Nitrousbird
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I am planning to build a Keezer that allows me to do a variety of things with it and have some questions.
I will be buying a black freezer that will hold at least four 1/6 Barrel or Corny kegs.
I haven't made beer yet (planning to start doing that soon), but we make a lot of wine. I want to keg wine as well.
My plan is to do a 4 beer tap, 2 wine tap collared Keezer. I will run CO2 for the beer and Argon for the wine. I want the setup to where I can do one wine in the Keezer if I want, and another wine keg outside the Keezer for room-temp stuff.
I also want the flexibility to make sparkling wine using the CO2 side when needed.
Questions:
- Should I go with 1/4" or 5/16" line for the CO2 and Argon systems? What are the pro's and con's of each
- For the wine faucets am I better off going with the plastic faucets specifically made for wine/cider or is the all stainless steel faucets a good option? Oddly enough the all SS are cheaper too.
- For the beer faucets, is the cheapie chrome deals good enough or should I stick with the higher end models?
- Since I intend to do both Cornys and 1/6 Barrel kegs for beer (depending on whether I am making something or buying something), I need to be able to do both ball lock and Sanke connections. What is the best way to have a setup that allows me to easily do both? At the beginning it will mostly be Sanke kegs until I get into the Home Brewing side of things. If it goes anything like our wine making, we rarely drink commercial wine so I'll likely transition to Cornys for the most part.
- All of the popular sites seem to have everything for home kegging except the temperature control adapter for the Keezer. Any suggestions on that?
- For cleaning, am I best served by just buying an extra Corny keg that I can put some cleaning solution it, hook it up and run to get everything clean. Rinse that keg, fill with water and repeat. Seems like the easiest solution to getting everything nice and clean. Or is there a better way I'm unaware of?
I'm sure I will have more questions once I start putting together a parts list and building it. I will likely do the faucets through the collar, though a top-mount tower has me intrigued a bit, to the point I may consider a hybrid system and do both. Any suggestions you have on any of this would be highly appreciated. My keg experience is my party days with a big ice bucket and a hand pump.
I will be buying a black freezer that will hold at least four 1/6 Barrel or Corny kegs.
I haven't made beer yet (planning to start doing that soon), but we make a lot of wine. I want to keg wine as well.
My plan is to do a 4 beer tap, 2 wine tap collared Keezer. I will run CO2 for the beer and Argon for the wine. I want the setup to where I can do one wine in the Keezer if I want, and another wine keg outside the Keezer for room-temp stuff.
I also want the flexibility to make sparkling wine using the CO2 side when needed.
Questions:
- Should I go with 1/4" or 5/16" line for the CO2 and Argon systems? What are the pro's and con's of each
- For the wine faucets am I better off going with the plastic faucets specifically made for wine/cider or is the all stainless steel faucets a good option? Oddly enough the all SS are cheaper too.
- For the beer faucets, is the cheapie chrome deals good enough or should I stick with the higher end models?
- Since I intend to do both Cornys and 1/6 Barrel kegs for beer (depending on whether I am making something or buying something), I need to be able to do both ball lock and Sanke connections. What is the best way to have a setup that allows me to easily do both? At the beginning it will mostly be Sanke kegs until I get into the Home Brewing side of things. If it goes anything like our wine making, we rarely drink commercial wine so I'll likely transition to Cornys for the most part.
- All of the popular sites seem to have everything for home kegging except the temperature control adapter for the Keezer. Any suggestions on that?
- For cleaning, am I best served by just buying an extra Corny keg that I can put some cleaning solution it, hook it up and run to get everything clean. Rinse that keg, fill with water and repeat. Seems like the easiest solution to getting everything nice and clean. Or is there a better way I'm unaware of?
I'm sure I will have more questions once I start putting together a parts list and building it. I will likely do the faucets through the collar, though a top-mount tower has me intrigued a bit, to the point I may consider a hybrid system and do both. Any suggestions you have on any of this would be highly appreciated. My keg experience is my party days with a big ice bucket and a hand pump.