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Date: 05 Jun 2006 18:00:22
From: Shadow998
Subject: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
Thanks.
Russ
W6OHM
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 00:17:39
From: Lee
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Russ, hello from N2LC.
I like the idea of pulling the relief valve every few days, since I'm always
down there fooling with something.
I'll be giving that a try here in another few days, when I rack my first
lager, a supposed Corona clone for my wife, one of the Real Beer Wimps.
73,
Lee
"Shadow998" <nospam.hrd998cc@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:Wi_gg.132557$F_3.88054@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
> anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
> Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Russ
> W6OHM
>
>
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Date: 05 Jun 2006 12:55:07
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Shadow998 wrote:
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> Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
> anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
> Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
I've been doing that for years. It works great. Since there's
virtually no fermentation going on in secondary, you don't even need a
lock. Just pull the pressure relief every few days.
----------- >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Date: 05 Jun 2006 17:54:33
From: MDixon
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Denny Conn <denny.g.conn@ci.eugene.or.us > wrote in message
news:44848C1B.984B0F24@ci.eugene.or.us...
> Shadow998 wrote:
> >
> > Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
> > anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
> > Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
>
> I've been doing that for years. It works great. Since there's
> virtually no fermentation going on in secondary, you don't even need a
> lock. Just pull the pressure relief every few days.
Odd as it sounds, I have a beer in the tertiary which is a 6 gallon batch in
a 10 gallon keg. It needed a few more points so I fed it some old Edme
yeast. Figured I am now too lazy to pull the pressure relief so I took a
threaded gas disconnect, crammed on a 3/8" hose, then put an airlock into
the other end of the hose and taped it to the handle on the 10 gallon keg.
Dunno why I hadn't thought of it before...
Cheers,
Mike
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 04:37:17
From: Shadow998
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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These are good responses. Thanks for all the ifo; I hadn't considered not
being able to see if the beer had cleared, tho.
Thanks
Russ
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> Odd as it sounds, I have a beer in the tertiary which is a 6 gallon batch
> in
> a 10 gallon keg. It needed a few more points so I fed it some old Edme
> yeast. Figured I am now too lazy to pull the pressure relief so I took a
> threaded gas disconnect, crammed on a 3/8" hose, then put an airlock into
> the other end of the hose and taped it to the handle on the 10 gallon keg.
> Dunno why I hadn't thought of it before...
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
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>
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 09:46:56
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Shadow998 wrote:
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> These are good responses. Thanks for all the ifo; I hadn't considered not
> being able to see if the beer had cleared, tho.
But does that really matter? Just leave it in there a week or 2, and
you don't NEED to see it.
----------- >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 09:46:15
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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MDixon wrote:
> Odd as it sounds, I have a beer in the tertiary which is a 6 gallon batch in
> a 10 gallon keg. It needed a few more points so I fed it some old Edme
> yeast. Figured I am now too lazy to pull the pressure relief so I took a
> threaded gas disconnect, crammed on a 3/8" hose, then put an airlock into
> the other end of the hose and taped it to the handle on the 10 gallon keg.
> Dunno why I hadn't thought of it before...
I do that when I'm using a 10 gal. corny for primary, but I've never
seen the need for it in a secondary.
------------ >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 20:17:45
From: Dick Adams
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Denny Conn <denny.g.conn@ci.eugene.or.us > wrote:
> MDixon wrote:
>> Odd as it sounds, I have a beer in the tertiary which is a 6 gallon batch in
>> a 10 gallon keg. It needed a few more points so I fed it some old Edme
>> yeast. Figured I am now too lazy to pull the pressure relief so I took a
>> threaded gas disconnect, crammed on a 3/8" hose, then put an airlock into
>> the other end of the hose and taped it to the handle on the 10 gallon keg.
>> Dunno why I hadn't thought of it before...
> I do that when I'm using a 10 gal. corny for primary, but I've never
> seen the need for it in a secondary.
Where do you get a 10 gall corney?
Dick
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Date: 06 Jun 2006 23:51:07
From: Wayne
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Dick Adams wrote:
> Denny Conn <denny.g.conn@ci.eugene.or.us> wrote:
>>I do that when I'm using a 10 gal. corny for primary, but I've never
>>seen the need for it in a secondary.
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> Where do you get a 10 gall corney?
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> Dick
You need either a lot of money or a little bit of luck. They show up
once in a blue moon on eBay, but usually go for way too much money.
Word of mouth produces cheaper ones, should you ever be lucky enough to
hear about one. I think I found mine through a post on RCB about a
brewshop in Denver that had a bunch of them cheap. They went fast and I
think I got the last one. Just keep letting people know you are looking
for one and act fast if you do hear about one.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
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Date: 07 Jun 2006 08:46:32
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Dick Adams wrote:
> Where do you get a 10 gall corney?
Our club picked up about 200 of them from a Pepsi distributor a few
years ago. I won't make you ill by telling how ridiculously cheaply we
got them!
---------------- >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Date: 05 Jun 2006 11:34:47
From: yddraig
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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Shadow998 wrote:
> Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
> anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
> Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Russ
> W6OHM
The only problem that I see is that you can't see if the beer has
cleared.
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Date: 05 Jun 2006 18:29:43
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Using Cornelius as Secondary?
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:00:22 GMT, <nospam.hrd998cc@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Getting back into brewing and not wanting to hoist glass carboys around
> anymore (due to lower back issues); it seems possible to secondary in a
> Cornelius keg fitted with a fermentation lock. Has anyone done this?
Yep, I know of several people that do that. IMO it should work fine.
John.
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