storing beer.

[sam51]

hi I am new to this beer making,
I have made some beer.which is excellent.
I have 2 barrels with so30 valves,
can I keep making a stock of beer with out keep buying barrels and so30 valves.
how can I store beer,until I have a barrel free.
thanks sam. :

 

[LeithR]

Yes, is the simple answer but you would have to start storing your beer other than in barrels.

Altho PB's can take a little pressure they cannot take a lot of pressure, there is a bleed valve incorporated in the so30 connector, to get good pressure you may need to think in terms of getting some Corny's.

For a long time I exclusively used only King Keg Pressure Barrels's. About 15 brews ago I started bottling some of my beer mainly into swing top and old screw top beer bottles and have found that they hold pressure and flavour better than the PB's do. I still use PB's when I'm expecting to drink the beer over a short period of time but for keeping and maturing I'm finding that its better to keep the beer in well conditioned bottles if I want to try them in 6 months or a year's time.

If you can judge when you have about 2 weeks worth of beer left in your PB then you know when to put on the next brew.

 

[sam51]

thanks but I don't really like bottled beer to gassy for me.
I am more than happy with barrelled beer,

 

[sam51]

any more suggestions.

 

[MattN]

I use bottles and I don't like fizzy beer either. Just use less priming sugar.

Matt

 

[Algernon]

+1 to what Matt said...
Bottle it without priming sugars. It's the extra sugar you add that allows the yeast to make the CO2.
You might need to leave it a little longer in the FV to be absolutely certain the yeast has eaten as much sugar as it can, I believe there is usually some slow ongoing fermentation even in unprimed bottles.
I have to say, I forgot to prime a couple of bottles a while back and the beer was noticeably flat - barely sparkling at all.

 

[Northern Brewer]

any more suggestions.

How about storing it here? (not the bottle!) :grin:

 

[Bowl sprayer]

I bottle and keg beer. I prefer to keg real ale and bottle lager or types like Belgian beer. Even with 1 teaspoon of priming sugar per 500ml bottle this has only ever produced subtle levels of carbonation, enough to keep its head.

I have never produced the sort of forced carbonation levels you get with bottled beers. You can force carbonate with corny kegs as they can withstand much higher pressures than normal pressure kegs or bottles.

As for storing beer bottles are a good option. I reuse 500ml PET sparkling water bottles which I recap with coopers caps. They are a perfect fit. Cheap and easy.

If you get into a situation where you have a brew waiting for a keg to come free just rack it for a couple of weeks, it doesn't hurt.