Craft Beer Using My Homebrew Setup?
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:50 am
by SnowGoon99
I was thinking about having a spot for craft beer in my fridge. But i want to use my homebrew kegging setup. I'm sure i'm not the only one who's thought of this. I'm sure i need a Sanke tap and some way to hook up my CO2. And how do you know what pressure to set it at? Any experience out there?
Re: Craft Beer Using My Homebrew Setup?
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:05 am
by farmbrew
if your near a micro/brewpub, they might be willing to fill up a 5 gal corny.
Re: Craft Beer Using My Homebrew Setup?
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:53 am
by ajdelange
Some craft beer brewers will fill cornies and some won't and it depends (among other things) on the local ABC regs. Some craft (and regional) breweries fill "sixtels" these are just about the same size as a corny and so will fit in your kegerator. They will have a Sankey tap so you will need a Sankey coupler. This is not a big deal. For the CO2 just run a gas line from your manifold to the gas port (barbed) on the copuler.
As for the CO2 pressure, ask the supplier how many volumes he wants his beer served at, comsut the chart for that volume at whatever temperature you store at and set the pressure accordingly. You will usually be OK if you serve at 8 - 10 psig.