Siphoning soon - how much space to leave in keg

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andyg

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A few questions thank you please

• How much space should I leave for the co2 to fill when I siphon from the fv. Couple of inches? Or will the pressure get too high?

• I put too much water in the fv so I will have surplus wort left. Is there anything I can do with this?

• One last question (as sorry if this has been discussed over and over, but i find the search on the site very limiting, it omits too many words, making searchs for specific things difficult), I have a bag of Vil Classe brewing sugar. Should I use this to prime with as I have got it or just stick with Tate & Lyle?

Cheers

brewing a wherry - my first brew
 
I've filled it right up to an inch or so from the inlet. You don't want it submerged for fear of creating a reverse vacuum and sucking beer back into the regulator!

But usually I'm probably around 2-3" from the tube.

You have surplus wort or surplus fermented beer? If it's surplus wort, freeze it and use it later as a starter. If it's surplus beer (ie, won't all fit in the keg) then I'd bottle the rest.

Not sure on the sugar. I just use white table sugar to prime when I bottle. Nothing fancy.

Good luck.
 
ditto to above, personally i am usually disappointed when i have primed with plain tablesugar so i would use the brewing sugar in preference-if u think u can keep the remainder dry and good that is-or any other sugar/fermentable they just seem better eg the billingtons golden granulated and the like...less of a raw alcoholic cider/wine taste-still really only a factor in paler beers, im also getting into the habit now of saving some spare wort from the boiler and freezing it before re boiling with more sugars (if required) to get effective priming with yummy malt sugars

also use less sugar to keg-most recommend about 60-85g ie 100g is generally too much
 
phettebs said:
You have surplus wort or surplus fermented beer? If it's surplus wort, freeze it and use it later as a starter. If it's surplus beer (ie, won't all fit in the keg) then I'd bottle the rest.

Yeh sorry it's fermented wort - so beer.

I haven't got any bottles, don't think i'll have that much left over after kegging - will it be drinkable? Assuming it's not infected.
 
andyg said:
I haven't got any bottles, don't think i'll have that much left over after kegging - will it be drinkable? Assuming it's not infected.

Buy some 2 litre bottles of supermarket value fizzy water -Asda Smartprice = 17p and use those bottles. It isn't going to be pleasant straight from the FV and 17p to avoid chucking away a couple of litres of beer is a bargain
 
Dave1970 said:
andyg said:
I haven't got any bottles, don't think i'll have that much left over after kegging - will it be drinkable? Assuming it's not infected.

Buy some 2 litre bottles of supermarket value fizzy water -Asda Smartprice = 17p and use those bottles. It isn't going to be pleasant straight from the FV and 17p to avoid chucking away a couple of litres of beer is a bargain

Sounds like a good idea, I'll try that
 

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