Easy Keg 5L

Leon103 · May 11, 2016

Hopplehammered said:
Leon, don't know whether its design or error, but you have to keep tightening after the cartridge is pierced, its not like the red bulb holders and the cap where seal is formed before piercing

I too had this issue, you can feel and hear gas escaping out the vent in the holder. Grip tight and keep turning

Yes this was the issue. The bulb wasn't empty but full :thumb:

Hops_and_Dreams · May 13, 2016

I emailed Deborah at Geterbrewed the other day asking if they intended to stock mini kegs, as I like to buy everything from one place.

She seemed interested and said that if there was a market and thought they'd sell, then they'd get them in, as well as all of the extras.

I sent her a link to this thread and explained how popular they'd become.

Just wondered if anyone else (well, a few of us) fancied expressing an interest, they might get the ball rolling.

Cheers.

(Hopefully this doesn't break any forum rules re favouring one supplier, if so please remove.)

MyQul · May 13, 2016

Hops_and_Dreams said:
I emailed Deborah at Geterbrewed the other day asking if they intended to stock mini kegs, as I like to buy everything from one place.

She seemed interested and said that if there was a market and thought they'd sell, then they'd get them in, as well as all of the extras.

I sent her a link to this thread and explained how popular they'd become.

Just wondered if anyone else (well, a few of us) fancied expressing an interest, they might get the ball rolling.

Cheers.

(Hopefully this doesn't break any forum rules re favouring one supplier, if so please remove.)

Nope. Geterbrewed are my goto shop. I'm always going on about how much I like them

stephenmanuel · May 14, 2016

So, can we talk about how much people are paying for the 16g co2 cartridges for the MK top tap?

I paid ÃÂ£14.99 for 30 plus delivery.

nitefury · May 14, 2016

Potential idea instead of a party star if you already run cornys
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Leon103 · May 14, 2016

stephenmanuel said:
So, can we talk about how much people are paying for the 16g co2 cartridges for the MK top tap?

I paid ÃÂ£14.99 for 30 plus delivery.

Where from

BREWERS DROOP · May 15, 2016

My mates give me an old speckled hen keg for me to put some of this Razorback ipa I have done for him,does anyone know if this Bung is re usable or can you get replacements.Also once racked of the FV and primed,can some be put into this keg,or would you prime separate?

Leon103 · May 15, 2016

BREWERS DROOP said:
My mates give me an old speckled hen keg for me to put some of this Razorback ipa I have done for him,does anyone know if this Bung is re usable or can you get replacements.Also once racked of the FV and primed,can some be put into this keg,or would you prime separate?

Yes you can reuse the Bung. I would prime separately because you will need less sugar

BREWERS DROOP · May 15, 2016

How much sugar would you use?

MyQul · May 15, 2016

I only prime my kegs slightly lower than my bottles. I prime bottles at 5g/L and kegs at 4g/L

stephenmanuel · May 15, 2016

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Leon103 · May 17, 2016

I am about to keg my porter but not sure how much to prime with.

I am priming the bottles with 4.5g but not sure about the kegs. Any ideas?

Spapro · May 17, 2016

Leon103 said:
I am about to keg my porter but not sure how much to prime with.

I am priming the bottles with 4.5g but not sure about the kegs. Any ideas?

Mini-kegs need much less priming sugar than bottles - typically 10-12g of priming sugar in a Mini keg seems about right to me for bitters and US pale ales.

Thats 2g - 2.4g per litre of normal sugar (10-12g for the whole 5l minikeg).

Even then the first pint out can be a bit lively/frothy but from there on should be good.

pms67 · May 17, 2016

I use 30g and still seems fine

BassoonBrew · May 17, 2016

Turned out to be just a bit harder than "two painless moves" to remove the bung from my (Lidl) mini-keg. Oh well, I was going to get new bungs anyway...

Brew_DD2 · May 17, 2016

That's a good point actually. Does anybody have any good tips on removal of bungs with a minimal amount of destruction? I should've bought a few spares because I don't really order from BrewUK and geterbrewed and hbc don't seem to stock them

Spapro · May 17, 2016

The removable and re-usable bungs have a black rubber outer bung with a red twiddly central bit.

The non-removable ones appear to be the other way round - ie Red main outer with black central twiddly bit.

Leyland home brew are great for mini-kegs, taps and spares - http://www.leyland-home-brew.co.uk/mini-keg-systems-159-c.asp

Leon103 · May 17, 2016

pms67 said:
I use 30g and still seems fine

Wow. Brave. Only went 20g for a Pilsner

Leon103 · May 17, 2016

The none re-usable ones you get on lidl kegs are really hard to remove. You have to destroy them. The normal ones are easy to get out with a blunt knife

Hops_and_Dreams · May 17, 2016

Leon103 said:
Wow. Brave. Only went 20g for a Pilsner

Yeah agree. I used 50g across three kegs for my last batch and even pint number 3 was a bit lively. Although that was at room temperature.

Did 60g for my lager for all three, hoping chilling them will make a difference.

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