The photo shows my relatively easy kegging process. I condition the beer in a 5 gallon Cornie, then I use CO2 (blue hoses) to push it from the large keg to the smaller kegs I keep in the fridge. The keg in the foreground is already full; I was pushing some CO2 into the top to displace any oxygen. One of the tricks of the trade here is that you have to introduce the beer into the receiving keg through what is normally used as its outlet. That way, the beer enters the keg almost at the bottom as it flows out of the intake tube. Otherwise, your beer would fall the height of the keg through the gas inlet and entrain much oxygen on its journey down. Always remember, oxygen = bad for beer.
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hey FB, so you do primary in a 6.5 gallon carboy, transfer to a 5 gallon keg then use co2 to transfer to another keg? I just got a kegging system from santa and used it for the first time this weekend ... an octoberfest. crossing fingers, these lagers are tricky.
What fun! Your bride appears to be a keeper.
That's pretty much it. You can probably even leave it in the original keg you racked to from primary; you'll just have some sediment to contend with in your first glass.
I transferred to the smaller 3 gallon kegs because that's the size I prefer to store in my kegerator. Remember that you will need to modify your fittings (temporarily or with q-disconnects) because you have to go from the OUT on the full keg to the OUT on the receiving keg, whilst you vent the gas displaced (you can just vent through the loose fitting lid. Fill the receiving keg with atmospheric pressure CO2 first). Keep things cold and your pressures low.
Let me know how the lager works - I've never done one. I'm making Brett's fav this weekend - Bell's Two Hearted Ale.
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