wilco keg

[conzo]

Hi guys.

Im new to this forum although i have read a lot from it since my first beer attempt so please go easy on me .

I fear this question has probably been asked a hundred times but here goes.

I have tried to move from bottling to keg and i think buying two wilco kegs was a stupid mistake. They are absolutely murder to seal. Ive tried it all....Vaseline, ptfe tape, seals in boiling water but the pressure im getting sucks and I am going through co2 bulbs like nobodys business.

I have a coopers pilsner and a european lager in my newly constructed brew fridge and i tried the batch priming method which all seemed fine but 4 weeks on i tried my first taste and it was great. Nice head but very few bubbles. Is this normal?

After about 4 pints GLUG! i have resealed and reprimed about ten times and the same result. The pressure appears to be escaping from the pressure band on the s30 caps. Im thinking the kegs cant hold the required pressure for a nice bubbly pint.

In short should i ditch these kegs and go corny? If so whats the best setup to add co2? I have seen these mini corny chargers. Are the any good or do i go with a co2 bottle?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated because at the moment i am having to drink these 80 pints quickly incase they go off....At least thats what im telling the wife.

[lovelldr]

Pressure barrels are no good for hi pressure beers like lagers etc. they cannot hold the pressure required. For Alex and bitters they are fine, but for lagers, you would be better off bottling, or going for a cornie...

[conzo]

I have read that a corny will hold up to about 100 psi. Would that be enough to give it some fizz? Im running about 120 pints at a time and i am looking for an easier option for dispensing.

[Steveicky]

Corny kegs are in a totally different league to the plastic barrels. I struggled for years with flat stale tasting beer.

With respect to psi, 30 psi is enough to get reasonable carbonation at room temperature. If you have a fridge then even less, there is a chart that shows psi & temp required to provide a given level of carbonation.

Take a look at my website, as this may help you.

http://brew.x10.mx/Equipment.htm#Kegs,_Gas_and_Taps

And

http://brew.x10.mx/Kegging.htm

Steveicky

[neilmcca]

+1 for Cornys

i don't know what u are spending on Co2 bulbs,
but in the long run, u will save money if u get yourself a Co2 bottle, but bear in mind u will have to get a regulator along with it.

i paid £13 (no deposit) for a 6.35 litre bottle which will last me ages, well over a year i reckon (i've already had it 8 months so maybe a year and a half),
i have a triple take off regulator (so i can feed 3 cornys at the same time) that was £85, but u could get a single reg' for around a third of that price.

your best bet is Normanumpa off Ebay, send him a message via normansplace@hotmail.com, he supplys kegs, regs, piping, everything u need.
2 cornys off Norm, with disconnects, piping and party tap, i think u are looking at £85 but maybe wrong there.

[Ditch]

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Whoah! Hey; Should have put " 4 ". Ye credibility as " I can talk / type like a complete cnut " just slipped there

[cellone]

U harsh fcker.

[neilmcca]

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Whoah! Hey; Should have put " 4 ". Ye credibility as " I can talk / type like a complete cnut " just slipped there

If you have a problem with me Ditch, and i don't see why you would have,
send me a message and we'll sort it out that way,
posting crap openly says a whole lot more about you than it does me.

[Ditch]

Jesus! What is it in the air over there ....?

" Text Talk ". On most fora, where kiddies try to use it, it's simply banned, out right.

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Oh and, 'PM me and we can sort it out' ?! Oh, Pul Eeeease!!!!!

WTF ye gonna do to me in PM? Type HARD on ye key board? Invite me to some bloody service station, in the middle of a country I'm hardly about to spend £Hundreds, just to see if ye turn up too.

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It's the f**king Internet! Talk like we should all be calling ye " Son " and expect to get treated like it!

So; Ye type in 99% fluent Kiddie Speak. Ye get moody with people on line. What do ye do as the encore? Pout?

[neilmcca]

I didn't suggest messaging because i was going to make threats of any kind, i suggested it to help you avoid making yourself look an even bigger prick than you already have.
and in regards to text speak, yeah, i occasionally replace a "you" with "u", so what !? since when were you the forums grammar police ?
theres always someone on any forum who looks down on others, wind your neck in.

i'd appreciate a mod locking this thread, even though i've said all i'm gonna say.

[Ditch]

Now my feelings are all hurt! You've been nasty to me!
















Ahh, then again? So f**king what? I'll get over it

[Greatcthulhu]

inb4thelock

[CestrIan]

Im new to this forum although i have read a lot from it since my first beer attempt so please go easy on me .

In short should i ditch these kegs and go corny?

We'll go easy on you sonny jim!! Get yourself some cornies and a brew fridge. It's much easier to carbonate cold beer.

[Ditch]

I haven't come across that one since the Irish Forum!

Lock or not, I'm just having fun ~ because I really don't give a f**k! FFS

But, now this (and the Paedo Supporters thread) is all getting a little repetitive. I'm getting fed up with having to stay in here all night, just to respond to nonsense (case supporters) I do have a life outside of here.

Anyone feels they simply must give it some puffed up chested 'wind your neck in' shit? Be my guest: 023 9269 1313.

[TC2642]

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Anyone feels they simply must give it some puffed up chested 'wind your neck in' shit? Be my guest: 023 9269 1313.

I'm tempted to do a drunk dial for shits and giggles