Kegging Setups

[GrumpyPaul]

we need another tap king thread....

 

[breakbeer]

Tap King Vs ..........

 

[shaunous]

All my sauces stay in the pantry, if y'all get sick from what grows in a sauce bottle that's not kept at 4 or below, we'll maybe just give up . The only thing that really shouldn't live in the fridge is honey, man that sucks when u go to make a honey sandwich and you accidentally put it in the fridge, then the 1 minute sandwich takes 25minutes...

 

[pyrosx]

Also, while we're still commenting on mrTbeer's fridge contents:

Tomatos lose a huge amount of flavour when stored in the fridge, and their texture suffers as well. There's a fair chance they've already been refrigerated by whatever shop you bought them from though, and the flavour change is permanent... but they'll still taste better if they're at room temperature, and the texture issue is a gradual one.

Besides, they're a fruit (if you ignore the corrupt american FDA) - put them with the apples!

 

[Dan Dan]

Or just throw them out. Those things are disgusting....

 

[Dan Dan]

Where do you live MrTbeer?

 

[punkin]

I keep vegemite in the fridge, and most sauces. If in doubt read the label.
Tomatoe, bbq, soy and relish (worcetershire) stay in the cupboard, all my chinese and chilli sauces stay in the fridge.

The son does call me a freak for the Vegemite thing, they musta changed the label at some stage as it used to say keep refridgerated and now doesn't.
It doesn't change the usabillity of it though.

 

[mrTbeer]

My fridge is bigger than pantry, that's why Vegemite lives there.

 

[tim0850]

my bar and brewroom

 

[MastersBrewery]

I know hate is a very strong word .... but hey I've worked in commercial bars that were as sexy as that


Ed: typo .... yeah typing classes, it's on the list

 

[jameson]

Hi all just woundering for those of you that have chesties. How hard is it to roll them about with 6 kegs in them? I have my font arriving tomorrow after 6 months of looking and 6 weeks of waiting. In this time I have ran so many bar builds and ideas through my head. I am looking for a build similar to bats but I was looking to have font and drip tray fixed on timber that has been cut from the shelf. So I can still have glasses behind the font. If that makes sense I confuse my self at the best of times. Thanks Jameson

 

[NickB]

I wouldn't try mate. 6 kegs full would easily be 120kg, plus the freezer. Maybe look at putting the freezer on tracks or something?

 

[jameson]

Your right NickB only problem is the freezer is 900mm high perfect hight for the bar shelf will have a look on line for a alternative. Wheels or tracks. Hope your keeping good by the way.

 

[Khellendros13]

Your right NickB only problem is the freezer is 900mm high perfect hight for the bar shelf will have a look on line for a alternative. Wheels or tracks. Hope your keeping good by the way.

I made a bottom collar for my keezer and screwed on 4 castors. Easy to move it around.

 

[brewologist]

Hey All,

Finally got around to knocking up this jockey box for an upcoming 4x4 trip to the high country.

I used a keg king jockey box kit and a 22L Waeco esky.

Nice and compact for a camping trip. I haven't tried it out yet but I'm hoping it will serve up some cold beer. I might have to test it out this arvo.





Cheers,

 

[mrTbeer]

Looks good. Does the keg go in an esky too?

 

[Helles]

I'm hoping it will serve up some cold beer.

I got the same esky with 2 coils 2 taps one inside the other it works a treat

 

[brewologist]

Looks good. Does the keg go in an esky too?

Nah.... the keg stays outside the esky. Ice+ss coil chills the beer to serving temp. Haven't tested it yet but I'm hoping to serve up tasty home brew while camping. I will chill and carb the keg before leaving home.

I got the same esky with 2 coils 2 taps one inside the other it works a treat

Good news. Thanks for the info helles. Do you use straight ice or make a slurry? I wasn't sure if packing straight ice in there would freeze the beer line.

Cheers

Edit: please post a pic/link to the two tap rig

 

[Helles]

I fill coil with water first add ice then pour beer
Line did freeze beer once but that was before I used water first
Hasn't happened since

 

[boonchu]

Here's some photos of the keggerator upgrade, I used a piece of huon pine as the facia

 

[Matty3450]

Hi all I've just finished my beer fridge 350 ltr chest freezer with 4 tap cobra font reticulated with pond pump ill try upload a couple of pictures

 

[Edak]

You can with android. Use full version of the page, use file browser to attach

 

[pk.sax]

You can with iphone too. Same deal as above. It a pretty slow though. I recommend using the photobucket app to upload and then use the img tag link from there to insert here.

 

[Matty3450]

Pictures of new bar fridge

 

[MastersBrewery]

Nice lookin bar setup Matty, do you have pic's of the build process?

 

[Batz]

Here's some photos of the keggerator upgrade, I used a piece of huon pine as the facia

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Very nice, are they Country Brewer tap handles?

Batz

 

[DarkFaerytale]

looks good matty, this makes me want to fix up mine, good time to do it since i am dismanteling it to move. what did you use for the lid? any pics of the inside? and also, did it come with wheels or did you add your own?

 

[ben_sa]

I too like those handles... :beerbang:

 

[Matty3450]

hi guys

Unfortunately I dont have any picture from the build as my Iphone crashed and lost them all but what I can say is it was extremely easy to build.

Firstly the top is a standard bunnings benchtop purchased for $99 bucks unfortunately it wasnt quit wide enough so i cut it in half lengthwise and glued a piece of jarrah (still have nearly half benchtop for another project), once glued it was screwed onto the lid. I then mitred and fixed Meranti timber to the edge of the lid with stainless screws then varnished.

The body of freezer was painted with blackboard paint using a foam roller.

Purchased 4 caster wheels from bunnings and screwed directly to the base of freezer.

Inside i can comfortably fit 5 kegs and the co2 bottle, currently have a 4 gas manifold and all new flexible micromatic beer and gas lines.

10 Litre container with water and pond pump hooked up to font.

Keg king 16 Amp temp controller.

May concider a fan for inside to circulate air at a later stage but so far freezer rarely runs so quite happy.

Ill take some inside pictures tonight

 

[Matty3450]

As requested pictures of inside of keg fridge