Cornelius (soda) kegs as fermenters

The following is a list of links to keg fermenter resources on the internet. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post or over there in the sidebar.

Some things I've figured out:

• If you need a secondary fermentation, it can be done in kegs. I do it all the time now.
• You can affix an airlock to the port where the pressure release valve screws in. Just get some vinyl tubing cut off about a half inch. Push your airlock into it then "screw" it in. Not sure of the exact hose size. (need to add a picture)

Things I've heard about, but, haven't tried.

• Primary fermentation in kegs. The head space isn't large enough to allow room for the krausen. Some drops can be added to the wort to decrease the foaming.

Paul's brewing homepage: soda kegs as secondary (entire brewing process is outlined with pictures) This is my favorite site for homebrewing with kegs.
http://cruisenews.net/brewing/kegging/page1.php (secondary fermentation)
http://cruisenews.net/brewing/index.php (main page)

Bodensatz Brewing's: Soda kegs for fermenter (primary, secondary and serving)
http://bodensatz.com/upage/index.php?page=mike_a_kegs

Real Beer Forums Thread: Cornelius as a Primary
http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=17044&highlight=cornie

things I'm just not sure about
http://www.kegpasties.com/index.htm
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=6120 (soda keg conversion kit)

Basic Brewing Podcast with some corny kegs fermenting info. Link courtesy of Brian. Podcast courtesy of Basic Brewing.
MP3 Link


Looking for kegs.  From time to time you can find some at Amazon

If you are looking for books about home brewing...

Amazon: Home Brewing

Cheers!

Quick Ref: Beer Brewing Yeast Resources

The following is a list of links to resources about yeast used for brewing beer and perhaps other things. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post.

White Labs : FAQs, reviews, yeast library, etc.
http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/homebrew_strains.html

Beer Dorks: Tips about Reusing Yeast
http://beerdorks.com/articles.php?article_id=78

Quick Ref: Hopping Devices: Hopback, Randall, Infuser

The following is a list of links to resources about special hopping devices such as hopbacks, randalls, infusersresources on the web. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post or over there in the sidebar.

If you are looking for books about home brewing, including making your own equipment...

Amazon: Home Brewing

Grove has detailed descriptions on how to build your own randall on his blog...
http://blog.geirove.org/search/label/randall

Bodenshatz Brewing: Simple Hopback made with mason jar...
http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20020429191318951

Paul's Beer Gadgets: Clean looking stainless hopback...
http://www.pjmuth.org/beerstuff/hop_back.htm

Maltose Falcon's Homebrew Club: builds a Hashback? Like a randal I guess.
http://www.maltosefalcons.com/clubgear/hashback/

Kegging & Cask Resources

The following is a list of links to kegging resources on the internet. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post or over there in the sidebar.

Check your local homebrew store for supplies. You can also find equipment on Amazon...

Amazon: Kegerator Equipment

Alternative Brewing's Kegging Page (Cornelius Kegs)
http://www.ebrew.com/primarynews/intro_keg_system.htm

Brew Your Own's reader's question on cask conditioning your homebrew
http://byo.com/mrwizard/383.html

Cheers!

Homebrewing Equipment - Starter Kit Resources

The following is a list of links to homebrew starter kits resources on the internet. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post or over there in the sidebar.

If you don't know where to get started, this might be as good a place as any.

• Northern Brewer ------------- Basic Starter Kit
• More Beer -------------------- Standard Starter Kit
• Midwest Supply -------------- Brewing Basics Equipment Kit
• Keystone Homebrew Supply -- Maestro Beer Equipment Kit
• Your local homebrew shop :-) - American Homebrewers Association Shop List (not a complete list)
• Google Search ----------------- Google Map Business Search

I'm not affiliated with any of these companies. I have not used any of their kits.

Cheers!

Dry & Late Hopping Resources

The following is a list of links to dry hopping and late hopping resources on the internet. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post or over there in the sidebar.

If you are looking for books about home brewing...

Amazon: Home Brewing

Dry Hopping
Brew Your Own - Dry Hopping Techniques
http://byo.com/departments/1105.html

Main Street Homebrew Supply Co.
http://www.mainbrew.com/pages/infopages.html/dryhop.html

My first experience with dry hopping with hops that Bryan and I grew.
http://www.brewlounge.com/2006/11/brewing-beer-secondary-fermentation.html

Late Hopping
Ted over at Ted's Homebrew Journal passed along this link about late hopping.
http://www.mrmalty.com/late_hopping.htm

Aussie Homebrewer: filter out hops leaves before they get to the keg...
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=263&hl=GMK+inline

Cheers!

