Kegging Setups

[Digga]

Maybe a silly question but why do you have your gas bottle in a pot??
I only find that with gas (LPG) that is is that it ices up when it's used fast...
I've never noticed when gassing 6 kegs and force carbing (Ross shake rattle and roll) method on a 7th that the bottle gets anywhere close to icing up?
Curious really.

 

[Digga]

Neat set up to by the way!

 

[Wolfman1]

Maybe a silly question but why do you have your gas bottle in a pot??
I only find that with gas (LPG) that is is that it ices up when it's used fast...
I've never noticed when gassing 6 kegs and force carbing (Ross shake rattle and roll) method on a 7th that the bottle gets anywhere close to icing up?
Curious really.

Thanks
Not a silly question, but I won't pass judgement on the answer. I needed something to support the bottle when I was putting the dolly together and this was an old camping pot which had started to rust out. I've grown accustomed to it now but it does need to get upgraded with a better bracket. Add it to the list of things to do

 

[brocasarea]

Just finished this - one keg down. Took a while to bower bird all these bits, but now, finally, no more bottling!

Old Kelvinator freezer free off Gumtree converted to fridge with new thermostat. Coloured pallet boards and liquid nails on front. Handle and bands made of flatbar from scrappers, bent and blacked over a fire. Little blackboards off eBay. Inside is 2 x 29.3 litre commercial kegs scored off a mate that used to run a bar (they were used to put the house brew in). Knackerd lancer taps and micromatic couplers scored off another mate that needed kits put trough them. Under the house is a 10kg gas bottle free off Gumtree from a mexican restaurant that was using it well past it's expiry date (now has been hydro tested). Lancer soft drink regulator board bought off eBay converted to dual pressure reg setup using new dials.

 

[malt junkie]

Reported!!! Ya can't be post **** like that on yer 6th post. FFS make the rest of us look hopeless!

Top work, get em filled and your mates will probably move in!

 

[barls]

ok enough on catering a function lets get back on topic. otherwise start a separate thread peeps

post on catering removed.
no more please this is a show your keg fridge not how you catered your wedding.

 

[Devhay]

What size freezers are you guys using?
I'm just starting to keep an eye out on gumtree, and I'd love one I could fit 4-6 cornys in.. 4 on tap and 2 conditioning would be ideal

 

[spog]

My 150 litre freezer will fit 6 X cornies with a little bit of space so they're not jammed in.
Its an old Kelvinator for a keezer build.

 

[malt junkie]

My 150 litre freezer will fit 6 X cornies with a little bit of space so they're not jammed in.
Its an old Kelvinator for a keezer build.

450?

 

[quadbox]

My 800L fits eleven or twelve cornies

 

[spog]

450?

450 as in model number? I'll have to check.

 

[btrots87]

Mine is a 164L fisher and paykel chest freezer that will fit 4 x 19L cornies after I put a collar on it.

Gas cylinder is on the outside and I only have three taps so one keg can be conditioning/carbonating.

 

[earle]

450 as in model number? I'll have to check.

I think he means are you sure it's a 150L as most people only manage to squeeze 4 kegs into a 164L like the post above.

I have a 276L and it will squeeze 5 on the floor and another 2 on the hump with the collar to give the height.

 

[Tahoose]

300ltr here, 6 cornies on the floor and 2 9ltrs on the shelf above the compressor.

 

[abyss]

My Haier 326 litre fits 6 on the floor, can't quite squeeze 7. If my collar was higher I'd get another two on the hump but then I wouldn't be able to reach the bottom.

 

[mofox1]

My Haier 326 litre fits 6 on the floor, can't quite squeeze 7. If my collar was higher I'd get another two on the hump but then I wouldn't be able to reach the bottom.

I guess it depends on the reason for being able to reach the bottom... but have you thought about adding a false bottom for the keezer? (Has anyone ever done this?)

I've been thinking about doing it to mine to bring the floor up to the hump level. I *should* be able to fit another keg in that way.. but will need to rework all the gas and beer lines if I do.

Something like a metal grill walkway, or similarly robust that doesn't need me to build a frame/support structure - just a couple of legs welded/fixed underneath. Then if I need to clean it out I can just just pull it out and mop out the bottom (in theory!).

 

[abyss]

I guess it depends on the reason for being able to reach the bottom... but have you thought about adding a false bottom for the keezer? (Has anyone ever done this?)

I've been thinking about doing it to mine to bring the floor up to the hump level. I *should* be able to fit another keg in that way.. but will need to rework all the gas and beer lines if I do.

Something like a metal grill walkway, or similarly robust that doesn't need me to build a frame/support structure - just a couple of legs welded/fixed underneath. Then if I need to clean it out I can just just pull it out and mop out the bottom (in theory!).

Yea that's not a bad idea.

 

[malt junkie]

I have a fairly decent collar on mine and when refurbing a few bits the other week I dropped a washer that fell right to the drain hole.

Solution: Put 5 year old son in there to get it!

 

[Devhay]

Cheers guys, I managed to find this chart.. all american, but from what I can tell I need be aiming for around a 200L-ish

Time to cruise through gumtree and see if I can find any bargains

 

[BKBrews]

If you only had one tap, is it just a matter of disconnecting the liquid post from one keg and attaching it to the next and continuing? Or do you need to do something in-between to make it work properly? I'm thinking of building one and just slowly acquiring parts as I go - was thinking I'd start with 1 x perlick 650SS flow control tap and just swap through each keg as needed.