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Mine lives in the garage. It’s definitely a gurgler. Not awful but I’m glad it’s not in my lounge room. It’s no worse than my 10 year old mistral bar fridge I ferment in. Must be similar refridgerant.

That’s it. I tried and organise my keg setup much like a brew day. Plan in advance! Though, it only takes one alcho mate to roll round unannounced and that’s up the proverbial.... I’m always one or two kegs behind where I’d like to be! ;)

Honestly, in an ideal world, we’d all have a decent enough brewing pipeline, enough kegs in cold storage and just set and forget everything. Totally understand why people opt to have huge keezers that fit 10 kegs or a second fridge for carbing/lagering. I’d always suggest to err on the...

That way it’d kick things a long a little, but less likely to overcarb than 40psi for 24hrs...

11 or 12 days would just about get you there. If you’re worried, I’d just Ross method for 30 psi at 30 secs. Give it 10 minutes to settle or just pull the prv with a towel covering the little spray that’ll come out. Then give her a quick burp, leave at set and forget.

Fair call mate. Same reason I’m only kegging now too. No time for bottles! I wouldn’t brew anymore if I bottled!

Nice job mate. Any particular reason why your running 50l kegs as opposed to cornies?

Looks great!

Homebrewing, beer and DIY have all been things that have interested me as long as I can remember. My home brew journey began like many others, the best part of two decades ago. A DIY kit, no temperature control, a tin of goop, a kilo of sugar, a wing capper - awful beer. Did I drink it? Of...

It could absolutely be a design fault. There’s minimal parts in these things so who knows. If I have on going problems with these things I’ll upgrade. It’s not something I’ve encountered before! The only definite I’ve got is the overcarbed keg. The taps work perfect when the whole system is...

So I’ve concluded that in order for these forward sealing taps to seal correctly, a balanced pressure is needed to push the shuttle firmly closed. Emptied the keg yesterday (drank it), refilled with starsan solution, set the gauge to serve and the tap and keg performed perfectly. The tap sealed...

So adjusted all taps, disassembled and checked seals, lubed seals. All taps work fine with starsan keg and another beer keg. Seal perfect. When I hook up offending keg, drips and doesn’t seal right. Getting decent bubbles in line so I’m assuming it’s out of balance as getting a decent whack of...

Own three ultrataps but one in particular seems to not want to close properly. Has anyone else had problems with these? Seems to be when a certain keg is hooked up that i suspect might be slightly overcarbed but still seems to pour well enough. Can an overcarbed beer stop a forward sealing tap...

Might go and have a look at a robo/guten in person I think! Less gear to have out, ease of use and reasonable prices are selling it to me...

Oh yeah, kegging any day over a brew bucket! I flat out wouldn’t brew anymore if I had to bottle....

Thanks! This was the kind of opinion I was after as you’ve scaled back vessels as I’m considering. I’m glad you’re happy with your setup and it’s given me food for thought.

Yup absolutely. Hang in there HKB, it goes away before you know it!

Awesome responses, much appreciated. Heaps to consider as a middle ground between 3v and mixing gunk together (kits/extract) would be perfect at the minute.

I have a 3v Herms setup, but being time poor (big hours, landscaping my new place), free time is obviously spent with the family and can’t spend hours on that system at the minute. I’ve actually had to take a step back brewing K & k just to keep my kegs filled because I can punch them out in...

I understand, and I’m obviously wrong, but a beer that originates from NZ, with NZ hops doesn’t scream classic Australian to me. If it falls under the guidelines, then I’ll happily disagree with them. From memory, it’s a super budget beer that’s less than $20 for 12 stubbies and it tasted like...