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I have and IPA in a keg right now that has quite a bit of hop particle in it. the keg is a brite tank with the dip tube cut about an inch short. I have already had this under pressure and carbonating for little while to see how it would turn out. My question is can I still use a fining agent on this? I thought I would release the pressure and dump in my gelatin and let it sit for a day or two then rack it over using a closed system to another keg then repressurize it. Any issues or experience with this?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

As long as you keep the system closed and keep the foam down you should be fine, although I think you need to wait a little longer than two days. I do about 5.

Rob

I have a jumper made to go from dip tube to dip tube hoping this will keep the foam down, also I thought if I fill the receiving keg with co2 then keep it's relief valve open and transfer at a low low pressure foam should be minimal. Any possible problems I should watch for?

Note taken on the 5 days.

Thanks,

Jay

JayH wrote:I have a jumper made to go from dip tube to dip tube hoping this will keep the foam down, also I thought if I fill the receiving keg with co2 then keep it's relief valve open and transfer at a low low pressure foam should be minimal. Any possible problems I should watch for?

Note taken on the 5 days.

Thanks,

Jay

Here is a great way to rack from keg to keg under pressure. I came across this on another forum:

Connect both dip tubes with a jumper. Pressurize both kegs to the same CO2 pressure. Place the source keg elevated. Now pull the relieve valve of the destination keg just a little untill you see beer flowing from one keg to the other. Now connect the gas-in ports of both kegs with another jumper. The siphon action will rack the beer for you. You can even go and do something else while the beer is racking itself.

Kai

That's what I've always done, and thought it was the only known way to rack w/o foaming excessively. On a brighter note, I just got a pair of 2.5 gallon cornies for $5. Unfortunately, 1 is ball lock like the rest of my system, the other is pin lock. Cost me $15 to make a complete gas and serve side for both lil cornies. Any problems I should be made aware of using the pinlocks? I never was much of a coke fan tho, more like a root beer kinda guy

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Michel

where did you find those kegs?

My wife dragged me to a church bazaar/garage sale kinda sorta thingy. The kegs were sitting in a corner under some old blankets. When I asked how much for the kegs, the minister said $5. I went to pull out 2 fivers and he took one of them and thanked me for my contribution to God's work and promptly left for some ladies arguing over an old game console. All I could say was that God *IS* good! Now I have 2 mini kegs for those small gatherings where 10 gallons would be a bit much to carry around, let alone serve to a small number of people.

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Michel

Since we are on the subject, why nobody uses a keg as a primary fermenter? I am thinking about using it, since my carboys have a 5 gallon capacity and with my keg I can ferment 13 gallons of beer?