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Hi all,

I'm fed up with washing bottles! I'm interested in getting hold of a good keg kit. I don't have thousands to spend... so really want to get a good second hand kit....

Anyone??

Cheers

Blackie

Hi mate i rekon the 50 litre cub kegs are good cause they fit a double batch in them rather than these 18 litre ones that leave you with 5-7 litres you dont know what to do with so it usually goes into bottles and that doesnt fix your problem also since you have a setup for the cub kegs you can buy a keg of bought beer if you are inbetween brews or just feel like a change if you are worried about the legality of these kegs you can get them from scrap metal places with a recipt have a look at my mates website http://www.custombars.com.au you can get a fridge setup for about $400 with gas bottle (no rental)

Check out Craftbrewer, his keg kits cost $250 I believe.

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/

Then you rent gas bottle.

Give him a call or email.

Check out Craftbrewer, his keg kits cost $250 I believe.

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/

Then you rent gas bottle.

Give him a call or email.

Brewaholic wrote:...rather than these 18 litre ones that leave you with 5-7 litres you dont know what to do with ...

Nah, just adjust your recipies to 18L.

Cheers,
Greg

Dont most kits make 23 litres? do you make them more malty or throw out the rest of the kit?

you could make them up to 21 or 22 and then bottle what doesn't fit into the keg

that means you can have a couple if by some chance you are away from home

Cheers

who makes a kit up to 23 litres?

Er, I make all mine to 23L. Did a 15L AG batch once, never again... it's just not enough!

Me too, 90% of mine are 22/23L.

I keg & make 24L batches - the balance of each brew gets filtered into a spare keg - once it's full, it goes on tap - you'd be amazed how good a "mongrel" brew can be....

cheers Ross

Ross wrote:I keg & make 24L batches - the balance of each brew gets filtered into a spare keg - once it's full, it goes on tap - you'd be amazed how good a "mongrel" brew can be....

cheers Ross

"Mongrel brew" hey, thats a good way to put it.

A mate and I last xmas did three batches at a time twice, to build up some stocks. And from each brew we bottled a couple of what we called "Super" brews, made up of the three brews. Good beer.

But the problem was we had a couple of beers while bottling away, and mixed up our super brews with the rest. Dubbo's.

$250 buys about 300 PETS and caps.

rinse them in hot water after ya finished em and again b4 refill.

How easy is that?

Not as easy as kegging, which is why I wouldn't mind having a few.

I would make a 23L recipe, probably lose a litre in the process then bottle what wouldn't fit into the keg to take to parties etc.

Also I don't find you get the milage out of plastic they look buggered after 3 or 4 brews...

Also I don't find you get the milage out of plastic they look buggered after 3 or 4 brews...

Geezaz what do you do with em?

I just tip mine into a glass??

Just moving them, banging against each other, transporting them etc.

I probably am a bit rough on them because I use plastic in the rough and tumble situations instead of my normal glass...

Oh and the odd spot of homebrew tennis

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Home-brew-keg-an ... dZViewItem
I would hurry up tho blackie, even if you get it with out the fridge it's a bargain, the gas bottle alone just to hire is around $120 a year!
seen it today on ebay, good luck, once you start kegging you can throw out all those pesky bottles etc.

Brewaholic wrote:Dont most kits make 23 litres? do you make them more malty or throw out the rest of the kit?

If you try a kit made up to 18 or 19 litres you'll find you get a much better beer, better body and head retention.

cheers

Brewaholic wrote:Dont most kits make 23 litres? do you make them more malty or throw out the rest of the kit?

G'day Brewaholic,
You only throw out what you can afford to toss away...
One of the first key messages to the brewer is "don't trust the kit's instructions". When I first started brewing with kits, I hated the thin watery beer. I bought a hydrometer and stopped topping up the fermenter when I got to an ideal starting gravity. And that always arrived when I had less than 23L in the fermenter.
Making 23L with a kit is about as useful as fermenting at >26C! So, as yardglass suggests, don't add so much water to the fermenter - grab a hydrometer and watch it closely as you add the water and stop when you reach somewhere between 1.045 and 1.050. You'll be amazed at how much better the final product will be.
Cheers,
TL