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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: evans52 on January 09, 2016, 05:23:17 PM
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I'm looking at setting up my homebrew from a keg, tapped and in a fridge. Just wondering if someone can give me an idea of what's needed to set it up. Or even the best place on net to start reading.
I'll add, I have the gear for brewing.
Cheers
Craig
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I just got my starter system here and am going to get a 6kg CO2 bottle from Ebay as well, with Australian standards compliance. :cheers:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ball-Lock-Home-Brew-Keg-Starter-Kit-Pluto-Cornelius-Post-Mix-Beer-Coca-Cola-/301821882043 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ball-Lock-Home-Brew-Keg-Starter-Kit-Pluto-Cornelius-Post-Mix-Beer-Coca-Cola-/301821882043)
Foo
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I've recently started considering the same thing so I'll be following this with interest. My initial costing is coming in at approx $1200 without co2, no particular brand as yet as its still early days for me. This includes fridge with top mounted taps and two good kegs. :cheers:
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$1200? :o Mine will cost me no more than $600. ???
Foo
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Is that including the keg fridge foo? Where did you get yours from?
eBay has the fridge with top mounted taps for about $700 then you need to add kegs.
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I don't do it anymore but I used to...I bought a second hand setup including the fridge for $300.00..I then bought extra kegs at $100.00 each..Before the keg system I was using bottles and washing bottles is a real pain..Look around and you can generally find someone getting out of it...I sold mine for what it cost me...
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Second hand fridge for me and it won't take much to drill a hole through the front. ;D
Foo
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Do you know what a quality twin tap setup is worth?
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Like this?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Commercial-Double-Draught-Beer-Font-Taps-Beer-Line-Keg-Home-Brew-Beer-/252231126867 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Commercial-Double-Draught-Beer-Font-Taps-Beer-Line-Keg-Home-Brew-Beer-/252231126867)
Foo
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Thanks foo.
I'm looking to reduce the footprint in my 6x6 garage, I'm looking for something smaller than the full size fisher paykel active smart in here for my beer fridge cause it's too far to walk to the inside beer fridge. Gives me something to think about. I'll not gain any more floor area but I can save about $600, that stuffs a lot of g-strings.🙊
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Our removalists are pretty heavy into home brewing, both spirits & keg beer. They gave me a lot of good info & have me thinking of going to kegs rather then bottles too.
He has a mobile bar set up, with a chest freezer on wheels, set up to look like a bar with the timber edges & the small corrugated iron (don't know what it's called) sides. It has the tower coming out the lid with twin taps, one for beer & one for his premixed home brew bourbon & Coke. He has a temperature regulator & sets the freezer for 0 deg. These. Can be bought off eBay for less than $100. I use them to regulate the temperature of my heat belts in winter.
A bloke at work just bought a set up from Toowoomba with 1 new keg & 2 second hand & tap etc for $600.
Also keep and eye on gumtree, there's always some poor bugger on there whose wife doesn't like his hobby/habit
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Christ! How much beer do you buggers drink? Make me feel like an amateur.....
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Christ! How much beer do you buggers drink? Make me feel like an amateur.....
Beer is good. If I could marry it I would😁
I think it's about the satisfaction of brewing your own. When I go out I'll usually drink a porter/dark ale, luv the stuff.
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http://aussiehomebrewer.com/ (http://aussiehomebrewer.com/)
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Lol, a forum for beer brewing. When I was a kid if you were different you got punched, today you just join a forum with other different people the same as yourself. Happy days.🍻🎉
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It is a terrifying prospect of kegs of bourbon and coke in your own home. I love the idea so much that I can't walk in to the shop.
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Christ! How much beer do you buggers drink? Make me feel like an amateur.....
Not enough. ;D
Foo
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Christ! How much beer do you buggers drink? Make me feel like an amateur.....
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Cheers all. I'm a bit over the bottle washing and draining and a while ago I started getting rid of them. So figured I'll kegging. I did find this last night and it seems pretty helpful.
http://brewerschoice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Basic-Kegging-Procedures.pdf (http://brewerschoice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Basic-Kegging-Procedures.pdf)
I just got my starter system here and am going to get a 6kg CO2 bottle from Ebay as well, with Australian standards compliance. :cheers:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ball-Lock-Home-Brew-Keg-Starter-Kit-Pluto-Cornelius-Post-Mix-Beer-Coca-Cola-/301821882043 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ball-Lock-Home-Brew-Keg-Starter-Kit-Pluto-Cornelius-Post-Mix-Beer-Coca-Cola-/301821882043)
Foo
Thanks Foo. That looks perfect. A good cheap simple setup to start with and then I can build on that.
