The Road to kegged beer

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The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:35 pm

Hey everyone.
This is my road to kegged beer.

Got a free fridge on kijiji

Cut the door and fit it with foam board

Fits a bucket or a carboy
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:37 pm

Then I built a box to fit the fridge in
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:40 pm

Now I'm in the process of building the tap tower
Ill wait to paint the tower until I dry fit the faucets.
And adding casters and handles (heavy but mobile)
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:44 pm

Also built a temp controller for it
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:48 pm

Thinking of making a rail next.
What material does everyone use?

Was thinking 1/4" pipe with elbows and floor flanges (basically The same as the tower) painted black.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by RubberToe » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:37 pm

A Princess Auto manifold and 1/4" hose barbs from the air tools section. I can snap a photo later.

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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:42 pm

Great thanks
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:38 pm

Dry fitting everything before paint.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jtmwhyte » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:05 pm

epic^
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:29 pm

Thanks :cheers:
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by mr x » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:36 pm

So how do the shanks fit into the manifold?
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:01 pm

They tighten onto the nipple using the provided nut. Then the entire assembly screws into the T. I'll take a picture to better explain
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by mr x » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:02 pm

Great!

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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by LeafMan66_67 » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:04 pm

Rails look good. Are they towel racks?
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:12 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:Rails look good. Are they towel racks?
Safety bars I found at Liquidation World on strawberry hill. $10 each
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:15 pm

Here are some pictures putting it together.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:18 pm

The faucet is attached to the reducer via the supplied faucet nut.
Then gets screwed to the coupler.
Then the coupler is screwed to the nipple.
Then everything gets screwed to the T.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by kberry » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:21 pm

Looks awesome! Drinking some of your citra SMaSH right now. Tastes great. You gotta love that citra aroma!
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:24 pm

Thanks dude. We love us some citra lol.
We brewed 12 gal of it, that's how much we like it

It was clear. Before the car ride in.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by mr x » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:03 pm

What thread size are the bushings?
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:10 pm

All of the piping is 1 1/4".
The reducer is 1 1/4" to 1"

All stock plumbing from home depot so whatever thread size that is.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by chalmers » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:11 pm

Looks great!
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by LiverDance » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:14 pm

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"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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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by jacinthebox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:15 pm

Thank you. Can't wait to have beer flowing.
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Re: The Road to kegged beer

Post by dexter » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:20 pm

That looks super clean nice work!
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