On your corny keg, there is an in and out valve, one is for the carbonation and the other is for distribution. It controls the pressure of the beer in the keg, which in turn controls the flow and carbonation.ĬO2 and kegs are separate, and you need these two things to make your kegerator work and your beer to have carbonation, for taste. There are two different fitting-setups you can get, pin lock or ball lock, I find the pin lock to work the best.ĥ3 – 12oz. The top of the corny keg has a wide opening for filling and cleaning. They have handles and weigh 10 pounds when empty or 55 pounds when full. The corny keg is a tall slim keg ( Dimensions:23″ x 9″), which makes storing in a keezer or kegerator easy. You can buy these used for around $50-60 dollars online or at your local brew supply store. What type of keg for homebrew?Ī Cornelious or “corny” keg is preferred by homebrewers because they are cheap and easy to fill easy to clean and they hold 5 gallons. Do you have to keep a keg of beer cold?Ī keg of beer can be held in a cool dark place, like your basement for general storage purposes.īut homebrew needs to be cold in order for the C02 to blend in the liquid and complete the carbonation process.Īlso, most beer is enjoyable when colder, so having a cold beer on tap is a good idea. Let’s say you want to make an Oktoberfest but it’s only June, I would say do that if you can keg and keep cool for the few months it will sit. It’s a very good thing to know, you can pre-plan your batches ahead of time.
The chances are you will have drank that entire keg long before you have to worry about an expiration date. The conditions would be, clean keg, Co2 pressure, and kept cool. Kegged homebrew can last as long as 6 months and more under the right conditions. The beverage or beer line you’ll want to buy brand new, I like to have fresh clean lines on a new system. That’s because faucets have inner seals that could over time become worn, and you will have drips and leaks if you buy a faulty one. I have used corny kegs for years and I love them.Īs far as the other pieces of equipment, buying used is fine, but I would be more cautious about buying a used faucet of all the pieces of equipment listed above. But if you prefer new, there are kits that start around $250.Ĭorny kegs are usually used soda kegs, but they do make newer ones that cost twice as much as a used keg. You could start for around $150 buying all used, on craigslist for example. The equipment to start kegging is an investment, but can pay for its self over time, if you include your time involved in cleaning all those bottles vs one keg, that’s worth it right there! Table of Contents Refrigeration (keezer, kegerator, dorm fridge).To have beer on tap you will need the following items for the system to work properly: Most importantly, you can drink your fresh home-brewed quicker than letting it condition in bottles. Each of those bottles needs to be cleaned and sanitized before you can reuse them.Ī keg is just one bigger container, and that means you just need to clean one of them and that is much more manageable. A 5-gallon batch usually yields around 48 12 ounce bottles. Kegging is really much simpler of a process and much easier to clean than bottling beer. I never imagined there could be anything more satisfying and fulfilling as making your own beer at home until I decided to put that brewed beer into a keg and serve it on tap in my basement.īottled homebrew is good, but tap beer is just better! And the feeling of putting a glass underneath the faucet and pouring that beer is such a gratifying moment, for many reasons.
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