Kegging Homebrew Beer with Chris Graham – BeerSmith Podcast #206

Chris Graham, President of Morebeer joins me this week to discuss kegging home brewed beer and some of the new equipment available for kegging.

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Topics in This Week’s Episode (50:34)

This week I welcome Chris Graham, the President of Morebeer. Chris has taught at the prestigious Siebel institute and was also a member of the Brewers Association board as well as the AHA Governing Council.

We briefly discuss our previous episode on kegging, and then start with a discussion of some of the advantages of kegging over bottling home brewed beer.

Chris explains the basic components of a kegging system.

We talk about the three major keg connections and the ball lock which is the most commonly used one in home brewing.

Chris walks us through the basic kegging process starting with beer in the fermenter.

We discuss keg refrigeration and various options to keep your beer cool.

Chris briefly discusses the issue of keg line balancing and how there is extra effort involved in planning and managing long keg lines.

Chris next switches to discuss some of the new devices available to home brewers for kegging – starting with the floating dip tube.

We talk about pressurized fermentation and pressurized keg transfers which can completely eliminate oxygen exposure when kegging your beer.

Chris tells us about new larger keg options including the 10 gal and 15 gal torpedo kegs.

We talk about a new type of keg line connection called Duotight which helps reduce the chance of keg line leaks.

Chris explains how you can also keg your mead and wine if done properly with argon or a CO2-nitrogen (stout mix).

Chris provides some closing tips on kegging your home brewed beer.

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