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Cask!
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Soooo...Northern Brewer has casks and firkins now. I want one. I don't know exactly what I need one for, but I want one regardless.
Does anyone have a cask or firkin? I guess I'm looking for a little more info on them before I take the plunge...
How do these work as far as pressure goes? I know you ferment the beer using yeast & priming sugar/DME, and dispense using a cask tap. What happens as the beer level goes down in the cask? Wouldn't the available headroom in the cask effectively de-carbonate the beer if left that way too long?
Last question, does anyone want to buy me one for Christmas? 
I'll start by saying I don't have one.
As for the pressure it uses gravity. You lay it on it's side and dispense. So yes, oxygen will get in your beer and ruin it. So just like a keg of Bud Light you want to make sure it's all drank during your weekend of partying.
I want to buy you one for Christmas but i can't afford it 
I've heard of people using their cornelius kegs as "quasi" firkins. Never done it but essentially you just prime with sugar until carbonated and then dispense on the side with the pressure relief valve pulled.
andrew jensen wrote:
I've heard of people using their cornelius kegs as "quasi" firkins. Never done it but essentially you just prime with sugar until carbonated and then dispense on the side with the pressure relief valve pulled.
I think I'm not completely understanding - so I would ferment using the yeast & priming DME/sugar, and then dispense how? If you put it on its side, won't the dip tube be suspended in the middle of the cask? Or can the keg operate without a tube in the out section... And does anyone make a faucet-like attatchment that snaps onto a corny keg?
I guess I would be interested in trying this, but I just don't know all the logistics. What if I shortened the dip tube by about half an inch (to avoid picking up sediment), and dispensed using only very basic pressure? I'm talking about 5-7 PSI, or whatever the minimum would be to dispense once the initial yeast CO2 pressure is gone, then also storing it under ideal pressures once that initial pressure is gone?
I think i have read about people building a CO2 injector using a small CO2 cartridge. As the beer is drawn down the headspace is replaced by carbon dioxide instead of oxygen so the beer stays fresh longer. There isn't enough pressure from one of the small cartridges to add carbonation to the beer, or even to aid with dispensing, but it will help to keep the beer fresh longer.
The wife says she bought the winning lottery ticket today, so when I become independently wealthy I will buy you one. What the heck, I'll but everyone one. No, wait! I'll buy everybody two and then we can do a cask beer exchange! 
Long as you pay for shipping casks between states, I'm game
When we win the Powerball tonight any shipping expenses will be but a pittance. So I will pay the shipping too. Of course I have heard this line from her before, and it turned out she was lying to me. Woman, you just can't trust them....
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