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Have My Own Room
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So I'm looking into getting some of those 5 liter mini kegs as opposed to bottling. I just hate bottling. I don't have the room/supplies/money to set up a full scale kegerator/keggin operation, so these mini-kegs seem like a good alternative to me. Has anyone tried them before? Do they maintain the beer quality over long periods? What is the downfall...as I assume they have them?
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Are you talking about the Heineken mini kegs?
They do make smaller 3gal homebrew kegs, but for the price you might as well just use the 5 gallon soda kegs. I built myself a little kegerator that holds 2 five gallon soda kegs. I used craiglist for the fridge and I have less than $200 in the whole setup!
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Still Watching My Back
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I don't know much about it, other than that Midwest has equipment for the 5L kegs.
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/keggi...t-systems.html |
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Here is a great guide with an easy way to miss the coolant lines. This is the same model I used. Found it on Craigslist for $50
http://brother-buford.livejournal.com/18157.html
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The Homebrew Hammer
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I've used a system like this before:
http://beerloons.wordpress.com/2009/...ni-keg-system/ Was never really pleased with the CO2 cartridges and over time, the metal kegs got all banged up and unusable. I think I still have the tap handle somewhere, you're welcome to it if you go this route. It *did* save considerably on bottling time. Can't wait to do my chest freezer conversion!
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Feeling up at Home
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We use 5 gallon ball locks kegs. The fit in the fridge nice.
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I've been slowly trying to convince Jen that I need to do this. She has already given the green light to "keep an eye on Craigslist" for a fridge or chest freezer. I have a mini fridge and a chest freezer at the house already...so I just can't see buying another one. I gotta convince her to let me convert one of them.
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