Hi Guys
Following your advice and tips on another thread I've taken the leap and purchased a brand new Cornelius Keg with fittings etc from Brew UK and hopefully I've bottled my last bottle.
Any tips on how to use it, and prepare the beers etc would be greatly appreciated.
On the beer/cider itself (i use kits mainly festival pilgrims hope etc) do I ferment it as normal in a bucket, and then transfer it to another bucket to clear under airlock, and only then once clear add it to the Keg?
I assume I don't need to add sugar for carbonation as the CO2 will do that?
Should or can I still use heading solution to help retain the beer head?
Also do I have to leave the beer for an extended period in the clearing bucket to 'age it' to make it better or does some magic happen in the Keg so its drinkable faster. I've read the kegs take a week to 2 weeks to carbonate ?
Also the kegs are I think 19l were as the kits are 23litres. Do I just bin the left overs as part of the process I assume ?
Ive never used one of these before as just used bottles, so any advice would be great.
Following your advice and tips on another thread I've taken the leap and purchased a brand new Cornelius Keg with fittings etc from Brew UK and hopefully I've bottled my last bottle.
Any tips on how to use it, and prepare the beers etc would be greatly appreciated.
On the beer/cider itself (i use kits mainly festival pilgrims hope etc) do I ferment it as normal in a bucket, and then transfer it to another bucket to clear under airlock, and only then once clear add it to the Keg?
I assume I don't need to add sugar for carbonation as the CO2 will do that?
Should or can I still use heading solution to help retain the beer head?
Also do I have to leave the beer for an extended period in the clearing bucket to 'age it' to make it better or does some magic happen in the Keg so its drinkable faster. I've read the kegs take a week to 2 weeks to carbonate ?
Also the kegs are I think 19l were as the kits are 23litres. Do I just bin the left overs as part of the process I assume ?
Ive never used one of these before as just used bottles, so any advice would be great.