How To Install a Floating Dip Tube in a Homebrew Corny Keg
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Today I’m installing a floating dip tube into a corny keg! This should, in theory, give me a cleaner pour because the liquid “post” floats just below the surface of the homebrew in the keg instead of at the bottom with all the yeast and trub that precipitates when you chill the keg. *Equipment links below!
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If you’ve been wondering what makes your keg work/ how to replace parts I give a run down on both ball lock and pin lock kegs in this video as well.
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The spring inside the post is called a "poppet", if you don't already know. Thought I'd share b/c I like the word. Great video!
A good tip I've started using. Connect a blow off tube from your fermenter, to the beer out post on your keg, then either have a spunding valve on your gas out post or open the pressure release valve. When your beer is fermenting, all the Co2 will go into your keg and push out the oxygen. Saves money on using your gas bottle to purge the keg. 🍻
Genius!! I’m gonna try it.. Thank you Anthony!!
These are great , cheap way of converting a 19L/5gallon keg for pressure brewing or a closed loop transfer. There are a few other options out there for a floating dip, Kegland 2" Tri-clamp ball lock tapping head conversion kit and a 50L/13gallon commercial Sanke keg. Just remove the spare. That's the option im using, looking at adding another floating dip tube to one of my Corny kegs, the kits are so cheap like $10. You have a good channel , hello from NZ.
Just got my first keg and this was exactly what I needed, thanks.
Love my floating dip tube. I’m using the clear beer system, no complaints thus far. I’ve been filling the keg to the top with starsan and then pushing it out with CO2 into a bucket, that way I know there’s no oxygen. Once the keg is full of CO2 I’ll begin the transfer. I like how you’re recycling the CO2. Thanks for the clever tip!
Yeah I’ve heard a lot of people do the star san fill. I’ll have to try it.
Awesome video!! I’ve never heard of a floating dip tube, but love the idea for kegging!!
I love it!
that is a nice trick to transfer. I might try that, i think i will bleed most of the pressure off the keg before i try it though. cheers
Yeah I’m def doing that next time haha did not expect that much force.
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Super stoked to try fermenting in Corney with spunding valve and transfer to 2nd Corney with floating dip tube
Nice video, good idea, thanks for sharing :-) Just a thought - maybe you should also do the same in you conical fermenter, attach a floating pickup either in the lid or to the back of the drain tap. That way you are transferring from the clearer top of the fermented wash so less likely to transfer any sediment.
Good idea!
GAWD DAM GENIUS! Hahaha!! So this is the THIRD really good pointer Ive picked up from JUST THE COMMENTS from this vid! (Oh, Maybe I just don’t know anything...hahah) F’it, this brewing thing is pretty darn fun anyways, AND....beer! Thank you Philiilijillijphy!!
Glad you tried the CO2 trick! Looks like it went well!
I think less co2 next time is in order but totally!
I do this closed transfer also. Works awesome
Nice. Just picked 2 up today.
I can't wait to see how well it works I'm so tired of yeasty beer!
Maybe we can use original dip tube, cut it and bend towards keg lid opening, so it visible and easy accesible to press in silicone tube?
But. pull silicone tubing inside->out through post opening, and installing it outside, looks as best solution, if it fits back in :=).
Note sure, mine is still not here. But if I will miss a little bit, I might drill post opening a bit?
I love when you said you lost five gallons. Not that it's a good thing mind you. I always said you haven't brewed long enough if you don't have at least a few horror stories. That would be a awesome video of Brewers sharing things like that.
Yeah I've lost 5 gals from a faulty pin lock, another from a faulty quick release on my keg, and a third from my dumb ass knocking an airlock off my Catalyst before going out of town (that one was the easiest to clean but the most disgusting for sure)
I know this video is two years old but, can you tell me the size of your two wire shelf racks in the back and where you got them? Thanks. Love the channel.
