Hi All
I am getting back into brewing after a 7 year abscense. I used to brew and keg when I was in the middle east, out of necessity, and am getting back into it over here in Perth. I have got a cheap corner bar and fisher paykel bar fridge (120l, all that would fit under the bar) purchased off Gumtree and have ordered a ss beer tower with perlicks 525ss taps plus a reg with dual manifold from Amazon (had to do the shipito route though as the vendor doesn't deliver outside US). I will get the rest of the gear locally here in Perth as the markups on the remaining stuff isn't too bad locally.
I am I right in assuming that its best to get the gas bottle from a nearby local source that offers exchange or refilling, how are shops/vendors about refilling bottles they didn't sell?
I guess I will also need the sundry items like keg couplers, beer line...etc... what do you all reccomend?
I was just goind to get the postmix kegs with ball locks as that is what we used in the mid east and I'm familiar with them, or should i consider something else?
My fridge will require some mods to get 2 kegs in, I will have to remove and flatten the little mini freezer plate, then drill a gas line hole and a beer line hole. Has anyone done this on a fisher bar fridge before, can anyone reccomend locations or methods for doing this?
Sorry for the newb questions but in the mid east I relied on just copying exactly what the people already there had done, right down to buying the same fridge and drilling holes in the same places...etc....no real investigation/risk required unlike now.
Regards
venno
I am getting back into brewing after a 7 year abscense. I used to brew and keg when I was in the middle east, out of necessity, and am getting back into it over here in Perth. I have got a cheap corner bar and fisher paykel bar fridge (120l, all that would fit under the bar) purchased off Gumtree and have ordered a ss beer tower with perlicks 525ss taps plus a reg with dual manifold from Amazon (had to do the shipito route though as the vendor doesn't deliver outside US). I will get the rest of the gear locally here in Perth as the markups on the remaining stuff isn't too bad locally.
I am I right in assuming that its best to get the gas bottle from a nearby local source that offers exchange or refilling, how are shops/vendors about refilling bottles they didn't sell?
I guess I will also need the sundry items like keg couplers, beer line...etc... what do you all reccomend?
I was just goind to get the postmix kegs with ball locks as that is what we used in the mid east and I'm familiar with them, or should i consider something else?
My fridge will require some mods to get 2 kegs in, I will have to remove and flatten the little mini freezer plate, then drill a gas line hole and a beer line hole. Has anyone done this on a fisher bar fridge before, can anyone reccomend locations or methods for doing this?
Sorry for the newb questions but in the mid east I relied on just copying exactly what the people already there had done, right down to buying the same fridge and drilling holes in the same places...etc....no real investigation/risk required unlike now.
Regards
venno