How The Bottling And Kegging Processes Are Done

By Henry Kelly


When packaging the beer after production, there are 2 basic options that maybe used. Both of the options have pros and have cons. In bottling, you can save money because of its lesser costs but it can be time consuming. While kegging would require much initial investment but can save time. Most home brewers will bottle the fermented product either for aging or for some artisinal considerations.

This reason has made the people prefer kegging rather than bottle conditioning because they can benefit from it a lot. One benefit for brewers is they can have control on carbonation and can modulate it more accurately and deliberately. Mitigating the oxidation is also being done and the light exposure will be eliminated. Lastly, having few presentations can be much attractive than the home draught system. With this article, more information is learned about how bottling and kegging processes work.

There are 2 main disadvantages of bottling and these are its being time consuming and tedious chore, thus, you need to be prepared. There are various kinds of bottles for use in beers. If you prefer to have the cheaper ones, you can choose the commercial type of bottles. Twisting these off can be undone and also, these commercial ones require some up front works for the removal of labels when cleaning.

Brown bottles are much better because these types can block the UV light, breaking down some hop oils which can give a skunky smell to a product. Sanitizing the bottle can also be done in many ways. The dishwasher process is considered as the easiest way. To wash the items with the use of a heated dry cycle can be sufficient for killing any microorganisms which are present.

When waiting for the day of when the product will be bottled, bottle washer and brush would be recommended in order to ensure that all the items are clean before the process of sanitization. Aside from dishwasher, another alternative is bottle tree. This has been the best way to sanitize or and to dry the items. After this, these items must be placed in sanitizers and bottle trees for drying.

With using a racking cane and a tubing, from fermenting buckets, the beers will be transferred into bottling buckets. During the transfer is mixing the sugar along with the product. Boiling the caps for a few minutes using a stove is to be done. The beer is then stored inside dark place for two weeks in room temperature. Before placing the, in a fridge, cooling them down is necessary and make sure that the carbonation is necessary.

Forcing to carbonate the product is done with the use of a kegging process. This means that the carbonation process is used with a carbon dioxide tank and not the priming sugar. A forced carbonation can result into a lesser sediment and clearing the beer becomes quicker.

Rather than the bottling, this is the most common process that most brewers prefer. The reason for this is due to having a greater chance for a product carbonation. The kegging process also controls the level of beer carbonation.

In the process, sanitizer and water must be both running through the system. A keg is then filled in with newly fermented beer before the cap will be placed. Carbon dioxide will be attached and turned on. It is important for the oxygen to be purged by pulling few times the relief valve.




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