Nice way to transfer. Low loss of CO2. You might turn the pickup tube up a little to avoid the trub at the bottom of the fermenter. The only issue I can see is that, if your beer is not cold crashed, it would be devilishly hard to know how close to full you are? I guess when you've displaced all the gas, it's as full as it is gonna get? if it's cold, you can see the condensation crawl up the keg.
I just try to only brew as much as will fit in a keg, I don’t have a way to cold crash until it’s in a keg.
Think I'll still stick with the tube , as I'm the only one who drinks my beer. Wife doesn't like the beer I make or even the smell, so I'll have to have the trub myself. Always done a secondary transfer, but like yourself I've seen a few only do primary.
Yeah the husband doesn't mind the haze but I'm pretty picky!
Great video. I will be getting that diptube. 🍻
To get all the starsan out before you transfer using a floating dt, Cut the gas post flush with the inside of the keg then turn the keg upside down and blow back out thru the gas post.
That’s for the tip I didn’t even think about that!
Okay, THIS DAY IS GOING TO BE AWSOME! I have not even gotten out of bed yet this AM, and THIS IS THE FOURTH GREAT SUGGESTION you fine people have shared with Mrs Fora (and the world)! Thanks B&B for that GREAT POINTER! Hahaha
Your content is great! How do you like that Ss Brew bucket? Im about to pull the trigger on one of them.
Aah, the drill thing is so good for us with wonky wrists. For whatever reason. I've got EDS, arthritis in mine. 👍🏻
This is brilliant! I've been wanting to ferment in kegs and the only thing I was worried about was racking.
I'm going to test fermenting in a keg with one and see how it goes, I've never attempted.
@@FloraBrewing One of the best things about fermenting in a keg is dumping in the wort boiling hot. Its just like no chill without the plastic cube. Super sanitary. I bought one of these floats, but I'm probably going to remove it (I just have been to lazy to transfer and i want another fermenter back).
@@MrRomanstefan beware of DMS - "For every hour you have hot wort sitting around, you will produce approximately a 30% increase in DMS." beersmith.com/blog/2012/04/10/dimethyl-sulfides-dms-in-home-brewed-beer/
@@MrRomanstefan Whaaaaaaat? Mr Stefan this is the first time I’ve ever heard these words put together! What a neat Idea for a different way to brew!! Granted, I’m pretty new-ish to kegging, but I just picked up a new idea from you! Thank you.
Mrs Flora, I happen to have just picked these lil floaters a couple days ago, and I was about to Pimp my kegs, so thank you for making the video tutorial. Sub’d!
Very cool sanitizer pump dispenser, can you please link where you got it from?
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I was going to shout "don't put the lube on!" as you won't be able to grip the tube😂
Hey looks like a good idea. If it's possible wouldn't it be simpler to put the rubber tube on the steel tube first. Slide that in and then attach the float by pulling it thru the opening. Your not trying to attach the tube blindly. Just a sugestion.
if she read the directions she would not have that much of hard time
The one I got didnt come with directions
Totally! I'm actually sad I didnt read this before I put my second one on.
@@FloraBrewing yeah well there is ways to find directons or manuals but it all good
@@FloraBrewing here is a vidoe idea i would love to see you do something with hoppes induce mead if you ever want to do that let me know and i can help you that is what i do is making mead and what not
Will this work on smaller keg like a 1.5 gallon keg
It should but not sure if it's worth it, might want to just cold crash instead
tried this in mine a month or so ago... used the same parts as this with the ball float. the silicone seems to stick to the walls of the keg when it gets low... i cut the length shorter to try alleviate
Good to know!!
I have tried to install one of these but couldn't ever get it on the post inside. I think lube might be a good possibility.
I have some of those, not sure if the tubing on yours is the same size but with mine it goes inside the dip tube and the tube on the floating ball. This makes it much easier as you can insert the silicone tubing inside the dip tube before fitting it to the keg.
