السبت، 4 فبراير 2017

How The Bottling And Kegging Processes Are Done

By Henry Kelly


After a beer is being producing, the next step is packaging it which is being done either with two different options. These options have some pros and cons. The first option is bottling, the advantage is to save money and the disadvantage is being time consuming. And the other option is kegging. Saving time is advantage but a much larger initial investment might be needed. Most of the home brewers are going to bottle the product for aging purposes or other 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.

Bottling is very tedious according to many and is also a time consuming chore, and thus, you must be prepared. Bottles that are used to bottle the beer come into different types. If your budget is limited, you are suggested to make use of commercial bottles. The commercial ones would require up front works in order for the labels to removed when cleaning. Twisting them off cannot be done as well.

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.

When the carbonation is being forced, the process is referred to as kegging. This process for carbonation involves the use of carbon dioxide tanks instead of a priming sugar. Forcing the carbonation would probably result to having lesser sediments and quicker beer clearing.

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.

During the process, you need to make sure to run water and sanitizer to the system. Then after is filling the keg with beer that is just newly fermented prior to placing the cap. Next is to attach the the carbon dioxide then turn it on. To purge the oxygen is necessary through pulling a relief valve a few times.




About the Author:



0 التعليقات:

إرسال تعليق