Kegging Setups

[peekaboo_jones]

That's awesome Laxation!!! I really like the Tassie blackwood and tap handles.
I've actually got the same chest freezer full of frozen foodstuff.
Where do you keep your co2 and the temp control electricals?

 

[laxation]

The Co2 is sitting right behind it. The Temp control is inside the jug on the right (when I get around to it I'm moving it to that wine bottle so I can use the jug again) and it comes out the back. You can see the controller lying on the floor there

I'm super happy with how the taps turned out - they came from this bit of wood

 

[peekaboo_jones]

Excellent, gotta love recycled Aussie timber. I've got access to some nice redgum from the barmah forest in nsw. Might do similar!

 

[fdsaasdf]

Nice work laxation. I made my entire bar top out of some discarded timber found at a sawmill that cost me the price of fuel to drive out. When they took over the joint they were learning to cut ironbark slabs on a new portable setup and ended up with some that were 3in thick tapering to 1.5in so no good for sale. They sat in a pile for 5 years before I picked up a few with a plan to make workbenches. Of course, as soon as I started to work with the timber I realised how beautiful it was and after about 30hrs hand-planing, sanding and estapol'ing I ended up with a bar and a couple of small serving tables that look nicer than any other furniture I own!

 

[brewgasm]

Hi everyone, New here check out my beer line. Thoughts?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Looks alright to me, though I am no expert on kegging set ups.

 

[Fro-Daddy]

Can't think of any issues, just wondering what the advantages are?

 

[brewgasm]

Can't think of any issues, just wondering what the advantages are?

I only did it to one line to see if it could be done. It works great and the advantage for me so far has been the speed and ease of transferring beer to a party keg, mini keg and the a bottle through the counter pressure filler/carbonation cap. Works for because I like to take my beer with me instead of buying beer. Other less significant advantages could be the ability to remove the line when not in use, change out lines (longer, shorter) or if I had a dedicated line for say ginger beer. It could have potential benefit with clean and sanitise.

The obvious disadvantage is the cost but I have not seen any change in flow because I haven't run two taps side by side yet

 

[kierent]

Maybe easier to clean? Looks good though

 

[brewgasm]

Maybe easier to clean? Looks good though

I could swap the ends around and get some sort of conterflow cleaning happening

 

[Coalminer]

Is the fitting on the shank commercially available?

 

[brewgasm]

Is the fitting on the shank commercially available?

Sure are, they are listed as LIQUID BALL LOCK POST WITH 5/8INCH THREAD

Intended for use with commercial keg couplers to replace the barb fitting with ball lock posts so you can tap commercial kegs without changing homebrew fittings.

 

[munta]

Hi not sure if this is the right place to ask, I'm moving from bottling to kegs. Got 19 litre corny kegs. Probably just using a party tap or Pluto gun I think it's called. Want advice or link to article. Best brand co2 regulator to get? Like keg king, mangrove jack, micromatic?? Or any cheaper version off eBay do the same job? Thanks for your advice

 

[meathead]

I’ve had no probs with kk
Make sure you use plenty of beer line say 3 meters
Go for the skinnyist one u can
Then u can serve at carb pressure say 12psi

 

[munta]

Thanks mate just ordered KK one just wanted to hear from someone who had used any of them. Looking forward to getting it all set up now

 

[brewgasm]

I got a micromatic and a kk. Both great, I have a slight preference for the micromatic but the knob on the kk wins as far as ease of use goes

 

[brewgasm]

Hi not sure if this is the right place to ask, I'm moving from bottling to kegs. Got 19 litre corny kegs. Probably just using a party tap or Pluto gun I think it's called. Want advice or link to article. Best brand co2 regulator to get? Like keg king, mangrove jack, micromatic?? Or any cheaper version off eBay do the same job? Thanks for your advice

Pluto gun is great for a start, I use one on my mobile set up.

 

[Sidney Harbour-Bridge]

This is what I have so far, there is room for one more keg in the fridge and one more tap but I will have to put the gas bottle on the shelf and I like to use that space for bottled beers and glasses.

 

[lobo]

Few months ago I got around to doing up my Keezer ive had for about 5 years. Tassie oak floorboards, galv mini orb. Double font will be eventually flooded.

 

[Ben Davies]

Few months ago I got around to doing up my Keezer ive had for about 5 years. Tassie oak floorboards, galv mini orb. Double font will be eventually flooded.View attachment 112281View attachment 112282View attachment 112283

Bloody beautifull! Its on castors too so youcan move it if need be? You can obviously drill through freezer lid without any probs too. Will have to have a go at this...

 

[Schikitar]

Tassie oak floorboards, galv mini orb.

That looks great lobo, don't show that to my wife! My white fridge with some taps hanging out of it is nowhere near as impressive, I need to come up with a way to dress it up!

