Hello! Can someone please link some threads to kegging? I have googled, but would appreciated a referral if anyone has it. I also have site searched all the keywords I could think of, but literally every thread in homebrewing mentions something about kegging! Also direct question - Could one force carb a small amount of homebrew in a device such as this? https://www.drinktanks.com/ Picture bottling day, and having some glorious brew from that session available to drink that evening (or soonish, next day, etc.) while waiting for bottles to carb up over the next week or so. I'd like to pony up for legitimate kegging, but have a few things to spend my hundreds of spare dollars on. Thoughts?
Your drinktank link would be a poor candidate for carbing a new beer. In theory you could just keep replacing the CO2 cartridges until it hit the correct carb level but this is far from what the growler was designed to do. And it certainly wouldn't be available the same day . . . most of these growlers only go to 12 (or 16?) psi so it would take a while. For kegging info look around in Home Bar, that's about all we talk about over there. Or feel free to ask specific questions. Best way to drink a great beer on bottling day is to have a pipeline of homebrews: While you are bottling a new beer you have a slow force-carb'ed keg (or bottle-carb'ed bottles) just hitting its peak and ready to pour. I'm routinely drinking my beers a month+ from brew day and have something new every week or so. It's rare that you beer isn't improving during the 1 - 3 weeks it takes to carb.
a growler is for short term transport of beer. it seems everyone is trying to build a better mouse trap and improve the growler when in fact the growler format is limited. use a growler for what it is supposed to be for, getting beer from a keg to your home for quick consumption. bottles and cans are good for everything else. if you want to keg, you need kegs. ball lock (Pepsi) and pin lock (Coke) are perfect for this, and a whole industry has been established to support home brewers. save money, because it is not something you want to half ass. the cost of entry is not outrageous but you will need a few hundred, minimum. that's just the way it is. hang out in the home bar section, that is where you will find the regulars and we will be able to set you up with any questions. Cheers. edit- checking the price on a 64 ounce growler over there, $69-$74!. a 5 gallon used ball lock keg costs about the same sometimes less. and they work. wow. plus a "keg cap injector". and the tiny CO2 cartridge. unreal. just unreal. edit edit. ok ok... it's insulated, I get that. nice. you can keep cold beer with you outside. but the cobra tap is not insulated, and you will squirt an ounce of warm or hot beer with each pour. even a small amount of warm beer is not ok. trust me on this. this thing ain't ready. it's undercooked. end of rant.
Thanks for the info! I have focused all my energy over the past months in the actual cooking part. We have 5 brews now, and two are carbed up in bottles now, and 3 in various stages. Just thought it would be a cool idea if this growler could do that quickly/for a small amount.
You might consider something like this. $12.99 and an empty 2 liter bottle. You can carb 2 liters of a fresh beer in minutes. Very popular among my brew friends. https://www.williamsbrewing.com/28M...GJ4G2yh9Ql1pOaVQWFgB8tAi6OTTGs8pyGxoC3tbw_wcB
But I want to spend the same amount on a growler as I would a keg. https://www.williamsbrewing.com/COM...uMS1ox6_vR4BlhJiDm1xlXu-zhc6zE2vjwaAjRA8P8HAQ
Yeah and my kids did it, they got in this kickstarter and I got mine about 1.5 years later http://www.growlerwerks.com/collections/all/products/ukeg-64-pressurized-growler Had to send it back right after I got it because it failed the pressure test, now the pressure gauge isn't working right so waiting for them to send another one out. Looks nice, great conversation starter, but currently a work of art. Going to polish it up real nice and set it on a table in the living room with a couple of really nice glasses
