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From: geoff@burl.UUCP (geoff)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: homebrew keg beer
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 16:20:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 16:20:51 1986
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I am starting to get into beer brewing again.  The biggest headache has always
been the bottles -- getting them, cleaning them, and filling them.  My local
brewing supply store sells a product called a 'rotokeg' which looks like a
small keg lying on its side.  It has a screw fitting on top you can attach
a seltzer-water CO2 cartridge (ie, not a CO2 gun type cartridge).  These
things run about $.50 apiece.  Apparently you prime the beer in the keg
normally and shoot it with CO2 when the pressure runs low.  The owner
said he was at a party with one of these and it took 2 cartridges to drain
the keg.  The beer is tapped through a petcock at the lower front of the
keg (I don't recall the exact configuration).  The price for one of these
beasties is about $32.

My questions:
	Does anyone have any experience with these or similar kegs for homebrew?
	How well does the keg hold CO2, esp. after opening?
	Does it take the same amount of time to age in a keg as it does in a
		bottle?  Same taste?
	Anything I should look for, be wary of, etc?

thanks,
-- 

		geoff sherwood
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