That does seem easier. I was wrestling it a bit even before I turned the camera on
@@FloraBrewing Yes, I did the same as you with the first keg I used them on, it's a PITA doing it that way. Unfortunately I found that pushing the silicone over the outside stretches it slightly so that when you try to push it inside it doesn't fit!
The hook up of the keg to the FV to re cycle the CO2 is a good idea, I think the issue you had was because the keg was under pressure and the FV wasn't. Hence once you hook it up all the CO2 rushes to the FV. If you released the pressure on the keg after purging it'd be less dramatic.
First of all..what a lucky man your husband is to have a lovely wife who brews. I was curious if since a year has gone by if you still enjoy this set up or prefer a different dip tube set-up ie cut off an inch etc. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us newbies.
Definitely nice to see a female brew beer. Can’t wait to see more videos.🍺
when you changed the beer line tube did you just replace it with another gas tube? or would that be to short?
thanks
It comes with a post that’s about as long as the gas post
Do have a link for thing you are using to spare the Sanitizer with or the name
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Sorry, I can't help myself....you said "I usually make my husband drink the first half and then I'll get some in the end".....That's what she said!! Anyway, great video. I really need to do this for my New Englands so I'm not pulling all of that hop matter from the bottom of the keg.
They work awesome! I'm going to post a follow up video after I rack my DIPA into a keg with one to show two beers that I used them with.
Hahahaha! SAME thought when she said it!! LOL.
Hey tried doing the CO2 transfer, but failed. Any tips on how to get this work?
Fermenter > hose > liquid connect ball lock > keg > gas ball lock > hose > bung hole. If you put the hose that goes in the bung hole into a stopper (like what you put your airlock in) the gas pressure coming out of the keg will push the beer into the keg.
Hey Sara. Just had a quick kegging question. Im having some issues with carbonation issues. So I'm thinking about changing all my posts and ball lock disconnects to outputs. My thought is that if it do this i can push CO2 through the dip tube to the bottom of the beer to help with CO2 absortion. what are your thoughts?
If you're using ball locks, at least in my experience, you can put the gas fitting on the liquid post fine to push co2 into the bottom of the keg. I find that whenever I accidentally try to put the liquid on the gas it never works so it might actually be a design feature.
@@FloraBrewing thanks for the info. I'll try again when I Keg up my stout in a few weeks
hi flora so why do i need this i am planning on get a keg but when i carbonate a t 30 psi does this make it cleaner instead of a stone? what is the purpose
This isn't used for carbonating only for pulling the beer on the top of the keg instead of at the bottom.
Just used this floating ball but it flips over and over so I need to stop the process after every 0,5 liter cos only CO will come out from the tube instead of beer, anyone faced with this problem already?
Really?! I wonder if the ball is sitting too low on the tubing
Could you add gelatin to your keg
totally. If I have really hazy beers coming out of the fermenter I will add some gelatin, the only thing is you have to dump your first glass unless you want chunks.
I give up! It's absolutely impossible to get the silicon tube on the short dip tube!
I believe in you! Some keg lube on the post might help.
@@FloraBrewing Thanks for your support! I might just have to do that
I find just soaking the end of the tubing in very hot water normally does the trick.
Yeah, Hot water should def help, and -like Mrs Flora did- gripping the slippy parts with towels (paper towels too) should help with grip. Good luck.
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I’ll just stick to gel when I cold crash and waste like a quart.
I'm a brat when it comes to yeasty beer 😂
My beers are I think really clean just takes a little time :0).
my local brew shop sells floating dip tubes attached to the lid for easier access and transferability between kegs. Thought it may be an idea you'd be interested in, pic attached www.brewmart.com.au/Graphics/16434.jpg
hello can I suggest you change the "intro" especially the music, good video
You can suggest anything you like
@@FloraBrewing yes thank you, your videos are enjoyable
I like the intro. It’s short and it’s nice.
@@JacobJNilsson yes it is good thanks i like she does different intro all videos