WILLIAMSWARN BrewKeg10 User Manual

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BrewKeg10 User Manual
OVERVIEW 01
PROCESS SUMMARY 02
SETTING UP YOUR BREWKEG10
SET UP 03 EQUIPMENT 03
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SPECIAL NOTE ON PRESSURE AND CARBONATION 12
CO2 LEVELS FROM PRESSURE VS CARBONATION 12
ADJUSTING CARBONATION 13
CARBONATION FOR WARMER BEVERAGES 13
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: CLEAN 04 STEP 2: MIX 06 STEP 3: ADJUST 07 STEP 4: DISPENSE 10
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VERSION 8
OVERVIEW
BrewKeg10TM Structure
VESSEL LID
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
SEDIMENT BOTTLE
STAINLESS STEEL VESSEL
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VESSEL BUTTERFLY VALVE
USER MANUAL
PROCESS SUMMARY
CLEAN
01. Rinse off the internal yeast ring – ensure the
internal surface is visibly clean.
02. Add hot water and detergent – shake with lid
on – take some liquid out the beer line.
03. Open the vessel butterfly valve and add
remaining detergent to the sediment bottle.
04. Rinse the detergent from the BrewKeg10™,
its lid, sediment bottle and beer line.
MIX
01. Add the extracts to the vessel with hot water
and stir to dissolve.
02. Add any extra ingredients (e.g. hop tea).
03. Top up with water. Target 25ºC (77ºF)
when full. Stir.
04. Rehydrate yeast in sediment bottle in
25ºC (77ºF) water and add to vessel.
05. Attach sediment bottle and open vessel valve.
06. Top up again, attach lid, set VPRV to approx.
2.5 turns and set temperature to ideally
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25ºC (77ºF) or within the range of 18-28ºC
(
64-82ºF) in your fridge or room.
ADJUST
01. Maintain temperature for 4 days.
02. Check and adjust the pressure as required
after
24 hours. Target 1.5 bar (22 psi).
03. Chill to 1-4ºC (34-39ºF) when fermentation
is finished.
04. Clarify beer - 2 step process. Cider does not
require clarification.
DISPENSE
01. Close the vessel butterfly valve and remove
the sediment bottle.
02. Ensure CO
the lid.
03. Connect draft tap to the beverage-out port on
the lid and pour a beverage.
Transfer the beverage to bottles or kegs if required.
is connected to the gas-in port on
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Instructional Videos available at
williamswarn.com/The­WilliamsWarn/BrewKeg10
SETTING UP YOUR BREWKEG
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
Please watch the brewing videos on our website www.williamswarn.com/The­WilliamsWarn/BrewKeg10 before you make your first brew. This will make the instructions below easier to understand and assist you in making a great brew first time and every time. You can also use the videos as the instruction manual rather than this printed manual, by using the play and pause buttons on the video to help you perform each step. The printed words below are in fact generally the narration to the videos.
SETTING UP YOUR BREWKEG10™
Unpack the BrewKeg10™ from its packaging. It consists of three parts being the main vessel, the lid and the sediment bottle. See the image on the Process Summary page. The BrewKeg10 is ready to use once unpacked.
GAS-IN PORT
(WITH NOTCHES ON ITS BASE HEX)
VARIABLE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE VPRV
EQUIPMENT YOU NEED
A BrewKeg10™.
The Sundry Accessories set, (spatula, clarification agent, brewery detergent, non-scratch sponge).
The Dosing Device.
The BrewKeg10™ pressure gauge.
Means to receive CO2 e.g. either a CO2 cylinder or soda stream bottle with a gas regulator and gas line with grey quick-disconnect fitting.
Means to dispense e.g. a draft beer line and tap (and a fridge) or alternatively a kegerator with a draft beer tap.
A set of ingredients for the BrewKeg10™.
A means to maintain temperature between
18-28ºC (64-82ºF) e.g. a heat-belt and a
temperature controller (sold by WilliamsWarn) can be used to control the temperature inside a kegerator or fridge during fermentation. A room or cupboard with a thermostatically controlled portable heater can also be used.
A standard 1.5L (51 fl. oz.) kitchen kettle, scissors, a thermometer.