Hops Growing Resources

The following is a list of links to hops growing resources on the internet. I'll continually add to this list as I find more resources. If you know of others please post a comment here with a link. If you are interested to see what other resource pages I have created click on the "resource posts" label link at the bottom of this post.

Quick Reference (not enough info, but, will give you the idea)

1. find place with lotsa sun, sandy soil and room to grow vertical
   
2. order rhizomes or get some from a friend
3. plant when ground is no longer frozen (spring)
   
4. make sure they have enough water
   
5. wait for the bines to come up
6. train them on something to get them off the ground
7. pick when they are ready harvest (usually not much first year) (late summer early fall)
   
8. cut back for next year
9. use and/or dry and store

Here's a book I bought to help me understand growing...

Amazon: The Homebrewer's Garden: How to Easily Grow, Prepare, and Use Your Own Hops, Malts, Brewing Herbs

My resource page about drying hops...
http://www.nonconfermist.com/2009/08/how-to-dry-hops-at-home.html

Maltose Falcons Homebrew Club
http://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/growing-hops

Homebrew Talk Wiki
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Hop_cultivation

Brewing Techniques: Hops in the Backyard (Extensive)
http://brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue2.3/montell.html

Zymurgy: In the Backyard: A gardner's guide to homegrown hops
http://home.netcom.com/~dluzanp/backyard.htm

Northern Brewer has a PDF of their instructions
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/HopRhizomes.pdf

Fresh Hops: Click on growing on the left...
http://www.freshops.com/

National Sustainable Agriculture Service
Hops: Organic Production
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=87

Yahoo Group about Growing Hops
The group even does rhizome exchanges through the mail. Lotsa good documents in their group too :-)

Crannóg Ales of British Columbia
Small Scale and Organic Hops Production
http://www.crannogales.com/HopsManual.pdf

The Brew Lounge: Two years of growing hops posts
From back when I was @ The Brew Lounge.

Brew Your Own has some stuff too..
http://byo.com/component/acesearch/search?query=growing%20hops

Oregonhops
http://oregonhops.org/culture2.html

Seven Bridges Coop
http://www.breworganic.com/tips/growing-hops.htm

Rate Beer: Homebrewer's Guide To Growing Your Own Hops
http://www.ratebeer.com/Story.asp?StoryID=186

Patrick's Hoppy Home Page
http://home.netcom.com/~dluzanp/

Norm Pyle's Hops FAQ
http://www.realbeer.com/hops/FAQ.html

Cheers!

Chest Freezer Kegerator Resources (keezer)

Here are some pretty sweet setups. Many include pictures and instructions. Feast your eyes! Check out the forums at Real Beer too. That is where I found most of these links :-)

Check your local homebrew store for supplies. You can also find equipment on Amazon...

Amazon: Kegerator Equipment

• 3/23/2011 Jeremy provides a good photo journal of his keezer.
• 11/21/2008 Ted does a good job of chronicling his freezerator.
• 3/38/2008 Homebrew Beer Blog tells us how faucet diameter can help/hurt the perfect pour http://blog.flaminio.net/blogs/index.php/beer/gadgets/ventmatic-shirron-faucet-spouts
• 2/25/2008 http://www.cnybrew.com/2008/02/and-winner-is.html (Travis at CNYBrew sharing his CO2 setup)
• 9/12/2007 http://www.schwedhelm.net/brew/freezerator.html (collar freezerator, 9 taps, pictures, howto)
• http://www.anthonyro.com/bar/ (collar freezerator with pictures, 4 taps, beergas & CO2)
• http://kpscellar.atlantabeer.com/bar/kegerator.html (example of custom kegerator/bar)
• http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1986/42894/kegerator.htm (collar freezerator with 5 taps, some howto description)
• http://kegerator.johnmasterson.com/ (collar freezerator, 4 taps, howto description)
• http://www.oregonbrewcrew.com/freezer/freezer.html (collar freezerator, 2 taps, fermentation chamber, some howto)
• http://www.zorpia.com/candiman/album/00092173 (tower freezerator, 6 taps in 2 towers, lotsa regulators, howto, clean)
• http://www.ryanellenburg.com/kegerator.htm (broken link)
• http://community.webshots.com/album/559267343?start=0 (collar freezerator, 5 taps, progression photogallery with captions)
• A thread over at Northern Brewer forums. (collar freezerator, 4 taps, pictures in a discussion thread, clean)
• Article over at Home Brew Adventures (collar freezerator, 4 taps, detailed howto with some pictures)
• http://www.mikeserve.com/HomeBrewing/chestfreezer.htm (collar freezerator,4 taps, howto, lotsa pictures, cost estimate)
• Article over at Rooftop Brew (tower freezerator, 2 taps, pictures, howto)

Cheers!