Pro Brewer Tutorial: How I Keg Beer!
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2022
- Adam Mills, Head Brewer at Cartridge Brewing gives an in-depth behind the scenes look into how he kegs beer out of a brite tank. This video is full of techniques, concepts, and tips for homebrewers, and those looking to enter the industry.
Instagram: @adam_makes_beer ~ @jungbrudekk
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Hello, I am Adam! I am Head Brewer at Cartridge Brewing outside of Cincinatti, OH. I am a former high school and university educator, and I have been making beer for a living for over a decade. My goal here is to give a behind-the-scenes look into the craft brewing industry, and to share any knowledge I have. I am not the perfect brewer, but I am always pushing myself to get better and to learn more. I have an amazing team behind me, my Assistant Brewer, Maggie, and Josh, our cellarperson and packging lead. Our goal in the brewhouse is to always aim for the bullseye, knowing we will never hit it. That mantra keeps us focused on continual growth, and helps us appreciate the journey of improving as brewers.
Thanks Adam…very generous of you to do these . It is much appreciated by aspiring brewers 👍!!
I'm hooked! Great stuff. Cheers!
I work at a hotel bar,it's good to see something done well,so many things these days are sloppy!
Videos are great. Nice seeing the processes of pro brewing
Thank you!
Absolutely love your videos, Adam! Such a great level of detail and explain what works for you. As you say, it's not the only way to do it, but what your method. Have a great 4th of July!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that!
Again, yet another insightful and descriptive video of your methods and practices for kegging. Much appreciated sir, also, totally was creeping and saw you’re over 2k followers! Congratulations, may you compile 20k more and beyond this year! Cheers!
So nice of you, thank you!
Great seeing how your operation kegs beer. I never thought of using those types of valves on the couplers to control the kegging, now I need to find out where to get them. Cheers!
Awesome! You can get them at GW Kent and foxx equipment I believe.
@@adammakesbeer Morebeer also has them!
Another great video. Thank you! If I can put in a request for a video! If you can talk about heat exchangers and how you have it set up for chilling and transfer to the FV, that would be brilliant! I'm in the process of getting mine set up and there's a few things I'm trying to find out more about (controlling the temperature, filtering before the wort goes through the HX etc. etc.). Thanks again for these videos, really useful!
I will add it to the list. Just some quick notes. Make sure you have all cooling inputs running with cold water and or glycol before you start chilling. Then drive the temp of the runoff by turning your pump up or down. Up will warm up the beer, down will cool it.
@@adammakesbeer thanks!
@@adammakesbeer awesome, thank you!
Great video Adam! Hoping to see how commercial kegs are cleaned and sanitized :)
That is coming up!
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Hi, I have my beer at equilibrium in my BBT, in order to keg it I am pushing at 15 psi. Questions: should I leave a headspace? Should I add CO2 in the headspace to reach equilibrium of my my beer? Does the pressure in the keg prior to kegging matter? Would the temperature of the keg make a difference? What happens if I store my kegs a warm temperature? Thanks
Hi. Excelente video.. 1 question. Where do you get that 5/8 bsp to hose barb of 1/2.. (the beer line conmection)
Hey there! I'm interested if you have a stand pipe in the tank or not? And why you're coming out from some sort of sample port rather than the bottom. The brite tanks I work with have stand pipes so we just come right out of the bottom. Otherwise your method seems very similar to the way I do it. One other thing that could potentially help you, is for me instead of tipping the water out after rinsing, I have a little blower thing connected to a co2 line (you could probably use air to save some co2 depending on your setup) to just blow the water out, then iso and cap it. Anyway, I like watching your videos man! Keep it up!
Great idea, thanks! Yes that is why, those tanks don’t have standpipes. We do switch to the bottom later, but hold them for in-house kegs and mark them as ah ingr some sediment so the FOH staff knows to let them settle.
Thank you Adam for your videos. Just a question: why don't you weight the keg during filling? I think it would help to ensure a CO2 space upside the beer, and to avoid filling more beer than the standard volume (es: 31 liters instead of 30).
answering on tonights livestream
I see you are kegging off the side of the tank. Is this an fv or a Brite? It looks flat bottom but not sure. If it's a flat bottom Brite why not fill off the bottom port? Also really been enjoying the content lately. I am homebrewer gone pro and used jaspers expertise to get me where I am, but it's nice to see your side of things and processes.
Great question! My brites don’t have a standpipe, so I keg down to that port for the clearest beer, then keg the rest of the tank off from the bottom knowing that those kegs will have a bit more sediment, and I mark those kegs as such for our front of house staff.
What hose do you use between your filling manifold and the filling head? I've just been using standard valpar beer line but looking for something a bit more flexible as you have. Cheers!
Bevlex 200
Hello!
How are you displacing the oxygen in your tap when tapping a keg ? We usually run beer through while we are tapping the keg. Insuring no headspace in the tap and no oxygen.
Hey Adam, thanks for the video! When you empty the BBT, do you just empty the CO2 into the air?
answering this on tonights livestream!
Don;t you need a pressure gauge on the couplers so you know what pressure is in the keg, and to manage flow rate to the keg??
Thanks for the question! I will be answering it on mondays livestream!
Hello
I have 2 questions!
1- how much pressure there is in the keg before you start filing it?
2- what is this spray you use?
Theanks!!
12-15 on the keg, 15 on the tank
Spray? is star san?@@adammakesbeer
Do you have any issues with having co2 pressure in the headspace when you start to fill? Once i had the pressure in it high enough to kick back some co2 into the unitank.
Any thoughts?
Have to ask why are you spraying isopropyl alcohol into places where the product touches? is there already trace isopropyl in the product so it doesn't matter? aside from cost, why not use organic ethanol?
When I try to fill this way, I always get beer flowing out through the other end (CO2 inlet), how do I avoid that to happen.
What is the bleed valve you use? Where can I get it?
sight glass on fobs are great until they're not! also why not set up from the bottom of the BT?
read down more lol!! now it makes sense lolll
What percent isopropyl alcohol do you use? I currently use StarSan on everything but I like that idea of having a spray bottle of iso instead of StarSan to give things a quick shot before connecting. 👍🏿
Awesome question. Star San is great but should be diluted with deionized water (last I knew). 70% iso as actually preferable compared to a higher percentage because the water acts as a catalyst in breaking down spoilage organisms.
@@adammakesbeer Thanks for the reply! I'm learning so much from your CZcams and Instagram, I feel like I should get a diploma or certificate at some point. Please please please keep up the great content. One of the few channels that I can't wait for new content from. 🍺🍺
@@nathanielanderson8623 Thanks so much! It would be amazing if you could share the channel with the other brewer friends you have!
@@adammakesbeer Absolutely!
Hi, you have good practice of keg filling, if possible some day please let me know how to force carbonate a 13 gallon of keg for about 3 volume of CO2 without making froth in beer would be great to know .
Many thanks... Cheersss
Look up a force carbonation chart for the best answer. It will give you a temp and a pressure to work with to get to your desired vols of CO2. However, it wont be able to give you the third component which is equally important: Time. Time is a variable if your using a carb stone or just a regular keg. If you have 5-7 days to wait at 1-2 degrees C, then you should be good do go with any chart you find.
Now, the last part of your question re not making the beer froth, that will depend on serving temperature.
A combination of all of these factors along with your equipment and experience will get you where you need to go. Good luck.
I agree!!! ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼
How do you know the keg is full?
Beer comes out of the gas portion of the keg coupler.
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