Home Brew

[geoff_tewierik]

Temp control for the freezer to maintain dispensing temp, beer gas, regulator, kegs, John Guest fittings, beer line, bronco tap.

Once you get that sorted you can then expand and grab a filter for between the fermentor and the keg and then set the chest freezer up with fonts and taps.

 

[clydesmcdale]

Next purchase is a mill, followed by a kegging setup for the chest freezer, as bottling 2 x 45 litre batches sucks ass.
If I've got the chest freezer already, what's the bare minimum I'm going to need to start kegging?

Bare minimum and appropriate minimum are 2 separate things.

Bare minimum setup;
STC-1000 temp controller and box etc - $50
Keg - 19L Cornelius (Used) - $70
CO2 Keg Charger + Disconnect - $43.50
CO2 Keg Charger Bulbs - 16GM (5 pack) - $19.90
Bronco Faucet & Hose - $14.90

Total $198.30. Around $200 clams is pretty good value.

This can all be used as a portable party setup ocne you get yourself som emounted faucets and a gas bottles setup, which should add another $500 or so on top.

But you'll need something like the following to complete a decent setup

CO2 Bottle
Manifold
Gas lines
Beer Lines
Quick Disconnects
Taps

 

[Clutched]

Keezer build is going well.

 

[indica]

Have just order ingredients for a Sieraa Nevada Pale Ale clone.
Tasty drop the real one...

 

[donny70]

Have just bottled my chimay blue clone. Wlp500, 9%. Now just have to wait till Christmas to try it. Next up a grand cru wit beer.

 

[doctr-dan]

Christmas! Why so long? Is that wait time specific for that brew?

I'm just about to bottle a coopers Mexican with some extra hops for a bit more flavour. Pretty boring I know.
In the other fermenter I have a mangrove jacks mixed berry cider for the ladies which we added some black tea to cut the sweetness a bit.

Would love to keg one day

 

[indica]

First go using grains and hops. Boiling away and the house smells great!

 

[donny70]

Christmas! Why so long? Is that wait time specific for that brew?

I'm just about to bottle a coopers Mexican with some extra hops for a bit more flavour. Pretty boring I know.
In the other fermenter I have a mangrove jacks mixed berry cider for the ladies which we added some black tea to cut the sweetness a bit.

Would love to keg one day

I'm using the same principal the Trappists use when they brew as I'm using their yeast. 9% = 9 weeks in the bottle. That way the flavours will develop and the hot alcohols will die down a bit.

 

[indica]

Put down Dr. Smurto's Golden Ale yesterday,
Ordered some stuff from Cooper's as they currently have free shipping and living where I do that makes a big difference.
Cheeky Cherub coming my way...

Cider on the go too with some wine yeast and 2kg sugar, should be about 11%...

 

[donny70]

I've done the dr smurtos a few times now always turns out great!

 

[indica]

I've done the dr smurtos a few times now always turns out great!

Hope it does. Bastardised it a lot actually. No Amarillo so I used the Perle I have, will use Cascade for the dry hopping...
Not to worry, smells tops... hops... mmm

 

[donny70]

I used motuka and Amarillo in mine. Pretty much what I had left over. All I'd say about the recipe is that it takes a few months in the bottle to even out and it becomes phenomenal.

 

[doctr-dan]

About to put down a 150 lashes clone from the country brewer

 

[scblack]

I'm about to keg a Brewers Selection Irish Red Ale.

 

[wembas]

Ive got an English Red in the fermenter that will not stop bloody Blurping !!! 8 weeks now and counting... Keep going to bottle it - and then .... BLURP.

starting to think something is a miss.

 

[scblack]

Ive got an English Red in the fermenter that will not stop bloody Blurping !!! 8 weeks now and counting... Keep going to bottle it - and then .... BLURP.

starting to think something is a miss.

Just need to do a couple of gravity readings two days in a row. Burping still can happen, but if the gravity is not changing, you're ready to bottle.

8 weeks should be WAY finished!

 

[jazzyj]

Ive got an English Red in the fermenter that will not stop bloody Blurping !!! 8 weeks now and counting... Keep going to bottle it - and then .... BLURP.

starting to think something is a miss.

That is done, the burping is just C02 coming out of solution in the beer due to the increased temp because the days are getting warmer.

 

[wembas]

thanks lads - music to my ears.

 

[indica]

First go using grains and hops. Boiling away and the house smells great!

Sneaky taste of my first partial yesterday... yummy

 

[donny70]

thanks lads - music to my ears.

You'll get less bottle sediment after 8 weeks too and probably a clearer beer.