Making Beer: Waiting

Here it is! The beer is in the keg and attached to the gas. You can see from this picture that I have an extra fridge that I use just for holding my kegs.

Actually, I tried something a bit different today. I applied "heavy" gas (about 30 psi) and rolled the keg to get the CO2 well mixed in the keg before placing it in the fridge. Usually I only do this for quick, forced carbonation of a batch when I need to get it ready to drink quickly. Lately I have noticed that it has taken a little longer than I would like for my beer to carbonate in the fridge though so I'm hoping this will help to jump start it. I'll let you know.

OK, I think this is my last post for the night. Thanks for following me on my homebrew adventure. I'll get back to you midweek when I get a chance to taste this batch.
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Making Beer: Filling the Keg

Not the best picture here. I remembered to ask my wife to snap it as I finished moving the beer from the secondary fermenter to the keg.

You can see the siphon that I am using. I bought it from my local brew store. Really, all you need is a tube and you can use the age old siphon method of sucking on the end of the tube. The risk there are contaminates from your mouth.

Once the beer is transfered it is time to put it on the gas, place it in the fridge, and wait.
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Making Beer: The Keg

Nothing real dramatic here. Just a nice picture of the keg.

Do you see the green rings around each post sticking up from the keg? Those are O-rings. Make sure that you put fresh ones on any keg that you buy before you lose it to make sure that you aren't leaking CO2. There is also another on that you can't see in this picture in is inside on the "lid" that you release with the handle you see in the middle. Make sure you replace it too.
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