Summer is coming and I decided to compliment the smoker and grill with beer on tap. After seeing Beirmunchiers converted garbage can I thought something similar would be the ticket. I was not interested in modifying the chest freezer (I bought it to ferment in).
Purchased a stainless 2 tap kit from Keg Connection and modified a recycling can from home depot. Here's the pic:
All was going good until:
- Primed keg leaked
- Poppet went bad and shot starsan all over my basement
- Cleaning is a pain, If you want to rinse, giving it a shake under pressure just makes the liquid absorb gas and then the keg leaks....
- Check ball I didn't know was there on the manifold sticks shut and causes no gas flow.
- No one fills CO2 tanks and it is not worth the gas to make the trip to find someone that will, if your LHBS will exchange it while you're there (It's where my shiny new aluminum tank was seen last)
Last but not least, you can invite over buddies to help bottle...
How does one justify needing help kegging? (Mental image of 4 guys watching beer being siphoned...)
I'm sure I'll get it all figured out eventually. Just having a rough time getting started and decided to complain....
Purchased a stainless 2 tap kit from Keg Connection and modified a recycling can from home depot. Here's the pic:
All was going good until:
- Primed keg leaked
- Poppet went bad and shot starsan all over my basement
- Cleaning is a pain, If you want to rinse, giving it a shake under pressure just makes the liquid absorb gas and then the keg leaks....
- Check ball I didn't know was there on the manifold sticks shut and causes no gas flow.
- No one fills CO2 tanks and it is not worth the gas to make the trip to find someone that will, if your LHBS will exchange it while you're there (It's where my shiny new aluminum tank was seen last)
Last but not least, you can invite over buddies to help bottle...
How does one justify needing help kegging? (Mental image of 4 guys watching beer being siphoned...)
I'm sure I'll get it all figured out eventually. Just having a rough time getting started and decided to complain....