Best Practices for Camping with Homebrew

[Tom from Raleigh]

Hey Fellow BNer's-

I have a neighborhood campout coming up over Memorial Day weekend. It's dads and kids - we have lots of family fun during the day and after the kids go down, we drink beer, smoke cigars and tell lies. This is my second year going. I've thought I'd bring a couple of kegs. I have several kegs and a 5 lb CO2 tank. Does anyone have suggestions for the best way to do this? I'm worried the gas may be gone by the end of the first night.

[spiderwrangler]

As long as all the kegs are charged before you take them, and you have a full CO2 tank, that will be plenty to do the job (and would probably be enough to carb and serve...)

[keelanfish]

How many people go? Taking two kegs is equivalent to around eight cases of beer, which may be a bit excessive for a dad and kid camp out. Other than that, if you can keep them cold and have a regulator, should be fine.

[trouble brewin]

Bring spares of all the cheap stuff (picnic tap, ball/pin locks, etc.) It would suck to have your beer stuck in the keg because something simple failed.

[Bugeater]

A 5# tank will be more than enough. The times I've taken a keg to events like this I've gotten by with one of those little chargers with the CO2 cartridges. Two cartridges will dispense a keg if you manage it right. By managing it right, I mean have the kegs fully carbed before you go and then keep the charger in you pocket. Take it out and hit the tank with a dose of gas only when folks start complaining out the beer not pouring and then stick the charger back in your pocket. As said above, make sure you have a spare picnic tap.

Wayne

Wayne

[mtyquinn]

I've found that a fully carbed keg and a few of those small canister blasters works great. Just add CO2 as needed though, don't leave it on the keg.

[cornhole]

I've found that a fully carbed keg and a few of those small canister blasters works great. Just add CO2 as needed though, don't leave it on the keg.

+1

[Cody]

I'm sure this doesn't need to be said, but beer probably smells great to bears. I don't know where you're going, but I would advise against sleeping with your kegs in the tent.