Cooling a Keg

[deano469]

I've just been bought a 25L pressure keg and quite fancy the idea of putting my latest batch of cider in there for convenience. My question is, this time of year its relatively cold outside so its not too much of an issue having a nice cold pint when i want one as i usually keep my brews in the garage, but as we approach the summer months, is there a way of cooling it for bbqs etc?

 

[Runwell-Steve]

Put it in a fridge.

 

[liamtmt7]

Put it in a fridge.

:whistle: It will never catch on!

But yes, a fridge in the garage would be the best idea I reckon.

 

[PaulCa]

"Cooling a keg" - has to be a damn fine album name.

 

[chrig]

Give it a couple of hours in a bath of water and ice before the BBQ, not quite as easy as putting it in a fridge... But if you don't have enough room in the fridge (or so your wife says...) then its a good option. Just avoid unsettling too much sediment.

 

[PaulCa]

Unless you have a supply of compressed gas you want to waste. Evaporating gas requires lots of heat.....

Just thinking outside the box.

 

[deano469]

Cheers for the suggestions guys, fridge isn't big enough so unless i bought a specific beer fridge for the garage, it could be the ice and cold water route. Either that or just serve my cider over ice and let it cool in the glass. I did see this and recon it could be adapted, the R2-Beer2
http://m.instructables.com/id/Portable-Keg-Cooler-aka-R2-Beer2/

 

[Hawks]

unless i bought a specific beer fridge for the garage

There's your answer :whistle:

Seriously, try freecycle or free ads, gumtree etc - you can quite often get one for a bargain. Free ones rarely pop up around me, but I got a nearly new six foot larder fridge for £40 off gumtreee :thumb:

 

[Runwell-Steve]

I got this one for free on freecycle. I added the taps and the blackboard paint.

 

[The Goatreich]

That pic is enough to make me get back into brewing.