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Cake day: January 7th, 2024

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  • Technically yes but not super practical. Normally you want to ferment in a larger vessel with a larger starting volume to end up with your desired final volume. For example, 22 liters into a 25 liter fermentor (think 20% extra headspace for primary). The extra head space allows space for kraussen. Then you can rack off the yeast and end up closer to something like a desired 20 liters into a keg. Also since you are making mead fruit is often used that would be difficult in a keg.

    I would recommend ferment in fermentor then rack into keg for conditioning etc. no one wants a pour of your fermentations yeast cake.


  • Micromatic is correct its fairly unusual to tear down the keg spear. My recommendation is to clean it as it was designed to be cleaned with a pump.

    • keg
    • pump
    • coupler (with co2 check valve removed)
    • basin or bucket
    • somewhere to invert keg

    Basically you would need a basin for what ever you want to run through the keg (rinse, caustic, sani, etc) to feed the pump. Connect the pump’s outlet to the liquid port on the coupler. Connect a hose to the co2 line to flow back into the basin (remember to remove the co2 check valve). Couple the coupler onto the keg and invert the keg (ie turn upside down). Then run the pump.

    Whatever solution should pass through the spear spray the walls of the keg then drain out through the co2 pathways in the spear. This effectively is what a keg washer is doing and will pretty thoroughly clean the part you are concerned about.

    A couple of safety tips: wear eye protection and make sure you purge co2 out of the keg prior to adding caustics

    Good luck!












  • Sounds like to me that maybe its not about how thick their skins are but about not taking the job personally. If you view a job just performing a function for money and just focus solely on the job it would look the same. Ignore other peoples drama, personalities, work ethics etc. Just do the job and focus on that ignore the drama, the gossip, and focus on doing your job well.

    I manage staff and my best employees would seem stoic but really they just had focus, good work ethics, and a kind of get in and get out mentality. No gossip, no hanging out with their coworkers. Work was work then go home.