I realize that this can be a question of personal taste, and I am not trolling or trying to start an argument.
I'm really sick of bottling and don't have the room for 5 gallon kegs. I have been looking at buying some 5 liter party kegs. They are made out of Tin. How long can I safely store beer in there and not have to worry about it taining the beer with a metalic taste?
I have had beer in the minis for over 6 months (longest it's ever lasted, I have to hide it to make it last that long or my buddies get it ). The mini kegs have some kind of coating in them to stop the beer from contacting the metal, thats why they tell you to throw them out if you overprime and one bulges really bad. I stopped bottling because I was sick of it too, started with 1 mini just to try it, I liked it, so thats all I've been doing for a year, If you do go to the mini kegs, look at the Phil-tap it works great!
Monkeyboy
I also enjoy using the 5L mini-kegs. The philtap is great because of its ability to dispense on its side. I had a tap-a-draft system as well and it malfunctioned on two occasions (2 different tap-a-draft taps) spraying beer everywhere. So far, for the last 2 years I have been using mini-kegs without a problem. In fact I have used the same 4 mini-kegs for this amount of time without any problems. I have only put about 20 batches through them so far, however. The pressure relief bungs that you can get are a great investment and can save any chance of a bulging keg. There is no worry about getting a tin taste in the beer because the inside of the keg is coated with what I believe is a thick coat of lacquer. Get the Philtap.
Ken Powers
I forgot about the pressure relief bungs!, they are great, they have saved couple of mini kegs (me over priming), Good call Ken
M> > I realize that this can be a question of personal taste, and I am not trolling
They have saved me before as well Monkeyboy. Usually, however, I try to aim for a little lower carbonation levels because I am mainly brewing stouts and porters. I have been experimenting with a balance between the priming sugar and the amount of head space I leave in the container. I have noticed that there is a significant carbonation difference in the beer if I leave about 2" of head space in the container instead of
1". Interesting. With 1" there seems to be less carbonation with the same amount of priming sugar. Any idea why?Ken Powers
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