Sunday, March 4, 2012

Beermaking update

A bit off topic, but thanks to a fantastic wedding gift, I've gotten heavy into homebrewing. I could go on and on about the different beers and equipment, but the piece de resistance is a kegerator that some friends and I converted. Here's the story:

I picked up all the goodies (from Rebel Brewer, an awesome homebrewing store in Goodlettsville) as well as an old fridge on cragislist ($175 delivered):


Then my buddies (to whom I am now eternally indebted and grateful) Aaron and Dan came over and got all handy on it. First, we built a level base for the kegs to sit (that's the CO2 in there):


Then we put in 4 taps one by one, with this being the first:


After all 4 taps were in, we drilled a hole in the side for the CO2 to run in (it's not yet attached to the CO2 canister at this point):


Finally, and some may argue most importantly, I hooked up a 1/6 commercial keg of local favorite Yazoo's hefeweizen and gave it its first foamy pour:


Here are the insides with a commercial keg in there:


And here are the taps from the inside of the door, waiting for homebrew kegs to be attached (you can see where the Yazoo is attached on the far left):


I finally got the homebrews kegged and hooked up and ready and the commercial keg out, so it's all homebrews all the time:


I also slapped some chalkboard paint on the freezer door so that everything could be labelled:



Finally, I picked up a gorgeous half-sized keg so that I can put 4 in at one time (the compressor controller gets in the way height-wise in the back, so I needed something shorter):


Happy brewing indeed ...

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