I have a woodfords wherry kit on the last week of conditioning in a pressure barrel. Thing is i have just aquired a couple of cornie kegs and was wondering if it is possible to transfer the beer from the pressure barrel to the cornie without ruining it. I could really do with the pressure barrel for my first extract brew so i can secondary ferment this.
cheers
Barrel - woodfords wherry
FV - 1st extract
Pressure barrel to cornie
Re: Pressure barrel to cornie
you could use the same technique I use for filling cornies from the fv
Clean and sanitize your cornie, fully assemble and tighten everything, go to your gas, using a grey disconnect gas it up then lift the prv, let the O2 out, gas it again, purge it again, gas it up then using a pipe from your barrel to a black disconnect transfer your beer into the cornie, you have to lift the prv till there's not much pressure then open the cornie lid, or you'll just get bubbles of CO2 going back through your beer. The CO2 being heavier than air will sit in the bottom of the cornie and then on the top of the beer as it's being filled reducing the chance of oxidation. It takes quite a bit longer to fill as you're filling through the thin 'out' dip tube, but it has it's benefits.
Clean and sanitize your cornie, fully assemble and tighten everything, go to your gas, using a grey disconnect gas it up then lift the prv, let the O2 out, gas it again, purge it again, gas it up then using a pipe from your barrel to a black disconnect transfer your beer into the cornie, you have to lift the prv till there's not much pressure then open the cornie lid, or you'll just get bubbles of CO2 going back through your beer. The CO2 being heavier than air will sit in the bottom of the cornie and then on the top of the beer as it's being filled reducing the chance of oxidation. It takes quite a bit longer to fill as you're filling through the thin 'out' dip tube, but it has it's benefits.