Right now I’m using 2, 6.5gal carboys in my freezementer but I have to lift them out to siphon to kegs. They are just too low to the ground to get a good siphon going. I’m thinking about going to 1/2 bbl kegs so I can ferment 2 beers at a time but I know I won’t be able to lift those. Is there a better way that i’m missing? C02?
-J.K.L.
Get a carboy cap that fits snugly on the carboy, then use CO2 to push from the carboy to the keg. Very gently, a couple of psi should do it.
Like this:
Exactly 
Drew, have you gone above 5 psi? Does it push the carboy cap off or blow up the carboy? I have a bad carboy I’m going to test in a month or so . . .
Yeah, the carboy caps will blow ~5 psi, but man do I hate depending on that as a safety mechanism.
Yeah, I plan to do it in my garbage can so I don’t have to clean up the mess. :) I wonder how high I will have to go to get it to shatter? ;D
Thanks for the response guys. I thought about that, just haven’t tried it yet. That reminds me, I really need to invest in a SS racking cane plus I only have my 5lb CO2 tank filled right now and I was afraid of using too much gas. If I go the 1/2 bbl route, I’ll have to get my 15lb checked and filled.
-J.K.L.
If by checked you mean re-proofed, you can just swap it out at the local welding gas place. It’s my preferred method anyway, and I never have to have my tanks proofed that way.
I like the gas fitting installed on the carboy cap. That really makes this setup special.
How high you have to go or how high you have to be? ;D
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