Thanks for posting this! Just got my first used system and will be setting it up. So much to learn, lots of fun!!!

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome Laura - Keg on!

Thanks so much for all the info and tips! I m starting in the beer industry! Greetings from Costa Rica! Pura Vida!

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome and congrats on the keg system!

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+Danny Diaz Thanks!

very insightful video guys! so pumped that this is happening. I cant wait to move out of my apartment so i have more space to have a keg fridge. currently, i brew 1 5.5 gal batch per week and then bottle. At this point, i have time built into my schedule to wash bottles and bottle 55 bottles every week! This definitely sucks. haha oh well- totally worth it in the end! Brew on. Cheers guys, you rock!

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+Johnathan Hylkema At that pace, we could see how bottling could become a nuisance. Hope this video helps when you do move to kegging. Brew On!

Inspired me to start and to get 2 smaller 2.5 gallon kegs and start brewing again. Very cool...

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Cheers! -Mike

Great tutorial for setting up co2 and keg line. Was looking for some info on it as I'm looking to manufacture and maybe sell some low alcohol beverage of my grannys recipe :). Thanks for taking time to make it! CHEERS!

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you - we felt the same way when we made it. I didn't see a real step by step video on kegging so we made one. Glad it was helpful - John

@RichardCockerill

6 жыл бұрын

actually Craigtube did 4 videos on kegging..start to finish,very informative also,believe they were done about 8 years ago...thanks for doing these videos guys

nice video. I usually carb through the beer line at 22 psig for 18-24 hours bleed and hook the keg up properly and set to serving pressure. It's worked great for me doing it that way but to each his own.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+Patrick Chavez Sweet - we tend to forget so set and forget.

this is the best one of these videos. great job

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! Cheers! -Mike

This was really helpful, thanks guys :)

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Mike

Great job. Very methodical and thought through.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+James Polaniec Thanks - that is what we were striving for.

@polaniecj

8 жыл бұрын

+Brew Dudes Mission accomplished. :)

Really helpful and well done.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

Great - glad that you found it helpful.

Awesome, kegging my first batch tomorrow. This helped a ton. Perhaps a cold crash video in the future?

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

Sure - I can add that to the list. What would you like to know about cold crashing?

Nice to see some things on here that other vids dont display

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Super helpful. Thanks guys. Keep it goin

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video guys learnt a lot thanks !!

@BrewDudes

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Cheers! -Mike

Thank you, very informative.

@BrewDudes

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! -Mike

On the gas disconnect often the barb couplers are push fit plastic and tapered to fit the thread, PTFE plumbers tape can swell the joint and cayse cracking of the plastic so it is innadvisable to use PTFE on the plastice push-fit.

@BrewDudes

Жыл бұрын

True, but as those fitting get older sometimes once or twice around with the tape never hurts until you can get new ones. Cheers! -Mike

Thanks for the video guys, it was really helpful! I was curious about the "set it, forget it" method though. After a week of 10-12psi, do you turn off the co2 entirely, or keep it running at that pressure while serving?

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

You can do either. I left it on. You need to have the gas on to serve.

I am inspired. Great video. Oh by the way I would love to do a beer swap with you guys. Irish Red conditioning and Weizenbier fermenting.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+GilaRiverBrewer Arizona Sure - let's discuss. Hit us up on our contact us page.

@gilariverbrewerarizona3288

8 жыл бұрын

+Brew Dudes Will do. Cheers!

Hey, Thnak you for the video ! Really well explained !! I am wandering, is it possible by using your method to fill some bottles directly from your keg ? If yes, do you have to wait 1 week like you said in the vidéo ? thank you in advance for your help looking forward to hear from you and to watch other videos. best regards greg

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

You do need to wait to be sure the beer is carbonated. You can fill of the keg using a standard black hand faucet and a piece of extra tubing that extends to the bottom of the bottle. Just turn the dispense pressure down and chill the bottles to minimize excess foam. Works for filling bottles in a pinch. Cheers! -Mike

Thanks for making kegging not seem so intimidating to me anymore. I think I'm going to make the transition sooner than later

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+ryan Yolosvinshon You're welcome - this video was for everybody wanting to make the leap - including us.

@steveandsara7240

3 жыл бұрын

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hey guys! daniel here from Sweden. first i want to let you guys know that i love your videos so ty. i am new to brewing and i am about to get kegs. i was wondering how do i know when the keg is rdy with carbs? i can taste ofc but you say 7days with a pressure. do you leave the pressure on always? ty again for all your videos. keep em comming. cheers

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel From Sweden! Yes, leave the pressure on for a week. That's the set it and forget it method.

leave the disconnect off the keg, pressure up the line and then turn off the main gas. Leave for 24hr and if pressures are the same on both gauges you know you don’t have leaks.

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Awesome video! Going to do my first kegging next month. Quick question since ive been bottling forever, do you still need yo add priming sugar to the keg?

@BrewDudes

Ай бұрын

No, all the carbonation come from the CO2. Cheers!

