Ok guys n girls,
I have been using a home made kegs system for quite a while now. But i recently purchased 5 of the propper 19 litre kegs and am setting up for taking these camping with us.
I have been using the home made setup camping for years now and it was a bit dodgy so now im trying to do a propper, but budget job. I thought i'd run past you guys how i did it before and how im planning on doing it this time, see if you guys see any holes in my plan.
Previously i had a 150 litre chest freezer that i had welded a mount for on the front A frame of my camp trailer. This housed two of my home made kegs (Old 12l stainless fire extinguishers) I then had a beer gun and reg with soda stream bottle to power the setup. This had a few problems the disconnects leaked and so could not be left plugged in. The freezer could only hold two 12l kegs and constant opening and closing of the freezer to pour beers wasn't ideal for keeping the ice for a long time.
The plan now is to hold three or possibly four of the std 19 litre kegs in a 300 litre chest freezer. I have bought some old beer taps from ebay and plan to fit them on the outside of the fridge with lines running through to the interior of the fridge. this will prevent us opening and closing the freezer as much and should keep ice even longer. I can fabricate a bracket to fit the taps no problems but one question is, is it ok to have brass in contact with beer or should it be stainless only? I plan to fold up a small shelf/awning to keep the sun off the taps to prevent heat transfer into the freezer as much as possible. For gas supply i plan to machine a manifold to supply the three kegs from one bottle. What size bottle would i need? Is there a cheap way of doing this? i think the soda stream ones are good but too small for three or four kegs, am i right in thinking this?
so anything else i should keep in mind or have missed altogether?
I have been using a home made kegs system for quite a while now. But i recently purchased 5 of the propper 19 litre kegs and am setting up for taking these camping with us.
I have been using the home made setup camping for years now and it was a bit dodgy so now im trying to do a propper, but budget job. I thought i'd run past you guys how i did it before and how im planning on doing it this time, see if you guys see any holes in my plan.
Previously i had a 150 litre chest freezer that i had welded a mount for on the front A frame of my camp trailer. This housed two of my home made kegs (Old 12l stainless fire extinguishers) I then had a beer gun and reg with soda stream bottle to power the setup. This had a few problems the disconnects leaked and so could not be left plugged in. The freezer could only hold two 12l kegs and constant opening and closing of the freezer to pour beers wasn't ideal for keeping the ice for a long time.
The plan now is to hold three or possibly four of the std 19 litre kegs in a 300 litre chest freezer. I have bought some old beer taps from ebay and plan to fit them on the outside of the fridge with lines running through to the interior of the fridge. this will prevent us opening and closing the freezer as much and should keep ice even longer. I can fabricate a bracket to fit the taps no problems but one question is, is it ok to have brass in contact with beer or should it be stainless only? I plan to fold up a small shelf/awning to keep the sun off the taps to prevent heat transfer into the freezer as much as possible. For gas supply i plan to machine a manifold to supply the three kegs from one bottle. What size bottle would i need? Is there a cheap way of doing this? i think the soda stream ones are good but too small for three or four kegs, am i right in thinking this?
so anything else i should keep in mind or have missed altogether?
