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Looks pretty good. Is that a camlock fitting on the recirculation pipe? I'll be following with interest. I thought the Robobrew was a steal, might be kicking myself yet... :unsure:

Keg King made a talking about this a few years ago. Might be of interest.

Cool, thanks. In regards to filling from your MJ fermenter, do the little plastic bottling wands fit in that tap snug? I'm using the Coopers plastic jobbies at the moment and I've tried two different methods to fill kegs: Cut an inch of the bottling wand and then slip your standard silicon or...

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if those olive oil drums have volume markings?

Pro tip: when I wen't shopping for a freezer, I took a few cardboard cutouts that match the size of my kegs with me and tested them for space before purchasing.

So I actually have the HR6CF145. Its pretty small, outside dimensions as above. The walls are actually around 65mm thick. So you've only got 380mm square of usable space on the floor. With an extra 210 x 380 on the compressor hump. So if you make a little false floor to keep it even, you end...

I have one as my keezer. I can measure it for you when I get home tonight. EDIT: By standard fermenters, what are we talking about? White barrels?

That video of the Ace showing the underside is definitely the same as the Robobrew, however the Ace looks much tidier. The wiring is neater, and the pump (which is the same), is secured with proper hose clamps, whereas the Robobrew just has those cheap wire jobbies.

Haha the height of ethics in journalism.

Couldn't figure out how to edit my previous post to add this, but just wanted to say that Keg King came through with a satisfactory arrangement for all of my issues and we're pretty responsive and helpful about it. Not a plug, just credit where credit is due.

Yeah that's right. I'd also find it strange that they factored the malt pipe in at all, given that you can't actually see the volume markings when the malt pipe is inserted. Just realised that I didn't specify that the reading is actually under volume, so after adding a measured 10L of water...

Yep, the whole malt pipe / re-circulation setup is an exact replica of the GF, which is a good thing I think. Overall I'm pretty happy with them however Keg King clearly has some quality control issues to sort out as well. Here's a few of my notes and musings from today in no particular order...

RoboBrew's rocked up yesterday. 2x new model with pump. Getting a test run today. Initially I wasn't very impressed but I'm starting to come around. I'll add some further comments when I've had a chance to collect my thoughts, however happy to field any questions in the meantime.

Best mega-swill I've ever made with extract was something like this: 1x Mangrove Jacks Classic Blonde Dry 1kg Coopers Brew Enhancer 2 (50% DEX / 25% DME / 25% MDX) US-05 Pilsner / Dry Enzyme ~150g Carapils steeped for head retention Fine with gelatin so it looks nice and clear You could...

Good work mate! I reckon you've got it. The smell went away for me after a bit and I didn't think anything more of it. Since then I've cleaned the lines a few times with just warm water and never noticed the smell. Just a few days ago I was changing a keg that had been sitting for a while so...

I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure if there's sugar there somewhere, the yeast will find it. I'd just give it time.

I figure it's gotta be the taps or shanks, as I didn't disassemble and clean them before use. Once I clear the beer from the lines, its fine so I can't see how it'll be the kegs etc. I'm gonna de-pressurize and pull everything apart today. Kicking myself for not using john guest fittings...

Nope. Would if I could but there's not much room. Yeah I gassed a keg of StarSan and ran it through all the lines before using. Everything the beer touches (except the keg) is new so I didn't bother with a cleaner first, in hindsight this might have been a mistake. And no, I use sodium perc...

Hahah that's the worst bit! First time kegging beers and neither of them are for me! And no I don't, but I'm picking up what your putting down. Might try and find one of those picnic taps to test with on Tuesday.

Blonde ale and a ginger beer. Both kits and bits, using kit ale yeasts (MJ and Coopers respectively). Added some Pride of Ringwood and dry enzyme to the blonde ale (trying to re-create megaswill) and a fresh, zested then boiled lemon to the GB. The blonde ale smelt a little funny from the...