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Monday 27 March 2017

Factors To Assist You To Be A Specialist In Bottling And Kegging

By Matthew Campbell


When doing kegging and bottling, preservation of carbon is very crucial. In fact, that is the main thing you have to worry about. Carbonated drinks usually form a lot especially when you are dispensing. In the end, you remain with half of the drink and foam on top. The article highlights vital elements about bottling and kegging.

To bottle your beer without losing its carbon, it is recommended that you use a counter pressure filler. It is very efficient because it eliminates oxygen from the bottle first, fills it with carbon dioxide and the liquid is finally pushed at high pressure into the bottle. Fillers usually go for approximately $90, and this price could go up according to the quality and also the brand it is made from.

Getting the counter pressure filler obviously depends on your bottling needs. For instance, when you are a home brewer who needs to bottle a few cans of beer every few days or so, it might not be sensible to look for expensive counter pressure filler. There are techniques you can use to bottle the liquids without losing the carbonation.

The first thing, there are two elements that you need to always keep in mind before you begin this process and these are pressure and temperature. When the liquid is warmer, the gas is easily expelled than when the liquid is chilled. This can easily be proven. A lot of foam comes out when you pour warm soda into a glass, and the contrary happens when you pour cold soda.

The trick that can assist you when bottling few containers of soda, therefore, lies in making sure that before you transfer the bottles, the temperature of that liquid is greatly reduced. If possible refrigerate the liquid to near freezing before you try to transfer the liquid from one container to another. The process is as simple as funneling the liquid from one container to the other.

To make this drink safe for consumption you should make sure that the bottle in which you are transferring the drink to is clean and sterilized. This should be done before adding anything to the bottle. Also after cleaning ensure that you cover the opening with an aluminum foil to prevent contamination.

Another thing that can make this process smooth is the use of tubes. The tube you use should be long enough and straight. You will be able to transfer the drinks from a large container to the containers that you cleaned and sterilized. Just ensure that the liquid is chilled all through this process.

When you are done with the process of transferring the liquid, and you are not certain if the drinks are adequately carbonated, make sure that the drinks are used up within a day of the transfer. Keep in mind that the main reason why drinks are carbonated is to increase their durability. Therefore, when the drinks lose their carbonation, they will not last long no matter how much you want them to. Follow the above tips if you want to do a transfer of carbonated liquids and still maintain their original state.




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