7:37 pm

I am a new keg system owner, and going to get 3 or 4 kegs myself. Tow does for now, but I already have brews backing up, and want to put them into kegs to mature a bit before carbonation. Cubes are a good idea but it means a bit more works racking to the keg. May as well rack straight from the primary to the keg if you ask me.
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Clean Brewer » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 10:02 pm

Yeh, now that you say that, 3 would prob work out that way as(for now), and I could have 2 with ales(from primary), 1 for a lager and just have a lager or 2 lagering in cubes ready to go....

Would love more kegs but I really want to have a 2 tap set-up(cost more), can always look forward to Fathers Day, Xmas for more kegs, home brewing gives you the world of opportunity for presents... :wink:

Im just twisting my partners arm in succumbing to peacefully let me get a keg system, I just point to all the empty bottles on the kitchen bench after a few days and she always says "how many did you drink last night"? :P
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Iron-Haggis » Saturday Jul 05, 2008 11:19 pm

I've only just started kegging. Done two brews and put them into my two kegs. I put down a beer of wednesday that will hopefully be ready by the time one of the kegs is empty. At the moment what I'm looking at is another 1 or 2 kegs so then I can put a brew in one of the spare kegs while I wait to finish off a keg.
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby drsmurto » Monday Jul 07, 2008 11:21 am

Clean Brewer wrote:
1.Do you just brew according to when a keg is just about to run out so you can just fill it straight away?


No, i have 4 fermenters so try to keep them full so i have beer that is ready to be drunk go into the keg instead of green beer.

2.Do you brew and then C.C until the keg is empty and then clean and fill?


Yes. Altho sometimes i cc inthe keg but i have 6 kegs and only 3 taps.

3.Do you just brew anyhow even if you have no spare kegs to put it in and just bottle it?


Yes and no, it depends on the beer. I brew 25L batches at the moment so i get approx 9 tallies after filling up the keg so have bottles for the upcoming comp season.

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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby rwh » Monday Jul 07, 2008 1:43 pm

Clean Brewer wrote:1.Do you just brew according to when a keg is just about to run out so you can just fill it straight away?

I brew when I have an empty fermenter. Try to keep the fermenters full as extra time in the fermenter is generally good (greater than 1 week but less than four is my general rule). Lagers make it easier to keep fermenters full.

Clean Brewer wrote:2.Do you brew and then C.C until the keg is empty and then clean and fill?

I prefer to CC in the keg. They're entirely impermeable to light and oxygen, and you can purge the headspace with CO2. Much much better than a cube or fermenter for this as a result.

Clean Brewer wrote:3.Do you just brew anyhow even if you have no spare kegs to put it in and just bottle it?

Sometimes. I never seem to have trouble emptying my kegs though. ;)

Clean Brewer wrote:Or, you have more mates drinking it aswell? I dont have any.... :cry: (well where I live anyway)

Yeah, this is true. I would guess that I'm drinking well and truly less than 1/4 of the beer I brew these days. But I like brewing more than drinking, so it's fine by me. :lol: One thing I have found is that I brew beer for events, and chuck it in kegs, then take the kegs with me and use the CO2 bulb charger thing to dispense. Do this a few times a year and you can get through a fair bit of beer. ;)

Clean Brewer wrote:So really, 2 kegs would be fine and just have a couple cubes c.c??
Prob will get 4 kegs though so once 1 runs out I can hook it straight up..

You will probably need more than two kegs. But you can just get two and see how you go and get another couple later if you find you need them. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll need at least four kegs though.

Clean Brewer wrote:Would love more kegs but I really want to have a 2 tap set-up(cost more), can always look forward to Fathers Day, Xmas for more kegs, home brewing gives you the world of opportunity for presents... :wink:

What type of taps are you going to use? You can always just install one, leaving space for a second when you get it.
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Re: Quantity of Beer in Kegs

Postby Clean Brewer » Tuesday Jul 15, 2008 9:27 pm

rwh wrote:What type of taps are you going to use? You can always just install one, leaving space for a second when you get it.


Ross at craftbrewer recommended the Celli taps with the flow control, I could probably get 4 kegs, 1 tap and a bronco tap for the second keg for now since its only me drinking the beer...
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