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Kegregator build -- Cornies n' all!
Well peeps I said stay tuned for the next addition for my brewshed and here it goes baby!
I orderd a couple of cornelius kegs.........and then a regulator..............and then a co2 canister........and then some more disconnects......................and then some more tube..............and then some taps............and then some fittings!
PHEW 
So heres some bits n bobs -
The taps I got from ebay, a dalex flow control and a bargin beer tap with vari flow for £12 (but it say woodpecker - blerguh)
Both the babys with their dad!
Transferring me beer from keg to err...... keg!
Beer fridge ready to be butcherd and raped by a beer-i-cidal-maniac!
***GLORY HOLE!!!!!***
Taps a' fitted
Hooked up @20psi for a bit of the old carbonation (little high but its my first time!)
Pouring the first (uncarbonated) beer - Styrian stunner - Tonys twibute is in the other.
The finished product.
The temp controller is attached to the kegerator at the mo to keep the beer at about 12c but is easily swappable to the ferment fridge (not pictured) for fermentation and lagering.
The cornies are well easy to clean and look sweet. Im gonna get 1 more for the fridge and then make a few shelves to fit around them so I can get a few bottles in there. Well impressed and because my Dalex tap has a "ale" head in it so it pours a mega creamy head!
I got the other tap but gotta wait for a different size pipe so it will fit the other tap.
Well pleased and happy and now all I got for you lot is 1 more suprise.
Hehehehehe!
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
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Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Come on Nath don't keep us in suspense.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Its not arrived yet. I shall wait!
done......sweet
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
That is a sweet set up. Jealous.com
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Mmmm, very nice
Fermenting: Wheat beer
Maturing/Conditioning:
Drinking: Pseudo-Lager, Oatmeal stout & Shop bought stuff
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I really need to get a couple of fridges. I've got serious fridge envy!
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Im well chuffed with it, just waiting for the other tap to be fitted (should be next week) and I can then fit another cornie in and sort some shelves out for bottled stuff. Thats why I went for the side of the fridge rather than the door, ease of access n all that.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
That's fantastic Nath... I'm waiting for my fridge to be delivered (hopefully Thursday) then I'll post pictures of mine!
This has to be the future of homebrew...
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Nice one, good to see some piccys ian, you wont look back!
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
And on goes the second handle
Bo Yah!
Ta to greg for ordering all the bits I needed!
Just 1 more cornie........1 more......or maybe 2 more or maybe........
Seriously I have fell in love with these amazing kegs. Pour so easy, you can carbonate them as YOU like. Lagers - no problem. Real ale in a keg - no problem. Reale ale bottle pressure - no problem.
Sweet as.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
MUST GET MYSELF A COUPLE OF FRIDGES.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
very nice. I'd never get away with it, she wouldn't let me
Conditioning - Woodfords Great eastern ale, Parsnip wine, Rhubarb wine.
Brewing - nothing at the minute
Planing - Coopers ginger beer, 5L turbo peach thanks to bmsleight, maybe beetroot wine if there enough spare on the alotment,
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hi Nath, Cliffgil here, have just set my Kegerator up, bought £30 fridge and doctored it, got all my gear off e-bay except for Co2. Same regulator as yours, and of course keg only one at the moment.But I paid arm and a leg for chrome tap. Gonna rack Coopers Australian today. Have a Woodforde's Wherry best bitter to go next. One question what have you used to regulate temp? My fridge just has a six dial setting in the fridge.
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
There is a little box at the side of the fridge (last 2 piccys) that is the atc800 temp controller ( see here for my brewfridge thread - http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/buiding-a-brewfridge#post-1662 )
This lil' box enables you to plug the fridge (or any cooler for that matter) and a heater (a tube heater in my case) to it. Then you put the heater and probe in the fridge set the temp and then the unit will switch on the fridge when it needs to cool and the heater on when it needs to warm it. Simples.
At the mo I just have fridge set up as a fridge so my beer is around 5c.
There is another controller that people use called the tc10 which does the same job but has a wider range.
ta,
Nath
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Thats a cracking set up fair play Nath.
I wish I had power in my Garage!
Just out of interest @ what pressure do you serve your ale? Im having problems with mine and currently going through the motions to find the best solution.
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
&I serve at about 2-3 paid through 2m of 3/8 tube and that seems to work well, but I do have a vari flow tap which is not quite all the way open, so if your in doubt start at 1 psi or lengthen your tube a bit.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nath,
That is beer porn at it's finest there. Brilliant set up you have there mate....
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