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by andyv » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:36 pm
From when the taps we first installed
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After I kegged my Apollo 11 brew a couple nights ago. The two boxes underneath the kegs are full of various beers I am hanging on to (including more than necessary amounts of alpha%dog).
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by Keggermeister » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:04 pm
I'll play.
The fridge is in my basement below the taps. It's filthy right now... Maybe I should clean it.

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by GAM » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:59 pm
No, that looks about right.
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by chalmers » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:16 am
Keggermeister wrote:I'll play.
Hmm, is that Rosee a beer, or wine? I ask because I'm curious about kegging wine, and using CO2 to push it.
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by sleepyjamie » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:27 am
once im in my new house i plan on building a wall around the fridge and tiling it.
On Tap:
Falconers Galaxy IPA
Simcoe SMaSH
Topaz SMaSH
Cranberry Rye Saison
Monde Souterrain (Dark Saison)
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by Keggermeister » Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:42 am
It is wine, just using enough co2 to push it. I really don't drink it that often.
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by mr x » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:57 pm
You can use argon as well for the wine. Been pondering that one myself.
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by derek » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:06 pm
mr x wrote:You can use argon as well for the wine. Been pondering that one myself.
What about nitrogen? Would have thought it would be inert enough. I'd been wondering exactly the same thing, as one of my winemaker friends keeps wine on-tap, and I never noticed any hint of carbonation (though I usually drink his beer).
Currently on tap: Nothing!
In keg: Still nothing.
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by mr x » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:12 pm
I believe nitrogen works also, but for some reason the guy I talked to (he does draft line installation) was going to use argon...
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by chalmers » Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:02 pm
From
http://www.wineqc.com/papers/inertgas/inertgas.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, Nitrogen seems to be the least soluble of inert gases in wine.
I'm also reading success from people using CO2, but with v. low pressures (2-3psi, after starting a bit higher to seal the keg).
I should just bite the bullet and try it. I've got a carboy of wine that's been sitting in the basement for 6months, no idea how it's doing. Just was too lazy to even think about bottling it.
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by Tony L » Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:47 am
Here's mine but I have long since changed over those standard taps to Perlicks.

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by XmonikerX » Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:12 pm
This really wants me too, convert my little fridge i bought last year to do this.....have the mini fridge, have the pepsi kegs.....Have beer ready to put into kegs......
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by chalmers » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:22 pm
Do it!
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by HotBreak » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:13 pm
Just Completed my new one last week

Chug, Chug, Chug.....
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by jeffsmith » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:27 pm
Very nice. I might have to steal that idea as I'm planning on mounting taps on the side of my fridge.
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by Keggermeister » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:41 pm
Great job Hotbreak! Can't wait to pull those handles!
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by HotBreak » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:29 pm
I hooked up a keg of 2 year old apple cidre I "discovered" while cleaning out the garage. Damn well aged if I do say so myself!
Chug, Chug, Chug.....
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by Bryan » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:28 am
Some inspirational pics for a Tuesday morning!
Are there any refrigerant lines in the sides of fridges to be worried about ?
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by HotBreak » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:49 pm
I have done a couple of these fridges now and from what I have seen, nobody runs lines around the side of the fridge. They seem to just come in the back. That being said, drill a small hole first and feel around inside before putting the hole saw to it to make sure. Most fridges these days seem to be just expanded foam in the walls. I also take the inside of the door out and replace it with a sheet of aluminum to make more room for kegs!
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by Bryan » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:12 am
HotBreak wrote:I have done a couple of these fridges now and from what I have seen, nobody runs lines around the side of the fridge. They seem to just come in the back. That being said, drill a small hole first and feel around inside before putting the hole saw to it to make sure. Most fridges these days seem to be just expanded foam in the walls. I also take the inside of the door out and replace it with a sheet of aluminum to make more room for kegs!
Awesome! I may have to steal that idea.

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by bluenose » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:14 am
This one's not mine, but I like it... classy look at first and then, BLAM there's taps on it
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by LiverDance » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:15 am
That is awesome!
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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by erslar00 » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:26 pm
that is pretty damn cool.
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by canuck » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:41 pm
That's just awesome, very original!
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by BenFrank » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:00 am
Can we get a bump on this thread??
I'm looking at finally making my Kegerator and I'd like some advice / inspiration!
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