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I home brew and keg as well. Great way to brew and drink beer. I set up with kegs back in 2008, and have spent a minimal amount with it. All bought from www.craftbrewer.com.au (http://www.craftbrewer.com.au) - excellent help from them always too.
From memory costs are:
4 kegs @ $80 each = $320
Regulator twin guage = $120 approx.
Connecting hoses and bits = $25 approx.
Bronco faucet (basic tap) = $15
Setup total = $500 approx.
Then I rent a C02 cylinder from BOC gases for about $50 per quarter.
I got a free fridge from a mate for fermenting, and bought a small one from Good Guys for about $500 that fits two kegs at a time. I only use the most basic Bronco tap, so I didn't have to cut holes in the fridge.
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I have a couple of kegs on rotation in the garage fridge. Don't have them plumbed in but rather just use a couple of bronco faucets. They pour great every time with no stuffing around with length of hose v's pouring pressure. They're also portable which means they come on camping trips with me. Just buy a couple of CO2 bulbs and you're set to go - free beer!
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Ok so who's going to build their 2016 version of Hoytshooters camper ? and have the Ultimate camp set up ...... ;D :cheers: http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=22164.0 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=22164.0)
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I home brew and keg as well. Great way to brew and drink beer. I set up with kegs back in 2008, and have spent a minimal amount with it. All bought from www.craftbrewer.com.au (http://www.craftbrewer.com.au) - excellent help from them always too.
From memory costs are:
4 kegs @ $80 each = $320
Regulator twin guage = $120 approx.
Connecting hoses and bits = $25 approx.
Bronco faucet (basic tap) = $15
Setup total = $500 approx.
Then I rent a C02 cylinder from BOC gases for about $50 per quarter.
I got a free fridge from a mate for fermenting, and bought a small one from Good Guys for about $500 that fits two kegs at a time. I only use the most basic Bronco tap, so I didn't have to cut holes in the fridge.
I did the same up until their latest price hike. $168 a year I think it was. about 3 weeks ago I bought my own keg king 6Kg bottle for $219.00 full
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My keg system is just collecting dust... my cousin fitted pubs out so i got all the taps and gas regulator off him back in the early 90's. .. found some 19lt post mix kegs... have and old fridge and back then you could buy the gas bottle... just need to get it tested every couple of years. .. and when working away i would take my kegs to a local micro brewer and he would clean them..fill them and gas them... think its time to get them filled again
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My keg system is just collecting dust... my cousin fitted pubs out so i got all the taps and gas regulator off him back in the early 90's. .. found some 19lt post mix kegs... have and old fridge and back then you could buy the gas bottle... just need to get it tested every couple of years. .. and when working away i would take my kegs to a local micro brewer and he would clean them..fill them and gas them... think its time to get them filled again
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or pass it on.😁
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I did the same up until their latest price hike. $168 a year I think it was. about 3 weeks ago I bought my own keg king 6Kg bottle for $219.00 full
I might look into something like that. Good to know.
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my set up is below, I used my existing beer fridge, purchased a start up kit off ebay, with regulator beer lines clamps and one beer tap for about 250 bucks, purchased 2 second hand kegs from my local brew shop for 70 bucks each, purchased my own 3kg gas bottle for 300 bucks and just get it refilled as needed. and scored a second tap off a mate who works in the beer industry.
the set up is five years old now, I run 2 different beers at a time. The fridge in the picture shat itself just before xmas and I am yet to drill holes in the new Second-hand fridge I purchased last month but will do it all on the weekend as I have a brew ready to come off next week which I will need to keg..
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^^ 8) ^^
Foo
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my set up is below, I used my existing beer fridge, purchased a start up kit off ebay, with regulator beer lines clamps and one beer tap for about 250 bucks, purchased 2 second hand kegs from my local brew shop for 70 bucks each, purchased my own 3kg gas bottle for 300 bucks and just get it refilled as needed. and scored a second tap off a mate who works in the beer industry.
the set up is five years old now, I run 2 different beers at a time. The fridge in the picture shat itself just before xmas and I am yet to drill holes in the new Second-hand fridge I purchased last month but will do it all on the weekend as I have a brew ready to come off next week which I will need to keg..
That's an expensive gas bottle ???
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I'm looking at this one. ;)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-Standard-6KG-10L-Carbon-Dioxide-CO2-Gas-Bottle-Cylinder-FULL-/151943242688?hash=item236085e3c0 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-Standard-6KG-10L-Carbon-Dioxide-CO2-Gas-Bottle-Cylinder-FULL-/151943242688?hash=item236085e3c0)
Foo
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How about a mobile beer set up? ride on esky with a trailer and temprite setup? (http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p638/greggr2richo9923/216917_211431045553542_6600308_n_zpshrzoqiaf.jpg) (http://s1159.photobucket.com/user/greggr2richo9923/media/216917_211431045553542_6600308_n_zpshrzoqiaf.jpg.html)
And yes before you ask, there are two ride on Eskies and YES WE DO RACE THEM.
