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I just ordered system my first a corny. I had ordered it for kegconnetion.com cost was just under $150 . Keg 5gal, c02 tank, gauges, and tubing,

if you have any advice i would like it.

ritchie

All you need to know about kegging by Chris Norrick. Follow this thread: http://www.ovha.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... egging+101

I put my dark wheat that me and the boy had cooked on march 29. ( monday )

keg in a Pin lock. i have 15psi on the tank, started on Saturday and start chillin it today.

(next step) ?


ritchie

All you have to do now is sit and wait... About a week should do it...Depending on the temp you chill to 15 psi should get you 2.5 to 3 volumes which is what that style should call for. Here is a nice temp to pressure chart.

http://www.kegerators.com/carbonation-table.php

Where is everyone getting gas these days?

I got it at EWS evansville welding supplies on the east side on the othe side of I-164.
just under $10 for a 5lb tank.

ritchie :http://ovha.net/phpBB3/posting.php?mode ... 3b05&t=927#

The pool (water kind and bettin' kind) supply place on Franklin St, down a few blocks from the Gerst Haus. The bought all the stuff from the paintball place when they closed. I believe it's $14 for a 5lb tank.

I just had one of my 20# tanks filled at Koorsen for $22.

Filled up at pool place on Franklin, just east of St Joe. $15/5 lbs. They don't have a price listed for larger amounts, and I didn't ask, as I just have the 5lbs cylinder.

Just put a Vienna lager under gas last night. My first one to keg. I'll be installing taps in the fridge early next week, after a trip to Indy.

I have drank just over half oh my first keg. The inside take-out tube is getting cluged-up, what should i do to help fix this problem next time.


Ritchie

If you keg too soon you can get a lot of sediment that will settle out in the keg. I suggest leaving the beer in the fermenter longer and doing a very carful transfer of only clear beer into the keg. I wait 2-3 weeks for typical ales before kegging. I don't use "secondaries."

Also, you can cut about an inch or so off of the end of the dip tube for heavily hopped or dry hopped beers. This will keep the end out of the hop sludge and prevent clogging.

It may not be the bottom end getting clogged up. The top poppet valve is where I've had chunks of leaf hops get stuck. That usually just causes leaks though, not a clog.