hey mudsta
thanks for all your help. it makes a lot more sense now. brout a fridge on ebay yesturday so just waiting on a few things now and im ready to go. do you put that locking ring back in after you screw the spear back in?
and what chiller pipe do you use? stainless , beer line? and...
nah not at all, im getting a freezer in the this week and the gas and all put together i probably wont be ready for about 3 weeks (the beer is almost ready and i hope i can get the kegs ready and not have to bottle again) but i like to know what im doing so i can think about it and figure it...
ah yeah i always get them mixed up. i was worried as it would have been difficult to get the coupler flat to drill into as its a funny shape. do you take the spear out to clean the keg? im totally new to all of this.
thanks alex
hey mudsta,
thanks heaps for your reply. i would have been a bit nervous drilling and tapping the coupling.
i was always worried about just cleaning via the solution in the keg and swishing it around and i have removed a spear before but i would love an update and i have never put one back...
ohh ok i see it now . have you done this before? i would probably need a special die to tap it though as the ones ive used will be too long. any hints ?
the coupler looks like this
this is not mine but one of ebay but basically the same, are you saying i should put a pressure release valuve in the side of this? im not sure if that would be easy to do.... sure i wouldnt put it in the top of the keg?
ok i have been homebrewing for a few years now but the cleaning of bottles kills me as i have about 300 at any one time.
so i decided to move on to kegs.
im using 50l kegs because i got 3 couplings for free
they came with these big 1 inch pin lock male connections and the thread on the...