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BK10 LID
BEVERAGE-OUT PORT
(WITHOUT NOTCHES ON ITS BASE HEX,
WITH TUBE EXTENDING INTO THE VESSEL)
Figure 1: BrewKeg10™ Lid
NOTES REGARDING THE GAS-IN AND BEVERAGE-OUT PORTS.
It is a good idea to regularly check the state of the O-rings on the gas-in and beverage­out ports (these are also called posts). The O-rings are very inexpensive parts and should be regularly checked to ensure that they aren’t worn or frayed or split. If they don’t form a good seal gas or beverage can leak out around the ports. A gas leak can contribute to emptying of your CO and a liquid leak will make a mess on your floor. These parts are consumable parts and can be purchased through our website.
It is also a good practice to wet the O-rings with a little water when you put on and take off the quick-disconnect fittings, as shown at the beginning of the Step 1: Clean instructional video. This will allow the rings to last longer before they need replacing.
cylinder
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USER MANUAL
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1 – Clean
A. Firstly, set up your CO
Figure 2. Ensure the gas line with the grey quick-disconnect fitting is inserted all the way into the push-lock fitting under the adjusting knob on the gas regulator as shown. If you are using a large CO regulator to the cylinder securely and open the cylinder top valve. If you are using a soda stream bottle, first screw the special adaptor onto the regulator well and then screw the complete regulator set-up onto the soda stream bottle securely. Please see the video on our website or on vimeo (vimeo.com/ for a clear explanation on how to set up a soda stream bottle to a regulator. Then set the pressure on the low pressure gauge (the one sitting above the adjusting knob) to 1.1 bar ( by turning the adjusting knob clockwise. Please note that it is always most accurate to set the pressure by winding the adjusting knob
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anti-clockwise first to release pressure and be under the set-point and then wind it clockwise to increase the pressure to its set-point. Once you have set the pressure, your CO ready to provide pressure to the BrewKeg each time the grey quick-disconnect fitting is connected to the gas-in port on the BrewKeg lid. The gas-in port is the port with the notches on the hex of the fitting (see Figure 1). Note: if you need to remove the gas line from the regulator, push in the end of the fitting and pull the tubing out at the same time.
Caution: When connecting the Gas dispense
line to the BrewKeg™ or any other Keg, DO NOT connect to the liquid post. If this is done and the regulator is not on or not set to your desired dispense pressure, beer can flow back into the regulator and cause damage. If you are concerned about this you can buy a non-return valve from our website and insert it into the line to prevent this happening.
B. Start to boil 1L (34 fl. oz.) of water in the
kitchen kettle.
C. Remove any pressure in the vessel by pressing
the button on the VPRV (indicated in Figure
supply as shown in
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cylinder, then connect the
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196807721)
16 psi)
system is then
2
10
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1) until all pressure is released. Remove the lid by turning its locking knob anti-clockwise and slipping the lid out from under the rim. Ensure the vessel butterfly valve is closed and then remove the sediment bottle (it screws off clockwise looking down on it).
D. Place the BrewKeg10™ over a sink or drain
and open the butterfly valve. Use a water source to rinse off any beverage residue or yeast ring from a previous brew. The water source can be for example, a tap or a water hose or a rinse bottle full of water. Drain all the liquid out of the vessel and close the vessel butterfly valve. Fill the vessel cone with the tap water and dip the non-scratch sponge into the water in the cone and scrub the entire internal surface of the vessel with the cold water. It is important to especially scrub off any yeast ring from a previous brew. Open the vessel butterfly valve again, dump this water and then rinse the internal surface of the vessel with water again. Then close the vessel butterfly valve. The idea here is to scrub off most of the visible solids and beverage residue from a previous brew. Wash the lid with cold water until visibly clean. Next, remove the VPRV and pour boiling water into the VPRV socket and over the seal end of the fitting. After this, re-fit the VPRV.
Fig 2: CO2 cylinder and soda stream attached to regulator and gas side connection
E. Ensure the vessel butterfly valve is closed.
Add
15g (1 heaped tablespoon/1 cap full) of
WilliamsWarn Brewery Detergent to the vessel. Then add the 1L (
34 fl. oz.) of boiling water
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