Michele Craft
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Hi all,
Thanks to all the help from great, knowledgeable people here, I now have Sam Porch Rocker on draft at home.
I'll post a keezer build picture when it's totally complete but for now some quick pictures. I have to do the trim to cover the pocket holes and paint the bolts in the floor flanges for the tap but we poured our first beer tonite!
We used Eva lines and I have them at 10' long with 10psi. I know that's long for Eva and I'm debating between leaving them a bit long like this or raising the pressure just a hair. Pour was about 8 to 10 seconds and we're in no hurry. Had a nice head when I poured it, just under 2 fingers. Inkbird is set to 38F with a 2F differential. A few minutes after pouring I had 44F in the cup and that was in a warm garage with no AC and no fan in the keezer yet. We put foam pipe insulation up in rhe legs of the tower and then 1" copper in that with the copper dropping down into the keezer body to act as a heat sink and it seems to work. No insulation in the horizontal piece of the tower at all. Faucet actually had condensation on it after 3 pours. I'm going to pour tomorrow morning to see how it is. First pour did have a lot of foam that settled out but I don't know if that's because of temp or just the first run thru after I cleared the bit of rinse water out from sanitizing the lines. Didnt realize how much the faucets had to be tightened down. Had a bit of dripping from the front "nut" but I cranked it down a bit with the tap wrench and all was good.
All in all I think it's a success. I have a hefeweissen from a local brewery coming Thursday too.
Thanks to all the help from great, knowledgeable people here, I now have Sam Porch Rocker on draft at home.
I'll post a keezer build picture when it's totally complete but for now some quick pictures. I have to do the trim to cover the pocket holes and paint the bolts in the floor flanges for the tap but we poured our first beer tonite!
We used Eva lines and I have them at 10' long with 10psi. I know that's long for Eva and I'm debating between leaving them a bit long like this or raising the pressure just a hair. Pour was about 8 to 10 seconds and we're in no hurry. Had a nice head when I poured it, just under 2 fingers. Inkbird is set to 38F with a 2F differential. A few minutes after pouring I had 44F in the cup and that was in a warm garage with no AC and no fan in the keezer yet. We put foam pipe insulation up in rhe legs of the tower and then 1" copper in that with the copper dropping down into the keezer body to act as a heat sink and it seems to work. No insulation in the horizontal piece of the tower at all. Faucet actually had condensation on it after 3 pours. I'm going to pour tomorrow morning to see how it is. First pour did have a lot of foam that settled out but I don't know if that's because of temp or just the first run thru after I cleared the bit of rinse water out from sanitizing the lines. Didnt realize how much the faucets had to be tightened down. Had a bit of dripping from the front "nut" but I cranked it down a bit with the tap wrench and all was good.
All in all I think it's a success. I have a hefeweissen from a local brewery coming Thursday too.
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