We filled our first set of kegs that we plan to sell outside the brewery the other day (the first was for a test batch that we ended keeping and selling via our taproom). We discovered in doing the math on volumes that we had more kegs than we should have. All said and done we had just over 4.5 gallons into each keg. I know you won't fill a keg totally full bit I would assume on a 1/6th bbl keg it should be closer to 5 gallons. We use a FOB on a keg filling head and when it shuts off we figured the kegs were full.
Our process:
Vent the kegs pressure (not quite all the way but full pressure shuts the fob off)
Open the valve on the filler head
We maintain a head pressure in the brite tank of 13ish while filling
When the fob stops venting air, we close all the valves and disconnect
My thoughts at this point are
We are venting too much pressure in the keg and foaming is causing premature shut off or we are filling too fast and should have the head pressure lower on the brite.
We are going to weigh a keg and see where its at but the math says 4.65 gallons in the kegs.
I feel like I am missing something here and we wont begin selling these kegs until we straighten this out. Any answers or comments are welcome, we just want play fair and square with our local businesses. Thanks in advance.
Our process:
Vent the kegs pressure (not quite all the way but full pressure shuts the fob off)
Open the valve on the filler head
We maintain a head pressure in the brite tank of 13ish while filling
When the fob stops venting air, we close all the valves and disconnect
My thoughts at this point are
We are venting too much pressure in the keg and foaming is causing premature shut off or we are filling too fast and should have the head pressure lower on the brite.
We are going to weigh a keg and see where its at but the math says 4.65 gallons in the kegs.
I feel like I am missing something here and we wont begin selling these kegs until we straighten this out. Any answers or comments are welcome, we just want play fair and square with our local businesses. Thanks in advance.
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