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23-08-2012, 15:05
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We quite like KeyKegs. We wish they cost a little less, or at least that we could find a more cost effective way of getting them transported from Germany. But still, the bag-in-a-ball type of thing is handy and the non-returnable nature cuts costs in other areas.
We can put the beer into KeyKeg with minimal filtering, after carbonating by secondary fermentation in our tanks. It's difficult to find a reason, from this brewers point of view, why the beer in KeyKegs is any different from that in cask. The only disadvantage I can see is that it is difficult to vent off a KeyKeg if the beer is more fizzy than desired1.
In just about 2 weeks from today we'll be pitching up at Leeds (http://www.leedsbeer.com/) to serve beer from KeyKeg. I hope, if I get it all sorted, I may, just for the novelty, seve some of it through handpull.
Meanwhile, here is Jules and I messing around with various human powered compressed air generators.
KeyKeg dispense using foot-pump (http://vimeo.com/48076932) from Hardknott Brewery (http://vimeo.com/user7860979) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/).
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1However, it is not impossible to reduce carbonation levels by venting. I'm planning a tutorial video on dealing with Craft Keg when it gets too carbonated.
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We quite like KeyKegs. We wish they cost a little less, or at least that we could find a more cost effective way of getting them transported from Germany. But still, the bag-in-a-ball type of thing is handy and the non-returnable nature cuts costs in other areas.
We can put the beer into KeyKeg with minimal filtering, after carbonating by secondary fermentation in our tanks. It's difficult to find a reason, from this brewers point of view, why the beer in KeyKegs is any different from that in cask. The only disadvantage I can see is that it is difficult to vent off a KeyKeg if the beer is more fizzy than desired1.
In just about 2 weeks from today we'll be pitching up at Leeds (http://www.leedsbeer.com/) to serve beer from KeyKeg. I hope, if I get it all sorted, I may, just for the novelty, seve some of it through handpull.
Meanwhile, here is Jules and I messing around with various human powered compressed air generators.
KeyKeg dispense using foot-pump (http://vimeo.com/48076932) from Hardknott Brewery (http://vimeo.com/user7860979) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/).
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1However, it is not impossible to reduce carbonation levels by venting. I'm planning a tutorial video on dealing with Craft Keg when it gets too carbonated.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2446074078505386356-825314318841727249?l=hardknott.blogspot.com
More... (http://hardknott.blogspot.com/2012/08/kegs-without-extraneous-co2.html)