So I'm watering the roses this morning before we take off, and the neighbor comes out to his car to leave for work. He asked me if I still wanted that keg his friend had offered me when they were moving in, and I said 'Sure!', so he's going to work on that for me today.
Looks like I may be getting a keg for conversion after all, and for free as well!
Just another nail in the coffin for making 10 gallon batches.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Kegerator works great!
Kegerator is chillin away in the basement, seems to work very well and chills down fast. Gave it a good cleaning, and will be getting ready to punch the first tap through the door this weekend. I am so excited! Now I *really* have to get to work refurbishing those kegs! ;-)
Friday, September 5, 2008
Kegerator (potentially) Secured!
A friend of mine recently pointed me toward someone with a spare fridge, one that it seems will fit into the basement with no real issues. All they want in exchange is for me to fill a keg of homebrew for them. So, it appears that I will soon have a nice shiny kegerator in the basement to dispense beer from.
This means my next brewing project after getting the mashtun converted and the fridge chillin, is going to be converting the fridge to be the kegerator I want it to be. I'm thinking if I work it right, I can set it up to hold either 6 kegs of homebrew, or 4 kegs of homebrew and a commercial 1/6 bbl of beer/mead/what-have-you.
Tonight will be filled with moving things around to get this fridge into the basement and the basement reordered. I also probably need to get over to Trevor's place and get those champagne splits picked up.
Oy, brewing is getting crowded! Luckily, with a kegerator I can get rid of quite a few standard bottles, which will free up some space. Just like with the mashtun conversion, I'll be able to get rid of one of the crappy old coolers, which will also save space downstairs. Of course, this means we'll need to have a yard sale soon..
:S
This means my next brewing project after getting the mashtun converted and the fridge chillin, is going to be converting the fridge to be the kegerator I want it to be. I'm thinking if I work it right, I can set it up to hold either 6 kegs of homebrew, or 4 kegs of homebrew and a commercial 1/6 bbl of beer/mead/what-have-you.
Tonight will be filled with moving things around to get this fridge into the basement and the basement reordered. I also probably need to get over to Trevor's place and get those champagne splits picked up.
Oy, brewing is getting crowded! Luckily, with a kegerator I can get rid of quite a few standard bottles, which will free up some space. Just like with the mashtun conversion, I'll be able to get rid of one of the crappy old coolers, which will also save space downstairs. Of course, this means we'll need to have a yard sale soon..
:S
Thursday, September 4, 2008
New Mashtun Secured!
Found a 70 quart Coleman XTreme cooler on sale at Bi-Mart this past weekend, which increases my mashtun capacity by 3 gallons. I'll probably start converting it tonight to just get that done for the next brew day, which is probably going to be next weekend.
Next up is going to be a fridge, to convert to a kegerator. Need to find a smaller size fridge to do that, but I already have a spot to put it in the basement. Just need to get it and convert. I have the parts to do a single tap already, minus the hoses, which are cheap enough.
Next up is going to be a fridge, to convert to a kegerator. Need to find a smaller size fridge to do that, but I already have a spot to put it in the basement. Just need to get it and convert. I have the parts to do a single tap already, minus the hoses, which are cheap enough.
Hop Madness follow-up
Hop Madness was AWESOME!
I am so staying there next year! Gonna brew, and drink, and drink, and pick hops, and drink drink drink :P
I am so staying there next year! Gonna brew, and drink, and drink, and pick hops, and drink drink drink :P
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