Closed Transfer of Finished Homebrew Beer – Fermenter to Keg

Jesse runs us through the process of transferring finished homebrew from the fermenter to the keg. Of course, there’s many advantages to this, but the primary one is no exposure to oxygen, especially if you’re transferring into a keg that’s been purged with CO2.

Warning: Don’t try this with any vessels / containers that aren’t rated for the amount of pressure that you’re using. Never use Glass Carboys for this process, you’re asking for some serious injury and loss of beer.

In this demo we started the transfer at about 5 PSI, and then Jesse bumped it up to 15 PSI.

Jesse mentions that beer weighs about 8 lbs per Gallon, if you want to be picky, it’s about 8LB 5.44oz per gallon. This comes in handy if you want to transfer a set amount of beer into a keg, or other pressure vessel that you can’t see inside.

Jesse also show off his fancy blow off bottle, which Mike also likes to use to clean out his liquid jumper with, by pushing sanitizer through the tubing before and after a transfer. If you’re interested in seeing a little more about that setup, check out this video.
https://youtu.be/ygA8dD6huRI

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