[Homebrewers] Cask beer

[Frenn, Michael]

I definetely see a "project"!



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-----Original Message-----
From: homebrewers-bounces at hazeclub.org <homebrewers-bounces at hazeclub.org>
To: Bryan Gros <bgros at aggienetwork.com>; homebrewers at hazeclub.org <homebrewers at hazeclub.org>
Sent: Wed Mar 12 17:38:28 2008
Subject: Re: [Homebrewers] Cask beer

I have an IPA that I am considering "Cask
Conditioned", although I am sure CAMRA would give me
the boot. I racked from the primary into the keg,
primed with sugar for carbonation. For serving, I plan
to just gravity feed off the keg. I do not plan to
open it up to oxygen intake or vent. Instead, I will
let it pour until it creates a vacuum that reduces the
out flow. Then I will allow just enough Co2 in to
reduce the vacuum. (It's a 7.75 gal keg, so I want to
avoid oxygenation).


--- Bryan Gros <bryangros at mindspring.com> wrote:


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Obviously with this setup, you'll need to worry about
oxidation. You could put nitrogen on the gas line with
a low pressure to aleviate oxidation concerns; CAMRA
would probably consider this "cheating"!

You only need a beer engine if you need to pump the
beer up to the serving location (e.g. when the beer is
in the cellar). Although a beer engine would give you
the benefit of the sparkler, the little nozzle on the
end which, I believe, ends up forcing the dissolved
CO2 out of solution, making a nice head.


-----Original Message-----
From: "Frenn, Michael" 
Sent: Mar 12, 2008 2:32 PM
To: homebrewers at hazeclub.org
Subject: [Homebrewers] Cask beer


Brattstrom may have told me this one already, but I
forgot. If I want to make and serve cask beer, I would
rack from primary to a keg andallow to carbonate (I
assume you prime it).  Then lay the keg on it’sside,
but keep the gas post elevated above the beer in the
keg.  Attach and airhose to t he gas post and a picnic
tap or other dispenser to the liquid out. Is that it? 
And the only difference between this and a firkin is
that a firkinis a specific quantity (10 gallons?)?

 

M


  - BryanBryan Gros      
bgros at aggienetwork.comOakland, CA



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