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That's an expensive gas bottle ???
Sure was, nearly shat myself when got the price, i could have rented the bottle but it would have cost more in the long run, i think some places now do a swap and go system which works better
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I'm looking at this one. ;)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-Standard-6KG-10L-Carbon-Dioxide-CO2-Gas-Bottle-Cylinder-FULL-/151943242688?hash=item236085e3c0 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Australian-Standard-6KG-10L-Carbon-Dioxide-CO2-Gas-Bottle-Cylinder-FULL-/151943242688?hash=item236085e3c0)
Foo
They are definatly alot cheaper then when i started my system
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Below is my set up
Got it up and running about a year a ago and Leary the hard way by buying a cheap keg fridge. If you want to drink nice cold beer do not be a tight ass on the purchase of your fridge and taps
If your gonna go with a kegerator choose your unit wisely. As a must make sure it gets to -4 deg particularly if you live in Qld.
I get my beer from Gold Coast Brewery at Nerang. Pop in an see Ian an he will help you sample a few beers that he has in cans. He also sells the kegerator fridges fully set up for about $1,100. For a quality kegerator new your not going to get em any cheaper unless you go used but the $$$ are still high as the quality units hold their value well.
GCB also do cans so you can get a 25 ltr keg and about 50 cans from a single brew. So now I get to take quality beer in cans camping or anywhere. Really good as no glass. Only issue is you have to keep your kegged and can beer cold all the time. If not it will go Shit with the yeast activating.
This beer is totally preservative free so no more hangovers
Cheers
Neil
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With all this talk of beer I dusted the keg and acquired a nice IPA...
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I have a very basic set up a regular fridge, fits two corny kegs sitting in the bottom and the gas bottle on a hump at the back. A pluto gun for each keg, very simple, probably in the vicinity of $400.
I have had a recurring expense of filling gas bottles though. I had a major leak and lost two bottles (6kg each!) in short time. I discovered the gas line was a bit burred where i'd cut it and wasnt sealing in the john guest fitting very well. Since neatening it up things have drastically improved but im still losing gas somewhere. Ive tried soapy water on all joins but have still lost another bottle full of gas! Im considering going to barbed and clamped gas lines, does anyone have any thoughts?
Forgot to mention im also using some smaller kegs 6/9 litre away camping, have been superb in a little esky, although it was cooler weather, am yet to test it in summer.
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I have a very basic set up a regular fridge, fits two corny kegs sitting in the bottom and the gas bottle on a hump at the back. A pluto gun for each keg, very simple, probably in the vicinity of $400.
Awesome work. Simple is best. Don't need to worry about line length just pour.
I discovered the gas line was a bit burred where i'd cut it and wasnt sealing in the john guest fitting very well. Since neatening it up things have drastically improved but im still losing gas somewhere. Ive tried soapy water on all joins but have still lost another bottle full of gas! Im considering going to barbed and clamped gas lines, does anyone have any thoughts?
I had a leak - now I just carb up the keg and turn off the gas at the bottle. Turn the gas back on when you want to pour. Works well!
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I have a very basic set up a regular fridge, fits two corny kegs sitting in the bottom and the gas bottle on a hump at the back. A pluto gun for each keg, very simple, probably in the vicinity of $400.
Awesome work. Simple is best. Don't need to worry about line length just pour.
I discovered the gas line was a bit burred where i'd cut it and wasnt sealing in the john guest fitting very well. Since neatening it up things have drastically improved but im still losing gas somewhere. Ive tried soapy water on all joins but have still lost another bottle full of gas! Im considering going to barbed and clamped gas lines, does anyone have any thoughts?
Yep, same here. I just open the reg every couple of days between sessions, and when pouring only connect it back up when the beer slows a tad. The beer carbonation stays good in between, while it is cold, and really, you don't want it too gassed anyway. Check out how much carbonation in a pub beer next time your there.
I had a leak - now I just carb up the keg and turn off the gas at the bottle. Turn the gas back on when you want to pour. Works well!
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I have a very basic set up a regular fridge, fits two corny kegs sitting in the bottom and the gas bottle on a hump at the back. A pluto gun for each keg, very simple, probably in the vicinity of $400.
I have had a recurring expense of filling gas bottles though. I had a major leak and lost two bottles (6kg each!) in short time. I discovered the gas line was a bit burred where i'd cut it and wasnt sealing in the john guest fitting very well. Since neatening it up things have drastically improved but im still losing gas somewhere. Ive tried soapy water on all joins but have still lost another bottle full of gas! Im considering going to barbed and clamped gas lines, does anyone have any thoughts?
