malt junkie
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It's been nearly a year since we decided to move from Western Sydney 1000k's south to country Victoria. We moved from a huge 7 bedroom place with big double garage and storage to boot. In moving we ditched 3 fridges (one a 6 keg 4 tap kegerator with TV attached) of course I stripped these down and kept the hardware for latter use. On the trip down the TV got smashed and the urn crushed, sight glass broken. :angry:
We moved into a tiny 2 bedder(renting), a single garage that leaked water and dust. I did get a few brews down once everything got settled, built myself a cute Keezer, things were on the up and up; however I found as time went on my cubes were getting infected. I took a break from brewing for a month or so. When I eventually got the urge to brew, I found that my entire kit was covered in mold inside and out. Further inspection revealed the worst, the entire property was riddled with it. Some how I'd been lucky enough to get a few brews through without infection, however I knew there was no way I could now that mold was through the lot. :angry2:
A couple of months on and we have moved again (I hate moving) to newer, bigger; double garage with some workshop type space and no mold. I got the old urn out and got it pretty close to straight and crown sent me a few sight glasses. Set up the brauclone for keg CIP and gave half the kegs(I have a lot I"ll do the rest in a month or two) a 40min 5% caustic wash, once done I broke down the fittings on the brauclone, including the valves and gave it all a clean. I had done the ferment fridges and keezer with Domestos over the previous days and loaded the keezer with 3 kegs of beer that had some how survived the biological nightmare. Job done right! All good!! And it was my birthday so 2 kegs get hooked up and beers are enjoyed.
The following day I found a missing washer for the third tap and hooked it up!
Fathers day arrives, beer undies from the 5yo son says so much!! Around lunch I headed to the shed with a glass, pulled on the middle tap and nothing. I open the keezer to discover the keg has dispensed itself into the kezzer and my kegs are swimming in 9L of stout.
The beer gods are NOT being kind gentlemen.
Once more unto the breach fellow brewers (cleaning products in toe)
Where'd I put that clever blokes number???
We moved into a tiny 2 bedder(renting), a single garage that leaked water and dust. I did get a few brews down once everything got settled, built myself a cute Keezer, things were on the up and up; however I found as time went on my cubes were getting infected. I took a break from brewing for a month or so. When I eventually got the urge to brew, I found that my entire kit was covered in mold inside and out. Further inspection revealed the worst, the entire property was riddled with it. Some how I'd been lucky enough to get a few brews through without infection, however I knew there was no way I could now that mold was through the lot. :angry2:
A couple of months on and we have moved again (I hate moving) to newer, bigger; double garage with some workshop type space and no mold. I got the old urn out and got it pretty close to straight and crown sent me a few sight glasses. Set up the brauclone for keg CIP and gave half the kegs(I have a lot I"ll do the rest in a month or two) a 40min 5% caustic wash, once done I broke down the fittings on the brauclone, including the valves and gave it all a clean. I had done the ferment fridges and keezer with Domestos over the previous days and loaded the keezer with 3 kegs of beer that had some how survived the biological nightmare. Job done right! All good!! And it was my birthday so 2 kegs get hooked up and beers are enjoyed.
The following day I found a missing washer for the third tap and hooked it up! Fathers day arrives, beer undies from the 5yo son says so much!! Around lunch I headed to the shed with a glass, pulled on the middle tap and nothing. I open the keezer to discover the keg has dispensed itself into the kezzer and my kegs are swimming in 9L of stout.
The beer gods are NOT being kind gentlemen.
Once more unto the breach fellow brewers (cleaning products in toe)
Where'd I put that clever blokes number???
