Wookie: I would love to sell these but the cooler is $120.00 and the regulator is $135.00. All told, it is probably about $300.00 just in parts... and daddy needs to make some profit... I said it was worth the effort, I didn't say it was worth the money...
Gunfighter: There is a an inline shutoff valve between the regulator and the keg but it has no checkvalve. You can sort of see the red-handle in the second pic... and the valve itself in the last. I just close that when it is not upright. I have only used the cooler once, so, no problems...
Grill-out season in upon us and I got tired of the need to bottle beers to bring to a picnic, so, I decided it was time to build a portable kegerator. I have seen a bunch of posts and articles on building one out of a cooler but they all seemed to be for 2.5 gallon kegs - don't have any of...
With my last batch, I just left my wort to cool overnight. It took about 12 hours to cool to 70 degrees and then I just added my yeast and let it go. After 18 hours, or so, it bubbled for about 3 days but didn't seem as 'lively' as some of my other attempts.
Is there anything wrong with using...