Oh... if I could get my wife that interested in beer and brewing. Your Husband is truly a lucky man!!
Now all you need to do is brew a batch behind his back and have it kegged and under the tree for Christmas!! You will never see a kegerator put together quicker I am sure!!
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throwing this out there.... but if you start going all grain, I love my three keg system. 15.5 gallons each. which is plenty of space for a 10gal batch.
I would also note that if you have not switched out to kegs at this point, you might want to. Because at this point in the game I have pretty...
I have an addictive personality too.. first thing I did was get a 5 gal setup and a wort chiller. Then I moved to 10gal batches and a kegerator... unlike other hobbies I have tried this one's pay off is just so much better... I cant help but expand.
Good luck, once you drink your first brew...
If you do this let us know how and how it works.... I have one of those type of freezers in my Garage, but I assumed it would be worthless for this application because of the cooling shelves.
Wouldn't break my heart to turn it into a ferm chamber.
personally I read a lot of these same questions, and put in my input (If someone hasn't beat me to what I was going to say). Even though some things have the same answers... you will find some threads that still teach you something even though you "know" the answer.
My routine lately is...
Are you batch sparging or fly? Not that it makes much of a difference. Other than temps my mash technique doesn't change at all for different beers unless I am doing one with a lot of wheat... then I add rice hulls. So I say pick your favorite style and brew on!
Love that mash paddle, I was just looking at the cut tops of my kegs and wondering what I was ever going to use them for. Avery makes some damn good beer. I wish I could help you out with a recipe but my IIPA doesn't taste very close to Maharaja. Its real damn good don't get me wrong but I must...
Yes, regulators are not made for liquid. Then you take sticky beer and put it in there you are asking for trouble.
Your regulator could be just fine. but if you are going to carb that way I would definitely recommend a check valve. If you dont want to risk it, I wouldn't (regs are expensive)...