Dispencing beer at bbq

[bitter_dave]

I'm having a bbq this weekend and, if it's anything like the last one I had, my homebrew is going to get drunk

Last time I just pumped the king keg full of c02, but we drank the entire keg. This time I want to try and keep some beer, but I don't think I'll have enough C02 to dispence much beer.. so...

Wheeler suggests you lossen the cap when drinking and the tighten again at the end and the gas is replaced quite quickly...

- has anyone tried this?
- perhaps it might be better to loosen the cap, then, at the end, give it a quick shot of c02 to cover and protect the beer from the air?

What do people say?; it's a budget barrel btw

[bitter_dave]

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ Jun 23 2006, 09:58 AM) After, the beer will probably oxidise quicker than it would normaly so dont hang around when polishing it off
I'm sure that won't be a problem

Cheers B)

[Bigster]

A pal of mine is arranging a mini beer festival at his place and would like a barrel of the abbot clone to make up the numbers.

I will probably rack off the barrel after secondary fermentation to get rid of the yeast before it gets transported. My question is once i put the beer back in the barrel without any gas (its a bit of a journey and I only have my dodgy budget barrel spare ) how long before the taste is affected / gets oxidised- days or weeks? I imagine it will all go on the day

[Andy]

Inject some CO2 into the empty barrel before adding the beer back to it and then as DaaB suggests, after beer is in keg add CO2, purge and repeat a few times. Should be fine.

[Bigster]

cheers lads will put some C02 in.

When you say purge you mean just unscrewing the lid a bit to let the air out a little?

Also ,andy, is it standard practice to give the empty barrel some C02 before barreling as not something I have done before. :huh:

Wasnt very good at science :blink:

p.s having a go at the eldridge pope royal oak for the first time tonight - very impressed

back to spain v france ...

[Andy]

Purge == crack the lid open slightly to let gas escape yes.

My suggestion of adding CO2 to the empty barrel is just to try and get a CO2 layer in there for when you add the beer back in. It's probly sufficient to do the CO2 addition/purge cycle a few times after the keg is full again.

[Road Runner]

If it's an S30 valve on your keg, after injecting the CO2, I just pinch the brown rubber seal on the valve. This purges the air out fine, without having to unscrew the cap.

[tribs]

After injecting CO2 remember to let it rest a short while to give it chance to settle below the O2 before purging.

If you are drinking it the same day or day after, I wouldn't have thought it'd make any difference. After all CAMRA say a little oxidation improves flavour

[mysterio]

Hah, I'm such an idiot.

I always assumed purging involved taking the lid off, blasting some co2 in and resealing. :rolleyes:

[Road Runner]

Definately not.

Once you've sealed the keg lid, you don't want to remove it again until the keg is empty. Unless there's a problem of some kind.

You always want to keep a positive pressure in the keg to stop O2 (air) entering the keg & oxidizing your presious nectar.