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I'm brewing for the first time, Belgian white extract kit, and I'm sure I'm going to screw something up. I've been planning this for months. I've got my 8 gallon brewpot, 6.5 gallon carboy, solid stopper, drilled stopper, hydrometer, thermometer, star san, PBW, racking cane, siphon hose...

So far Williams Brewing and CHI Company have my vote. The are the only two places I've found that list the A.E.B. style poppets for newer Italian kegs like mine. Williams also has those sweet-tits paintball tank regs.

Use a quarter or a REALLY big screwdriver and unscrew the cap. Inside there are just three pieces.

I don't think the poppet rings are replaceable. It's a shame to have to toss the whole stainless spring assembly just to get some new rubber. Also not replaceable: the o-ring on the check valve pin inside the ball lock quick disconnect. I tore down every piece of recent keg acquisition and...

Careful with the poppets. Not all posts are created equally. Some older kegs, and the newer Italian kegs have poppets that DON'T push out. You have to extract them by carefully prying the poppet legs. It took me forever to figure this out. Williams is one of the few sites that lists the...

Searched and found this. I have 4 challenger VI's and was about to have a fit trying to figure out why my posts looked different from other VI's. Come to find out mine are Italian Challengers too. I used a jewler's screwdriver and an offset pick to extract the poppet. I bent the legs a...

It was the keggerator that catalyzed venturing into home brewing. I bought the keggerator set up (tank, faucet, etc) over 5 years ago. I'd joke: "I've got everything to make a keggerator except the keg and the 'rator!". I was just too cheap to buy a refrigerator for nefarious purposes...

Yeah, I did a bit of research and milk crates were mentioned. Honestly, I haven't seen a real milk crate that was for sale or otherwise in over 10 years. They are like keggles, you aren't really supposed to have them, right? I like the ropes because I can move it without bending over to much...

Put this together tonight. I hope it works!

I'm slowly putting together equipment. So far I've got: 1x keggerator 1x 6.5 gallon glass carboy 1x propane burner 1x propane tank 4x Spartanburg Challenger VI ball lock's in excellent condition. 1x half broken liquid side ball lock QD 1x wife that likes beer 1x 18 month old that...