This was indeed helpful. I've seen people used a closed transfer system to make sure the beer never touches oxygen while kegging,, but since you get rid of the oxygen in the headspace quickly I'm not going to worry about it. Also aside from some different attachers, would connecting a nitro tank be any different?

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I would check out a few articles to understand what you need but once you assemble a CO2 draft system, you have the knowledge base to do a nitro setup. - John

@WinSchutten

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrewDudes I researched it further. You need a nitrogen gas tank to hold higher pressures, a nitrogen regulator to handle higher pressures and a stout faucet with the restrictor plate. Just increase the pressure 4 times from what you would serve it at as a co2 beer, since there is only 25% co2 in beergas. Only tricky thing was that a nitrogen regulator as a different attachment to the gas tank than a co2 tank and gas tank. I heard about it in passing and had me worried. Now I hope I know better.

great vid,,,the hosing that is used..is that special food grade ? What size hosing do you use?

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

All the tubing we got from the homebrew store should be food grade. - John

@smgri

6 жыл бұрын

so does food grade not leave the plastic flavor in the beer ? That is what I have heard is an issue .

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Nope - no plastic flavor in the beer. - John

BHTM in the intro....nice.

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

You got it.

do you leave the gas attached pumping 12 psi or whatever psi for the period of gassing over a 24 hour period then turn the gas off? I don't understand how long you leave the gas turned on for?

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

At that psi, I'd leave it gassing for a week. After a week, you can turn the gas off and then "burp the keg" by opening up the pressure value. Then, you can set the psi at a serving pressure between 5-10 psi. - John

Im having a problem with rising psi in a double body regulator setup. I carbd beer then set psi to 10 and will increase to 25 overnight. I have tried to troubleshoot the problem and tried to blast out debris but nothing is working. This only happens to one of the regulators. ????

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. I have encountered that issue too and I don't know what it is outside of a faulty regulator. I'll ask Mike.

Great video fellas. I brew mead and this is my next step. Question: What is the cost on a basic CO2 system? Tank, regs, lines, fittings?

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Budget for $200-250. There are cost savings like buying refurbished kegs instead of new ones but that range should be your budget. - John

@Normanskie

Жыл бұрын

Two recon Corny kegs all in £258 OR with SS FC Nuke taps instead £285 all in. The gas needs to be purchased seperately 10kg CO2 gas cylinder full (£27 for a refill) £120.

Not sure if someone has already ask this question. Can you tell me what is the size of the inner bore of the tubing to fit the barbs please

@BrewDudes

2 жыл бұрын

standard beer tubing is 3/16th inner diameter and the barbs are designed to accept that. Cheers! -Mike

Hi bit of a beginner here and purchased a used Cornelius keg that's in great condition. I have noticed it has 2 long dip tubes and was wondering if this is correct and ok for beer? All the u-tube vids seem to have a long and short? Sorry stupid question but learning?

@BrewDudes

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not correct. Someone must have been using a long dip tube on the gas side to introduce the gas from the bottom up. It doesn't really help with carbonation and it increases the possibility of pushing beer back to the regulator if your CO2 tank empties or something like that. Replace that with a short 1inch tube when you can. Cheers! -Mike

I feel like noob asking but how long do you leave the psi on before it’s fully carbonated ? If you don’t want to force carb

@graintoglass

4 жыл бұрын

It all depends on what psi your regulator is set to. The most common way is 12 psi and depending on the temperature of your beer it will take about 2 weeks. You could also do a higher pressure like 30psi for a few days and then drop it down to 12 psi or whatever your serving pressure is. As soon as you hook up CO2 to a keg you are force carbing btw.

@alexrocks135

4 жыл бұрын

Grain to Glass Inc - Beer and Wine Making Homebrew Supplies great, thanks! Also, would you still leave the regular on if it’s full carbonated? For example, let’s say in 2 weeks it’s finished, would you then leave it in until the keg is empty or turn it off?

@graintoglass

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexrocks135 Yes, you leave the regulator on and set to serving pressure (usually 10-14 psi but it depends on the length of your beer line) from day 1 until your keg is empty.

@alexrocks135

4 жыл бұрын

Grain to Glass Inc - Beer and Wine Making Homebrew Supplies great, thank you. I usually bottle but what to start kegging but has questions about it

@graintoglass

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexrocks135 happy to help you. Cheers!

I usually crank it to 30 PSI, leave it for 2 to 3 days, no forcing, no rocking, and its good to go.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

John here - Yep, tried that on my second batch. It took a little longer than 3 days but by the fifth day, the carbonation was where I wanted it.

So, force carbonating in a keg eliminates the 2 week conditioning with priming sugar completely? So say, 2-4 weeks in Primary/Secondary fermenter. Then straight into the keg and carbonate it? No sitting in a dark place, just let it carbonate and drink?

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Using set and forget the beer is normally fully carbonated in about a week. If you experiment with using higher pressure you can get it done overnight or in two days. I have also used high pressure and the shake method to carbonate a beer in just a few hours. Just be warned its easy to overshoot the carbonation and it takes some practice and patience to make these methods work right. No more waiting for referment in the bottle! Cheers. -Mike

@crazyhumpy

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrewDudes Good to hear! Just got a keg setup and wasn't sure if I had to let it "mature" past the fermentation stage, before carbonating it. Thanks a lot!

