Labels:text | font | paper | black and white | document OCR: GREAT FERMENTATIONS of Marin KEGGING WITH SODA CANISTERS $7 LARKSPUR ST. - SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 - 415/459-2520 Zegging in an initial investment, but if you have a houseful of beer drinkers, or just want the convenience of draft beer, it can be well worth it. To kag your bear, you will need: 1) One or more Cornelius or similar soda kegs, 2) a CO2 gas regulator (preferably one with two dials, one for gas pressure out, and one for pressure within your tank], 3) a CO2 cylinder (if you buy it used, make sure it has been pressure tasted within the last five years or you will have to pay for that when you get it filled. It costs about 15 bucks). You will also need: 1) One IN and one OUT connector for the kegs, 5) a tap, and 6) Several feet of double wall tubing. Cost $100.00 - 233.95. Optional equipment in order of importance: An old refrigerator, a pressure gauge for your tank made with an IN connector, a few inches of tubing and a dial pressure gauge. A canistor filter system. A counter pressure bottle filler. THE PLUSES There is only one containter to clean. No more dirty bottles to store, clean, and sterilize. It can be primed quickly and easily without all of the time and clean-up invovled in bottling. Any amount can be consumed without having to worry about wasting, from a couple of ounces to a couple of gallons. No more half full bottles wascad. THE DOWN SIDE Once you have beer in your keg (unless you have several on tap) you have to drink it all before you can drink another style of beer. Woe to those who put Imperial Stout or Barley Wine in their keg, and then get a craving for something nice and light on a summer's day. Friends that you haven't seen in ages (and haven't wanted to) show up unexpectedly at all hours [like when the bars close). One of the biggest problems people have with kegging La carbonation. Carbonating your beer in a keg can be as easy or as complicated as you want to make it. First, a word about regulators. When adding CO2 to your beer, you want to first of all be certain that your regulator is not going to give you more pressure than you want. So, with your hose and Il connector hooked up to the regulator, first unscrew the bolt on top of the regulator until it is nearly out. Then open up the flow of gas from your CO2 canister. Don't hear anything? No Pressure? Good, then you're doing it right. Next, turn the screw clock- -wise until you get the desired amount of pressure you want to add showing on the regulator dial Hake oure that the pressure Inside of your Cornelius keg is always less than the pressure you are about to add. For this reason, it is always a good idea to .vent your keg. If you don't vent it, beer may leak back through your gas hose and ruin your regulator. When venting your keg with the pressure release valve (the thing on the top of your lid - Some kegs don't have them -) make sure your gas IN connecter is not hocked up. You can always add more pressure to the keg while it is hooked up (by turning the screw), but never decrease the pressure. Some people like to treat their keg like a great big bottle and prime it with corn sugar or malt extract. To do this, siphon your beer into the sterilized keg. Add the priming sugar or extract to be used (1/2 to 3/4 cups corn sugar, or 3/4 to 1 cup malt extract is usually plenty). Put on the top, making sure to keep the O- ring and the surface it touches fairly dry [you will get a better seal that way). You must then seal-up the O-ring by pushing some pressure into the keg with your Co2 tank. Otherwise all the 002 produced by the yeast will slowly seep out and you will have flat beer. 5 lbs of pressure will usually do it, but I like to push in about 30 1bs (make sure you have hose clamps if you do this) or until I don't hear
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