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First Keg Road Trip

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First Keg Road Trip

I am proudly  smile , I hope, taking my first keg to Hunt Camp.   Spring Turkey season, so it's my Long Beard Red Ale.  I'll be keeping it cool in the 60qt. cube cooler that I will later convert to a mash tun.  Using one of those 16gm keg chargers and a picnic tap w/ a disconnect. 
I went to a secondary before kegging to try to lose as much trub/sediment as possible.

Hints, suggestions for transporting kegs.

 

If you can manage transport and set it up where you will be serving a day or two ahead of time so that it can settle.  They tend to get shaken up pretty good in transit.  Of course if you can filter then this isnt a problem.  If you make a cloudy beer like a hefe or a wit its not as big of a deal but still ends up a bit "chewy."  If this isnt an option just try to pack the keg upright and not shake it up much.  I served a pale ale at a party that was cloudy until about a 1/3 of the way through and it was a bit embarrassing.

 

If the beer has been sitting for a while already and its cold and carbed... I would push it over to a new clean keg.  That way you'll leave some sediment behind and it will be relatively clear when you get to your destination.



 

Well, I'm back.  No Turkey and an empty keg.   4 guys, 5 gallons, and in under 48 hours, with another evening to go.  The "Bud Light Guys", the two in the middle, had most of that stuff still in coolers at the end of those 48 hours.  The comment was "The good beer's all gone."
The one on the left is my son, I trained him better. wink

So anyways, here's a "Prost" from us, to all of you.  Thanks for the help that lifted me from mediocre, occasional extract brewing to the craft brewing obsession that we share.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc272/lbrpeddler/Prost.jpg

So, I gotta bring at least two kegs for Deer Hunt Camp this fall.

Special recognition to Brewchez, Thirsty, Dartgod, 1n1mg3, ricka182, andrew jenson, Jen, Skervy,
& ,of course, webby, who makes this all possible.

Couldn't have done it without ya.

 

Brewski wrote:

Well, I'm back.  No Turkey and an empty keg.

Ahhh crap.  I was really hoping for some Turkey Jerky.
Cheers to you!

 

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