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That's a good idea about filling the keg from the bottom up. They are very hard to fill from the top down :P You have the rough idea, but slightly out of order - The fermentation should be finished by 2 weeks. Fill up the keg, chill, then carb, then consume. That's it.

QCC at East Brisbane is where you want to go - they've got everything - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ie=UTF-8&am...mp;z=14&t=m only catch is that you need to buy them in bulk (usually boxes of 48). The upside is that they are usually so cheap that it doesn't hurt too much do that. Cheers, Alan.

Unfortunately not any more, in Brisbane at least. Andale have closed their catering supply section to focus on the dispense business.

C'mon winkle, you know you want some :D . I can even supply a plain brown paper bag so you can get them home undetected :ph34r:

Hi Dave, Something's not right there. If it's the hig pressure guage that sitting in the red at zero you won't be getting any CO2 pressure at all, so the 1.5 bar must be coming from back pressure, which might explain why you can't get it any lower. As Browndog said, purge the pressure on the...

Hi all, After scouting the usual department and kitchen stores for decent beer glasses in the Xmas sales and coming up empty, I decided to try some catering supply places instead. The good news is that you can buy just about any type of specialty beer glass you want, the bad news is that they...

I'm a chronic keg polisher. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: To get your kegs nice and shiny, soak any stickers or labels with water and then scrape them off gently with a paint scraper. You can remove the sticky residue with some of that citrus based sticky remover. Once the stainless is clear of...

Kev, I had a good look at those heine kegs when they first arrived - http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...?showtopic=9955 After I emptied that one I pulled it apart. Basically, it's a no go. The main problem is that you only have the one outlet on the keg which is similar to a pressure...

I think you'll find that's a bee.

It's only chlorine based products that pit stainless steel. Napisan is sodium percarbonate based (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_percarbonate) which releases hydrogen peroxide when mixed with water which then produces the oxygen bleaching effect. I normally soak my kegs in napisan for a...

Doc, where are you staying - Market St/Union Sq area ?

ok, I'm outta the loop, what is this Mountain Goat gathering you speak of ? I know the next big Qld get together is the July case swap, but if anyone is interested I could organise a bit of a quick pub crawl sometime in August or Sept - maybe the Brewhouse, E&B - any other suggestions ...

Geoffi, there's no need to take that whole s/stream getup around with you, just pull it apart and use the cylinder coupling and valve. Add some gas tube to this and your disconnect or valve of choice. I use this setup on my portakeg. A squirt of gas when the pour starts to get a bit slow is all...

Can't sleep - Mrs A is having her 20 week ultrasound this morning, where we find out if bub to be is boy or girl and if everything is ok. Mix of excitement and nerves is keeping me awake.....

I've done 2 AHB bulk buys of these now from Beertech in WA: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ic=5208&hl= http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ic=6578&hl= So there should be no shortage of people who use (or have tried to use) them. I use 'em, I like 'em. My beer lines...