What's your preferred beer & gas line ID?

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

The diameter of your gas line has no impact on the beer pour, so use what ever works for you.I prefer 3/16th ID line for my beverage line. It provided 2.2 lbs of restriction per foot. I usually start with 8-9 ft of line aiming for 15PSI of beer pressure. And yes I always force carbonate in the keg. -Mike

@7DeFinitive7

7 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks for the info, great video, cheers!

you can tell when he was talikng and shaking the keg his buddy was like yeah im not so sure

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

We totally trust each other. - John

FYI the thread tape is unnecessary. The gasket will seal it up fine.

@BrewDudes

8 жыл бұрын

+corkhead0 Yeah, we're paranoid. Just an insurance policy.

@philburke1902

6 жыл бұрын

Great video guys - Thank you - not to beat a dead horse here but your reply that the tape is an insurance policy means you might be missing the critique. The Teflon tape will not stop a leak of gas or beer. These threads are "straight" , the tolerances on the mating threads are large and not cut to make any type of seal. It would be like putting bubble gum around a propane fitting as an insurance policy. Being a flare fitting is not designed for this, too much tape could add stress to the thin cap and or cause friction making you think the fitting is tight on the actual seal before it's actually compressed. I think it's just us mechanics and engineers that cringe when we see this done. Thanks again for a great video.

Teflon tape on the threads of fittings that use a flare or flange seal is a rookie mistake in the industrial world and worse than useless, guys. It is only of use for tapered style "pipe fittings". Just saying.

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Haven't had any ill-effects to the beer. What's the worst that could come of it?

@rupertbandit4029

6 жыл бұрын

It's a mechanical issue. The stuff has a tendency to break off and get into valves and systems and such. Its use has actually been banned in industries like aviation. Truthfully, if you think about where the primary seal takes place, once the gas gets past that area the tape is not going to be much good and could cause problems. Good video BTW. Thanks.

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Cool - thanks for the info. We'll keep an eye out for tears.

@bososz

6 жыл бұрын

Teflon tape on the threads of flare fittings serves no purpose. the seal happens on a the flared parts hence the white seal you put between the barb and flare fitting.

@kent7927

5 жыл бұрын

yep! thanks for saying it like it is, saved me from having too.

you dont use Teflon tape on those fittings, the fittings are flared.

@fischb22

5 жыл бұрын

Do not use Teflon ® tape or pipe sealant on any flare ends because you will not obtain a leak-free seal. Keep flare end of fitting free of grease, oil and thread sealant. Use a wrench only on the hex surfaces of the fittings. tighten more if a leak is detected.

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

I get it but it doesn't hurt. In this case that fitting had given me trouble and the tape fixed it. No tape no foul. Cheers! -Mike

You might want to mention keeping your tank capped until you are ready to use it and to secure it to a wall stud to keep the tank from falling over and breaking off the valve. You don't want that to happen. A flying tank is very dangerous!

@BrewDudes

6 жыл бұрын

Securing the tank is important - thanks! - John

Teflon tape isnt needed for flare fittings. And should NEVER use tape or sealant on high pressure side

@BrewDudes

2 жыл бұрын

If your flare fittings are old and need a little help, it isn't a big deal until you can replace the part. Cheers! -Mike

@millertime60

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrewDudes flare fittings use a taper to taper surface for sealing. It it leaks passed the taper it will just leak through the front of the nut. Tape and sealant should be only used on NPT and other pipe fittings

Can someone tell me if what this guy is using in this video for "car washing" (see the link) is the same as "this keg in the video"? Here is the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ymhhys-sdtiZl6g.html If they are the same, can anyone tell me what kind of pressure gauge that is in the vid? And to confirm he is using the gauge on the "in tube" (or the out tube) and also using that for the water to come out? Thanks a bunch

@BrewDudes

7 жыл бұрын

Not sure - looks similar though. Can't tell if it's the in or out. - John

well..CraigTube does not use teflon tape,and others on here say teflon tape is not necessary..what say you Dudes :]

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

If you don't want to use the teflon tape, you don't have to use it. - John

SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE WRONG,,,WHAT SAY YOU DUDES?

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

If we're wrong, we don't want to be right. - John

@BTKeck

5 жыл бұрын

I SAY CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME!!!1!11!

@BrewDudes

5 жыл бұрын

@@BTKeck Quite awesome.

"Nothin' wrong with sampling..."

@BrewDudes

3 жыл бұрын

True!

Nasty volume in the beginning of your video :(

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

If it's too loud, you're too old? I don't know. Sorry about that. - John

You don't need, and shouldn't use Teflon tape on the ball lock quick connect. Don't do it!!! Helps nothing, and just one more chance for foreign material being into your beer.

@BrewDudes

4 жыл бұрын

Never had a problem. Thanks for the comment. - John