Corny 'how to'

[Vossy1]

Just to let you guys know a corny 'how to' is on its way, it's almost finished, probably be ready for the end of the week

Any suggestions on contents much appreciated :thumb:

 

[Wez]

 

[EskiBrew]

Nice one :thumb:

 

[BrewStew]

ah! i just literally sat down to write one up. hehehe you beat me to it!

 

[Parva]

How to dismantle the keg for cleaning / sanitising, tools required, advice on cleaners appropriate for the purpose and what is definitely not best left in contact with cornies for prolonged periods. Probably worth explaining why it's better to seal a keg at 30PSI rather than hit it with 10PSI and hope. Explanation of the dangers of filling beer above the in post dip-tube (as I found out AGAIN tonight, I should know better), basic guide to carbonation (I mean very basic, beer temp + 3PSI for two days, drop to 6-10PSI thereafter). Finding leaks, various gassing options available, advantages and disadvantages of the various gas options, gas regulator instructions, identifying in and out posts.

That should do it for starters. :)

 

[Vossy1]

Thanks for the input Parva :thumb:
Everything mentioned, except a basic guide to carbonation, has already been done....with pictures :P

 

[ni9e]

Cheers Vossy I for one am looking forward to reading it thanks for the effort much apreciated :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

Part 1 has now been posted :thumb:
Part 2 to follow (will include cleaning, filling and gassing)

 

[Smod]

Excellent. :thumb:

Unless I've missed it, how can you tell the difference between a gas in and liquid out post once they've been removed and you've forgotten which one was which?

Is there any difference in the internals for each post type?

 

[Vossy1]

Unless I've missed it, how can you tell the difference between a gas in and liquid out post once they've been removed and you've forgotten which one was which?

I usually have a in QD handy and try the post in it before fitting the post back onto the keg.
I'll have a quick look at them and see what I can see :thumb:

Is there any difference in the internals for each post type?

No, only the length of the dip tubes.

 

[Wez]

Great How To V1 :clap:

I see you've not let the "V1 How To" standards slip at all :thumb: very informative, I'm sure it'll be used loads

 

[Vossy1]

Sorry Smod I think I misunderstood your question

Is there any difference in the internals for each post type?

There can be.

Some poppets are post specific and cannot be used with other posts and some posts are keg specific and cannot be used with other kegs

When you get your keg the chances are that the internals will be the same as it would be silly for a user to have different ones. The problem comes when you buy kegs from different sources as some of the poppet to post sealing designs are different. I hope that helps.

 

[Smod]

Thanks.

I'll check all my posts and poppets. :thumb:

They were all from Norm though.

 

[Vossy1]

My current 'in' and 'out' posts are definately different.
My gas 'in' posts have a groove in the nut on their base, the 'out' posts don't (see post picture in made easy post).
The first ridge looking down the post is also bigger on the 'out' post
I intend to make the difference clear on re-assembly after cleaning in part 2.
Thanks for comments

 

[Parva]

Very nicely done Vossey1. :) If I may be pedantic there are a few spelling errors that you may want to fix at some point.

"If there is any pressure in the keg you will here a hissing noise" - hear

"At this point the lid will dettach from the keg by moving downwards." - dettach should be detach (I think, even I'm questioning my spelling now)

I'm sure I spotted another but it's late (early) and my brain is foggy.

Not a dig Vossey1 and I hope you don't see it as one, that's a fantastic guide and 10x better than one I could ever cobble together, I just feel that after all the effort you have made it might aswell be absolutely spot on. :)

Aha, that was the other one, 'definative'. It's 'definitive'. So many people spell definately wrong and that's a derivitive, it's 'definitely'.

Apologies for being pedantic again.

 

[Vossy1]

Cheers Parva, I'll tidy it up now
I spotted a few more errors on the spell check
Swimbo would have killed me if I'd of spent even more time on my little project yesterday...even for a spell check :lol:

 

[BrewStew]

fantastic job V :clap:

 

[NickW]

It's looking amazing!

Wish it was here when I got my first corny

It will be of great use for everyone who gets a corny.

Hats off :party:

 

[Wez]

Sheeesh, all this talk of cornies is making me hungry for one

 

[NickW]

How many have you got already Wez? :rofl: