Kegs Setup

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on February 23, 2011 at 12:47pm

FYI, Grey Lynn guy is still only $200.

 

So, I have a question - I've got all my kegging bits aside from the lines to hook it all together, where do people think is best for beer / gas lines (are they both the same?) and how much of it will I need? I'll have two taps mounted through the fridge door and also a picnic tap for playing around with RTDS (gin and tonic on tap, here we come (alcoholism, here we come)). Eventually I'd like to have four kegs hooked up.

 

Any advice? I've heard you need "lots" to prevent foaming.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on February 23, 2011 at 1:41pm

Ah, found a link in the library - just hadn't been searching for 'balancing'. Never mind!

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Permalink Reply by JoKing on December 22, 2010 at 3:49pm

Ron Minkhorst on here sells all the tap gear on trademe too - I think he trades under "dispense". His prices are great.

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Permalink Reply by Druid on February 25, 2011 at 10:11am

If you ring Peter at BrewCraft in Mt Eden Rd at 377 1544, he can get you a converted fire extinguisher with a gas fill for $140.  I said I'd put the word out here as it appears to be the best deal that I've seen.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on February 25, 2011 at 10:56am

farrrrrrk just paid $200 for one of them! Although pressure check did say to just bring it back for free refills "for a while" as "you blokes normally cock it up" while learning to keg :)

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on February 25, 2011 at 11:12am

lol @ pressure check

 

When i brought mine the guy told me I'd be lucky to get 2 kegs worth out of one cylinder :oD lol, explained to him this wasnt the case when I went back for my first refill - 10 months later haha

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Permalink Reply by Matt Smith on February 25, 2011 at 11:20am

Dang that's cheap...I'm currently paying $16.66 per month from BOC, exept more like $26.66 per month cos I'm useless at keeping track of the direct debits and keep getting bank charges for failed payments haha...drag ! How do you go about getting this filled, do you take it back to brewcraft or will a place like BOC do it ?

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Permalink Reply by Druid on February 25, 2011 at 11:24am

Not sure about BOC - if DG gets his from there, I'm assuming it must be food grade CO2 otherwise he'd be seeing the effects?

 

In Akl, you can get food grade Co2 from Nova Fire Saftey in Westmoreland St, Grey Lynn.  Maybe Pressure Testing do refills too?

 

You could ask BrewCraft - they tend to be franchises though I think - so it will vary depending on the branch I'd say.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on February 25, 2011 at 11:28am

the grey lynn guys said there was a place in greenlane that would do it too, but I'll be going back there to collect my free fills for a while, it provides an excuse to peruse the beer selection in the vic park new world :)

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Permalink Reply by Druid on February 25, 2011 at 11:32am

peruse the beer selection in the vic park new world :)

It's pretty good eh - I just about broke the bank there just before Christmas stocking up for camping...

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on February 25, 2011 at 12:12pm

"stocking up for camping..."

 

Why not take the kegs camping with you? haha, no joke, its awesome!! I took 3 kegs away on a NYE camping trip once, it was so so wicked, chilling out at a campsite, cold beer on tap - doesn't get much better than that!!

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Permalink Reply by Druid on February 25, 2011 at 12:17pm

That's exactly what I'm going to do this year - bur I hadn't started brewing AG back then. 

I do a bit of sailing so the ultimate for me would be to set up the boat fridge like a kegerator so that I can take kegs away with me.  Luxury :)

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