Man go camping, man need beer!

[JabbA]

With the better weather on the horizon the missus is coming out of hibernation and we’re off camping for the first time this year at Easter.

Now as I see I have three options for taking some kegged beer on such travels: vacuum ‘growlers’(horrible term!), mini growler kegs , or go the whole hog and get a 9litre corny The trouble is it all gets a bit expensive with the taps, gas regulators and so on…

I’m leaning towards a couple of 2litre vacuum growlers and not bothering with a gas set-up, just use them like bottles. But then a 9 litre corny, kept cool, with a party tap and Sodastream bottle & regulator would be really cool…

What do you do in the way of mobile beer service???

Cheers,
Jamie

[aamcle]

2, 3, 4 (as required) two litre pop bottles are cheap, easy and disposable.

Carbinator caps work or if your an out and out rebel make one of these :-

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/74451 ... try1062270
or
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=24678


aamcle

[JabbA]

As it happens I've recently got a carbonation cap for flushing through my kegorator lines with a garden sprayer!

The thing is we're going away with friends at Easter, pulling out a couple of re-used pop bottles wasn't the kinda look I was aiming at in front of company

Cheers,
Jamie

[windrider]

or go the whole hog and get a 9litre corny The trouble is it all gets a bit expensive with the taps, gas regulators and so on…

So worth it though I've invested in a neoprene 'keg' jacket now for the summer

I fill growlers from the keg too, they work just as well but the downside you have to drink the whole lot in one sitting really.

[JabbA]

Now that's more like it! How is it on the disposable CO2 cartridges? The Malt Miller sites suggests not quite a full keg from a 16g one.

Cheers,
Jamie

[windrider]

Now that's more like it! How is it on the disposable CO2 cartridges? The Malt Miller sites suggests not quite a full keg from a 16g one.

Cheers,
Jamie

Yeah that’s about right. I used x1 cartridge on NYE and it dispensed the whole keg (about 7-8 litres). You can pick the cartridges up pretty cheap on eBay, they are the same sort bikers use.

I ditched the chrome tap and use a picnic tap with a length of beer line to reduce foaming. It goes down a right storm at parties

[JabbA]

That doesn't sound too bad. Yeah, I've got a box of the 16g cartridges for my road bike, and a party tap already. So just a keg and the gas regulator...

I'm fed up of taking a full size corny and a big gas bottle to parties, NYE a couple of years ago I took a beer engine too!

Cheers,
Jamie

[Dennis King]

Camping, in England, at Easter brave man.

[JabbA]

Haha! Actually, a few years ago we had just about the best weather all year at Easter, in Langdale! 'twas too hot to bother walking to the crag to climb!

Cheers,
Jamie

[aamcle]

Mod up one of the counter-pressure fillers and use 5 litre mini kegs, if your after some they often come with free beer!

You can "slow force carb" in mini kegs so If you have time and a brew to hand that may be an option, I've done it using a car tire valve. a tire infiltrator and a pressure gauge.
If I were going to do any more I'd set up some thing a bit less ghetto, I bottle nearly all my brews now except for the odd one that gets split between bottles and a 10 litre plastic barrel.

According to what I have been able to discover mini kegs are capable of going up to 20 psi and as lager is often sold in them I think that must be correct.

Not as shiny as SS kegs but much more cost effective!


aamcle

[AdrianTrace]

Why only a 9Ltr Cornie?

[Hanglow]

Big fan of camping at all times of the year, but I always just go and buy some tinnies instead of taking homebrew Not helpful I know Mainly a hipflask is best though for some water of life

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

If you get the brew builder mini kegs , get the party tap and the better regulator. The basic one is a bit shit TBH and you are going to have crazy foaming issues with it. The kegs themselves are great, and small enough that a bucket of ice is sufficient to cool them

[Crastney]

If you like camping and home brew beer - have you signed up for this years Home Brew Festival yet?

[JabbA]

If you like camping and home brew beer - have you signed up for this years Home Brew Festival yet?

No I haven't. To be honest, what I've seen from previous Spring Things (and I don't want to come across a dick) it all looks a bit 'low rent'. Having just been on the website it looks a lot more appalling! Alas, it's the wife's birthday that weekend and don't think it'll go down too well, maybe next year!

Cheers,
Jamie