Yesterday I tried my first closed transfer from the FV to my corny keg. My FV has a tap. Firstly I cold crashed to get everything at the bottom of the FV. Then I ran some beer through the tap until it was clear. Finally I attached a tube between the tap and beer out of the corny. It seemed to go well. However I had to keep purging the corny to release air that was building up, otherwise the flow of beer would stop. Now presumerably this air was CO2 still being released by the beer? Would purging like this pose an oxidation risk?
Closed transfer from FV to corny
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cheeseyfeet
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The corny is a closed vessel full of air, so when you fill it with beer the air is displaced and needs to go somewhere.
What cheeseyfeet said.
It is air coming out of the keg, nothing dodgy going in.
I tend to flush my keg with some CO2 from the FV first to displace any potential air. Though I do try and keep my kegs pressurised even when empty to reduce risk and keep the seals exercised.
It is air coming out of the keg, nothing dodgy going in.
I tend to flush my keg with some CO2 from the FV first to displace any potential air. Though I do try and keep my kegs pressurised even when empty to reduce risk and keep the seals exercised.
Banbeer
Banbeer Brewing
Could you not purge the keg with C02 as @ChilledGecko suggests and then as you are transferring leave the PRV open by twisting the ring on it to the open position, this way as it fills it will only let C02 out?
