Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
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Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
I just placed an order for my Kegerator Kit from OBK, but I am a bit concerned the kegs and CO2 will not arrive by the weekend when I am ready to transfer my beer to to the keg. Does anyone have an extra keg and CO2 as a backup if my gear doesn't arrive? I purchased the used kegs from OBK, so if your used keg is in good shape we can just do a swap. I have never kegged beer before, but from the Youtube video, I am guessing, I will need to borrow your CO2 tank to get the keg setup and started.
This might not be neccessary and Canada Post MIGHT come through, but wanted to see if I have a plan B other than bottling.
Thanks
Earl
This might not be neccessary and Canada Post MIGHT come through, but wanted to see if I have a plan B other than bottling.
Thanks
Earl
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Any reason why it needs to be kegged by the weekend?
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
+1
Currently At Brookland Brewing, Sydney, NS:
In Kegs: Four Seas IPA, Belgian Witbier
In Carboys: Ordinary Bitter (Bitter Bonnette)
Bottled:
Next Brew: California Lager.
In Kegs: Four Seas IPA, Belgian Witbier
In Carboys: Ordinary Bitter (Bitter Bonnette)
Bottled:
Next Brew: California Lager.
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
I don't know. This is my first brew and I am just following the Festa Brew instructions and this weekend would be the 7-10 day after racking to secondary and it looks like the fermentation is slowing down. It is in an airlocked carboy. Can I leave it longer?
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
You can absolutely leave it longer with no ill effects to your beer. I routinely leave my beer in the primary (I don't use secondary fermenters) for 3-5 weeks without issue. Patrick's service is typically very quick, but if your gear doesn't arrive by the weekend, you'll be fine to wait until next week to keg it.
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Thanks. I feel like such a rookie!
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Earl
If you just want to "try it out" I can hook you up with a corney for a few weeks.
Sandy
If you just want to "try it out" I can hook you up with a corney for a few weeks.
Sandy
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Thanks Sandy. I have already made the investment of a dual regulator, CO2, two perlick taps and two kegs. They are all on their way (Early Christmas for me!). Now that I have been told that my beer is going to be fine left in the carboy for longer than the 10 days, I should be fine. Thanks for the offer though.
Earl
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Rule #1 on the Festa kit should read"toss out this sheet and visit the Brewnosers forum for correct instructions"
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Tap 1: Festa Brew Scotch Ale
Tap 2:
"Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chamber of my brain -
Quaintest thoughts - queerist fancies
Come to life and fade away;
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today." ~ Poe
Tap 1: Festa Brew Scotch Ale
Tap 2:
"Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chamber of my brain -
Quaintest thoughts - queerist fancies
Come to life and fade away;
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today." ~ Poe
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
jtmwhyte wrote:Rule #1 on the Festa kit should read"toss out this sheet and visit the Brewnosers forum for correct instructions"
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"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
Agreed. Their instructions are horrible.jtmwhyte wrote:Rule #1 on the Festa kit should read"toss out this sheet and visit the Brewnosers forum for correct instructions"
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Falconers Galaxy IPA
Simcoe SMaSH
Topaz SMaSH
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Monde Souterrain (Dark Saison)
Falconers Galaxy IPA
Simcoe SMaSH
Topaz SMaSH
Cranberry Rye Saison
Monde Souterrain (Dark Saison)
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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
This.jtmwhyte wrote:Rule #1 on the Festa kit should read"toss out this sheet and visit the Brewnosers forum for correct instructions"
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At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. 

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Re: Anyone have a Keg to Loan?
But the instructions are never wrong!
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