DIY Closed Loop Transfer - Fermenter to Keg

There's a proven DIY method to ensure your next brew has much greater hop aroma, enhanced flavour and looks more like those juicy vibrant commercial craft beers we see? This video shows those new to all-grain brewing and kegging how to increase the overall quality of your next homebrew. No more bland beers due to a simple, inexpensive DIY method known as the “closed-loop” transfer.
One of the most common issues when transferring beer from a fermenter to a keg or even bottles is oxidised beer. Basically, the beer has been exposed to oxygen. This results in bland, murky, cardboard tasting beers with low hop character or significant decline in hop aroma and flavour. Here's a well know process in homebrewing on how to prevent oxygen getting at your beer.

[@Dts1953]

Excellent information!

[@seanrowland1670]

Thanks for this.Will give it ago when my next brew is finished fermenting.Cheers.

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

It works well for me Gary but not many homebrewers get it's true value 👍

[@TinyShedBrewing]

Thanks a lot that was very helpful 👍👍🍺👏

[@stevenmcclelland6215]

Always love your videos man always good information 🙂🍺

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks very much Steven, really appreciate that! Unfortunately there's been a big decline in viewership and poor YT scoring on my latest content overall 😳 I've one or two more and Ill be wrapping it all up if the ratings continue to drop. Thanks a million for the support 👍

[@G-townbrewer]

Good video. Cheers! 🍻

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Thanks very much 🍺👍😎

[@curtpick628]

Sad to see you go man

[@samrobinson5855]

hey whats the reason for burping the keg and releasing the CO2 twice before running the system? Wouldn't that just release the CO2? How do you know that you still have enough CO2 in there for the transfer?

[@plapperkfr2045]

Unfortunately a couple of days too late for me, but I just kegged my beer the same way. Some points from my side: If you plug the still disconnected(!) beer side into the still preasurized keg, you can flood the tube with CO2 (for the totally oxygen averse :))before connecting it to the spout on the fermenter.
Also, the inlet of the beer in connector is rather small, which limits the transfer speed - around a kg/minute is a totally acceptable flow rate (I totally recommend puttiong your keg on a scale!). Mine was a little bit under 80 seconds for 1000 g of beer.
So if your beer transfers slowly, it's not the fault of the CO2-part of the setup :)

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Yeap absolutely agree with that for sure 👍

[@johndoe-en9ko]

What you do with the remaining sanitaizer? It will not ruin the beer?

[@peterswatton7400]

I do it this way but worry about any oxygen trapped in the lines so try to purge CO2 through the top line while connecting up. How much do we need to bother about every last scrap of air?

[@rimski7265]

Great video, thanks! Do you have a method to dry hop that doesn’t let oxygen in when you have to introduce/remove the hops?

[@carlosneto001]

Hey, saw your comment! You can attach a little aluminium inside the fermenter and inside a bag with the hops, and one iman outside. When the day arrives, you just remove the iman and allow the hops to fall 🎉

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Really interesting, thanks for sharing! Could you send me on more details on this, would love to know more and perhaps give it a go too 👍🍺

[@Sh33nn]

I recently bought grainfather closed transfer kit for my conical, I wonder how much impact it will have on flavour

[@TheBeardyManCraftBeers]

Yes I got that unit too, have only used it once and struggled tbh, may have been more on my part but I think I should try it again.....how'd you find it?