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Considering you're grounded, one way or another, why not?

Unless, of course, you overchill that sucker. Why not just put cool water in after giving it an ice bath? Then you can at least control the final temp.

Bottle it, drink it, name it "Little Bastard Ale." I dunked my whole arm in a bucket after pitching when my grommet popped out (I panicked) and I'm sure I had nicotine and dog lick all over said arm when I went in. One of my best batches ever. But, spit? Really? Are you sure? Who spits in...

As promised, pics! First pour, lil foamy. Let there be LIGHT! 5 seconds later...

2nd batch of a variant of Mysticmead's Raging Red Irish Red Ale.

So odd. Really, only 50% of the bottles, so it was like a game of Russian Roulette.

So, I've made two batches of a slightly altered version of this. The first I brewed on 10/4/12 and bottled on 10/25/12. Looked good, smelled good... tasted sketchy. It had a medicinal quality to it. I kicked up some trub when bottling, so I thought that might be why. I figured it would...

Step 12 (Optional?) 12. Insulate your tower line. This may require disassembling the tower if, like Beverage Factory, they send it to you preassembled. Since I have no way of cutting metal (as I said, my tool supply is limited) I bought a 12" x 1/2" length of copper pipe from my local big box...

Step 7 7. Following hedbutter's idea, I Gorilla-Glued a piece of wood to the back of the fridge beneath the freezer plate. I painted mine white and used two eye hooks and a small bungee cord for tank storage. Tested, it holds perfectly. Step 8 8. Drill your hole for the tower line...

I managed to get a hold of a GE® 4.3 Cu. Ft. Compact Refrigerator (SMR04DAMWW) for free, so I thought I'd turn it into my very first kegerator. I searched high and low for a guide for converting this particular model and, aside from hedbutter's guide (found here), there was little to no...