xknifepointx
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Hi guys, another question here:
I've only ever done kit brews, started doing it when I bought my old man a Coopers kit last year and then stopped when the first few brews were "bad" and didn't bother with it again until I found this forum. I made one at home and it was alright, not great but not the worst either.
I have two old fridges at my old folks place just sitting there and I was thinking maybe I could setup a one-tap keg system for my dad and that would get him back into the hobby I know he would really love? the first few bottling experiences turned him off after they went bad but I'm sure if kegging is easier/less hassle he would enjoy that more.
The only problem is that me and my younger brother will be trying to set it all up, on a budget. We aren't rich, infact, quite the opposite. I'm paying a mortgage and he's only just out of high school and working part time so in total how much would we need to spend to get one keg, one tap coming from a fridge door ? also, with the kit beers making 23 liters at a time, what happens with the remaining beer? do we bottle it or do we buy another cornelius keg and put all the "leftover" into a second keg?
do I buy another fermenter? would it be better having two 23 liter batches for 2 18lt kegs? it seems like an awful waste.
I have a friend with a CUB keg he bought from the scrap metal yard he works in, would it be easier or harder to put homebrew in this? with 50liters(?) it might work out that I'm wasting less?
any help would be appreciated, also any help as to where to source parts for cheap, I'm located in Sydney but the stuff is going to be put together in Wollongong.
also any advice as to how to remove a bit of rust from one of the fridges, maybe an orbital sander I can borrow or belt sander and sand it all back and then repaint it?
sorry for sounding like a knob.
I've only ever done kit brews, started doing it when I bought my old man a Coopers kit last year and then stopped when the first few brews were "bad" and didn't bother with it again until I found this forum. I made one at home and it was alright, not great but not the worst either.
I have two old fridges at my old folks place just sitting there and I was thinking maybe I could setup a one-tap keg system for my dad and that would get him back into the hobby I know he would really love? the first few bottling experiences turned him off after they went bad but I'm sure if kegging is easier/less hassle he would enjoy that more.
The only problem is that me and my younger brother will be trying to set it all up, on a budget. We aren't rich, infact, quite the opposite. I'm paying a mortgage and he's only just out of high school and working part time so in total how much would we need to spend to get one keg, one tap coming from a fridge door ? also, with the kit beers making 23 liters at a time, what happens with the remaining beer? do we bottle it or do we buy another cornelius keg and put all the "leftover" into a second keg?
do I buy another fermenter? would it be better having two 23 liter batches for 2 18lt kegs? it seems like an awful waste.
I have a friend with a CUB keg he bought from the scrap metal yard he works in, would it be easier or harder to put homebrew in this? with 50liters(?) it might work out that I'm wasting less?
any help would be appreciated, also any help as to where to source parts for cheap, I'm located in Sydney but the stuff is going to be put together in Wollongong.
also any advice as to how to remove a bit of rust from one of the fridges, maybe an orbital sander I can borrow or belt sander and sand it all back and then repaint it?
sorry for sounding like a knob.