Forgot to mention im also using some smaller kegs 6/9 litre away camping, have been superb in a little esky, although it was cooler weather, am yet to test it in summer.u
Have you tried the soapy water on the keg? I have had leaks in the past from a dodgy seal in the relief valve and have damaged the seal on the oval lid of the keg also
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I have a very basic set up a regular fridge, fits two corny kegs sitting in the bottom and the gas bottle on a hump at the back. A pluto gun for each keg, very simple, probably in the vicinity of $400.
I have had a recurring expense of filling gas bottles though. I had a major leak and lost two bottles (6kg each!) in short time. I discovered the gas line was a bit burred where i'd cut it and wasnt sealing in the john guest fitting very well. Since neatening it up things have drastically improved but im still losing gas somewhere. Ive tried soapy water on all joins but have still lost another bottle full of gas! Im considering going to barbed and clamped gas lines, does anyone have any thoughts?
Forgot to mention im also using some smaller kegs 6/9 litre away camping, have been superb in a little esky, although it was cooler weather, am yet to test it in summer.
I don't keep my gas bottle hooked up at all. I quick carb the beer, and unhook gas. Drink a few beers, which drops the pressure, then I re-attach it, turn gas on to good pressure, leave it for 30seconds or so, and unhook gas. That lasts to pour 6-8 glasses at a time. And repeat.
It means an inconvenience every few drinks, but means I never get gas leaks, and don't have to cut holes in fridge.
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Ha, beer ;D that's for when you're thirsty, but when you want a DRINK ya gotta go................................................................... 8)
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Thanks all for the suggestions! Thats essentially what i did over christmas as the gas bottle didnt fit in the fridge with all the other stuff. Seems to work well.
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Since I have been kegging I have not looked back. The next bit of kit to get is the CO2 bulb quick charger with the trigger then you are mobile with your keg. Chill and gas your keg at home, place into a large plasterers bucket surround with ice, attach gun and gas charger. Into the back of the ute and off for the weekend, if it is going to be a rough drive I take home made cider as it travels better. 20 Litres of drink, no rubbish to take back.
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Since I have been kegging I have not looked back. The next bit of kit to get is the CO2 bulb quick charger with the trigger then you are mobile with your keg. Chill and gas your keg at home, place into a large plasterers bucket surround with ice, attach gun and gas charger. Into the back of the ute and off for the weekend, if it is going to be a rough drive I take home made cider as it travels better. 20 Litres of drink, no rubbish to take back.
Ha, I saw some vehicles leaving the Bay area (Port Stephens) that had obviously been camping for the holidays. On the back of one of the utes there was a full size keggerator that could have held at least 6 kegs, and had two or maybe 3 taps on the front of it. They would have had to have been staying at a caravan park, unless they had a genny as well.
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Lol, a forum for beer brewing. When I was a kid if you were different you got punched, today you just join a forum with other different people the same as yourself. Happy days.🍻🎉
Did you get punched much at school Paul?
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Since I have been kegging I have not looked back. The next bit of kit to get is the CO2 bulb quick charger with the trigger then you are mobile with your keg. Chill and gas your keg at home, place into a large plasterers bucket surround with ice, attach gun and gas charger. Into the back of the ute and off for the weekend, if it is going to be a rough drive I take home made cider as it travels better. 20 Litres of drink, no rubbish to take back.
I also have a 19ltr "squat"keg that fits into my 6oltr esky which I fill with Ice and use the CO2 bulbs to charge the keg for pouring pressure through a pluto gun,
Works great at BBQ etc, I also purchased a tall esky that fits 2 of my 10ltr kegs which I have taken on a couple of camping trips, But is is bloody heavy when full of beer and ice..
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My setup recently for a mate's 40th. Contents didn't last long. 2 x 19 litre kegs. Bought from ebay with everything for about $350.
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Here is my original setup complete with a fire extinguisher to gas the beer.
(http://gallery.myswag.org/gallery/d/51592-2/The+fridge+that+every+man+should+have.jpg)
Over the last few months we have given the fridge a bit of TLC, on the weekend i installed a Perlick 650SS Flow Control tap so i can fill up growlers. I invested in a SpeedGas C02 cylinder as my local fire extinguisher place doesn't refill them anymore. My wife is happy now that she has her own tap.
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i like the setup! Was the fire extinguisher a cheaper option?
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i like the setup! Was the fire extinguisher a cheaper option?
Back when i started out none of the homebrew ships had Co2 cylinders and BOC was expensive (and still is) so i went with the fire extinguisher.