BYO Mag’s Transferring Beer Techniques

January 18th, 2008

Brew Your Own - Department article from November, 2005 by Chris Colby

This is one of the best articles I have seen lately which lays it all out there for simply put how to transfer beer without aeration using the beloved Cornelius kegs. Lately, my other favorite article comes from from Rick Workman titled CO2 Push. Read more from other sites about fermenting in kegs from our links page.

Here is the BYO article about transfering beer using corny kegs which we give complete credit to them for writing…we are just quoting it here and would like you to visit their site to finish reading it…really. Its not ours.

“Pressure transfers
Cornelius (“Corny”) kegs are a popular method for storing and serving beer. However, they can also be used as fermenters with the proper fittings attached. An advantage of using a Corny keg as a fermenter is that beer can be transferred between Corny kegs via CO2 pressure with no exposure to oxygen during the transfer.

Next, connect your CO2 tank to the Corny with beer in it, keeping the pressure the same as in the receiving keg. Make a “jumper” line by attaching two “beer out” fittings to a length of tubing. (These are usually black on ball lock/Pepsi kegs.) Attach the jumper line to the “beer out” posts on both kegs (the posts that connect to the spear that extends to the bottom of the keg). To transfer the beer, release the pressure from the receiving keg. The simplest way to do this is to attach a “gas in” fitting (usually grey for Pepsi kegs) to the “gas in” post and let the keg vent. (This is why you want only a small amount of pressure on the keg.) Beer will move up the spear and out of the first keg and down the spear and into the second keg…”

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Entry Filed under: Advanced Brewing, Brewing Equipment, Cornelius Kegs, Homebrew Activities