 

[MetalRooster]

Few months ago I got around to doing up my Keezer ive had for about 5 years. Tassie oak floorboards, galv mini orb. Double font will be eventually flooded.

Looks great - I was thinking mini orb myself, did you just use a continuous sheet, or separate sections for each side? (can't tell from the pic). Also how did you attach the mini orb to the freezer?

 

[Stokesy]

G'day everyone, im Stokesy and im new to brewing, this is my setup so far. Still got a bit of work to do in the coolroom. I had to make the stainless tap extension to go through the wall of the coolroom, i also made easy clean and fill kegs. Beer up

 

[peterlonz]

The OP says he sometimes fits a 45 litre keg AND a 19 litre in his kitchen frig.
God alone knows how he gets that in his frig (fork hoist maybe, or maybe he supervises his wife)!
I have a bit of a struggle fitting 4 kegs in my frig which looks to be about the same size.

 

[KegLand-com-au]

Looks great - I was thinking mini orb myself, did you just use a continuous sheet, or separate sections for each side? (can't tell from the pic). Also how did you attach the mini orb to the freezer?

The mini-orb can look good but just wanted to remind you guys that it's important to make sure you work out what type of radiators/condenser your fridge has and do not cover this up. We frequently see customers who clad fridges in wood, metal or some other sheeting and it significantly reduces the fridges ability to dissipate heat.

Also I was just looking at the one of the previous posts and just wanted to higlight something. If you use these fittings on the back of the tap shanks:
https://www.kegland.com.au/liquid-ball-lock-post-with-5-8-bsp-thread.html
Yes it does make it easy to fit the ball lock posts and connect/disconnect the beer lines. One small word of warning on this is that the way the ball lock posts have been designed with a poppet and spring they do sometimes introduce a bit of turbulance. Now if you have the poppet and spring further up stream where you have higher pressures (due to your line resistance) then you will have no problem at all. With that said if you put the same poppet and spring close to your tap end where the head pressures are close to 0 then this is when foaming can start to be an issue. If you have very cold beer and well balanced system you will probably be fine but if you start putting these fittings on your tap shanks are are getting foaming issues then I would remove them.

Sorry, dont want to be negative but just wanted to flag a couple potential issues. The kegerators and bar's look awesome guys. We should probably run a competition every year for the best kegerator setup.

If you want an easy way to remove your beer line from the tap shank then these are a much cheaper option:
https://www.kegland.com.au/duotight-8mm-push-in-to-5-8-to-suit-keg-couplers-and-tap-shanks.html
They cost much less too.

 

[sp0rk]

Didn't there used to be a rule here that retailers had to stick to their own threads to flog their wares?

 

[sp0rk]

Actually yes, it was outlined here and acknowledged...
https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/single-vessel-brewing-robobrew-35l-gen-3.97599/#post-1503108

 

[KegLand-com-au]

G'day everyone, im Stokesy and im new to brewing, this is my setup so far. Still got a bit of work to do in the coolroom. I had to make the stainless tap extension to go through the wall of the coolroom, i also made easy clean and fill kegs. Beer upView attachment 113634View attachment 113636View attachment 113637View attachment 113638View attachment 113639View attachment 113640View attachment 113641

Where did you purchase the shank extension? It's hard to find 5/8inch all thread.

 

[KegLand-com-au]

Actually yes, it was outlined here and acknowledged...
https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/single-vessel-brewing-robobrew-35l-gen-3.97599/#post-1503108

Hello sap0rk. We were under the impression that sponsors were able to comment on any thread they like provided that it was relevant to the subject on the thread.

In addition to this we raised the question with a number of forum members and it appeared to us that the forum members were of the opinion that as long as the information was accurate and informative then they were not fussed if it came from a sponsor or a member of the public.

What does seem to be against the rules is certain forum members who are actually retailers but then commenting under alias profiles. We have noticed that this seems to be happening quite a bit recently.

At the end of the day we believe a healthy vibrant forum should involve processionals in the industry, domestic customers, and a broad range of members that bring different views to the table. You will always have some forum members that will have a motive to actually sell product or influence the public in one direction. One way to try and address this issue is to make sure all retailers are shown as being retailers. We have tried to make our profile clearly say "KegLand" for this reason and in many posts that we have maid we also specifically say "we have some bias as we sell the products".

 

[sp0rk]

What I find is you insert your products where ever possible and it seems like a blatant disregard for the rules
Don't even try the "wahhhh other people do it too" excuse, just man up and accept it
This forum seems to have completely gone down the toilet of late...


Going back and re-reading what a moderator posted

I'm seeing KegLand jumping in all over the forum in an attempt to gain visibility, where KegKing remained like the other sponsors.. paid and within the boundaries.

To which you acknowledged the fact and feigned ignorance, then continued to refine the point with WEAL
Don't play coy here