Pressure barrel advice

[Colin K]

Hello,
I have got two great pressure barrels of beer/lager. Been in them for about 3 months and they are clear and taste great. I have sampled them both and my Xmas ale has the kick of a mule !!!!!!! Fab.

Our party is tomorrow but now realise that the two barrels are the other side of our downstairs utillity room which is also the other side of the downstairs loo and so its not diplomatic to have us chaps to be trundling through for a top up !!!! with one of the women having a pee (or whatever they do for so long in the loo )?
The utillity room where it is is perfect temp for beer. I need to move the two barrels aaaaaaah to the room next door which is about 20 feet away. How do I do it without disturbing my cyrstlal clear ale ?? should i do it now and cool it with ice packs before they arrive ? or move them still cool just before they get here ? If I take massive care in moving them the short distance will i disturbe it ?

Any thoughts. Thanks Colin.

And compliments of the season

 

[RobWalker]

did you clear in the keg or in the bucket? I move mine regularly after bucket clearing, once it's settled it's pretty compacted, and it'll settle out again within a day after that. apparently if you fill up bottles to the top and cap them quickly, they should keep carbonated enough over a few hours, but might need to confirm that one.

just remember. you can move, but the keg can't. take it slowly and gently, and put it down verrry slowly is key! it'll probably keep cool enough 12 hours later, there's a lot of it. i might be wrong about this, but can't relaly foresee any problems...

 

[evanvine]

As Rob says, very very carefully and very very gently!
The other answer is to forget diplomacy. :twisted:

 

[BrewDan]

I had about 30 pints in a king.keg when I last used it, that got moved around several times from kitchen to fridge. The only thing I would say, it is doable....but you are going to need to be careful and take it slow (which is difficult with a keg full of beer I know) the first two times I moved it I had no problems as I took my time, I had to tip it eventually to make.space, rushed to move it and it.kicked up all the sediment again.

 

[brizleciderarmy]

Once again, slow and steady is key.

I had to move a keg down some stairs once which was fun, so it definitely is doable. just keep a smooth lifting action and make sure the bottom of the keg never goes further than 2 inches from the floor. That way if your arms feel like they are going to drop off you don't have far to put it down.

 

[RobWalker]

oh and, related - my dad used to take his keg camping, it'd settle overnight outside and they'd drink it the next day. again - doable! especially with a top tap i guess :p