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Offline boapiu

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Pressure transfer keg to keg
« on: December 23, 2016, 01:43:18 pm »
Wondering if beer can be transferred from one keg to another like pressure filling a bottle from a keg. I have a 2 1/2 gallon keg and want to fill it from one of my 5 gallon kegs to send the beer home with my son. This should work, no? Any thoughts?
Beer is an ancient beverage that has been consumed as part of a balanced diet for centuries - it contains the goodness of sprouted grain extracted into rich liquid and fermented to produce a nutritional 'liquid cereal' beverage.

Offline Stevie

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Re: Pressure transfer keg to keg
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2016, 01:45:40 pm »
Yes. You need a short line with beer disconnects on both ends. Connect with lid PRV sealed and bleed off pressure as needed to keep the beer moving. Spunding valves help make it easier.

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Re: Pressure transfer keg to keg
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2016, 02:40:23 pm »
Makes perfect sense. Going to try this tomorrow and will leave feedback. Thanks.
Beer is an ancient beverage that has been consumed as part of a balanced diet for centuries - it contains the goodness of sprouted grain extracted into rich liquid and fermented to produce a nutritional 'liquid cereal' beverage.

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Re: Pressure transfer keg to keg
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2016, 04:59:22 pm »
Makes perfect sense. Going to try this tomorrow and will leave feedback. Thanks.

If the beer in your 5 gallon keg is already carbonated be prepared for the transfer to take a good amount of time at a very low pushing pressure. Too fast and it will be all foam filling the keg. I have had best results by pushing the beer from one keg at a given psi (say 6-8) into the receiving keg with a regulator connected to the recieving keg pushing gas into that keg at the same pressure. This reduces foaming so a transferred beer doesn't foam up and allows the beer to maintain its carbonation. This is the way to go (if you can) if you don't have a spunding valve.
I have also used this technique to blend many beers from different kegs into one final serving keg (gueuzes, flanders reds/browns, biere de gardes, saisions).