AZDesertRat
In Memoriam
We probably need to move this thread somewhere else but...
My kegerator is a Costco (Whirlpool) 7 cu ft chest freezer with a Johnson Controls thermostat (just like the Ranco on my Reef!). I built a collar out of a piece of redwood 2x4 to raise the lid so the taps would fit and covered it with a piece of brushed stainless steel so it looks factory made. I looked at other freezers but they would only hold 3 Cornie kegs due to the shape of the compressor hump. Mine holds 4 plus a 10lb CO2 bottle.
And interesting story is my Reef Tank is what got me started in brewing! I decided i wanted a calcium reactor after getting mighty tired of adding two part calcium/alkalinity solutions. I wanted a nice shiny aluminum CO2 bottle and not a welding shop painted beat up steel cylinder and was referred to a homebrew shop to purchase it. Well as you can see where this is going...that's all it took! I set the calcium reactor up in early November and started brewing my first batch late the same month 5 years ago now.
For a $100 bill I got absolutely everything I needed to brew beer including the fermenter, bottling bucket, sanitizer solutions, thermometer, hydrometer, bottle capper, 2 cases of bottles, a really good book and all the ingredients for my first 5 gallons. I was in heaven!
Its the first hobby I have ever had where I actually got something back out of it and I actually save money over buying craft beers at the store. I have paid for all my equipment and save money every time I brew now (at least I tell my wife that).
Every large city has local homebrew shops and there are a number of very good mailorder shops as well as forums, I subscribe to probably 6 or 8 active forums and have a couple of active threads going right now on some of them. I would be glad to share info but should probably do so through either PM or e-mail as this is a off topic thread for sure!
My kegerator is a Costco (Whirlpool) 7 cu ft chest freezer with a Johnson Controls thermostat (just like the Ranco on my Reef!). I built a collar out of a piece of redwood 2x4 to raise the lid so the taps would fit and covered it with a piece of brushed stainless steel so it looks factory made. I looked at other freezers but they would only hold 3 Cornie kegs due to the shape of the compressor hump. Mine holds 4 plus a 10lb CO2 bottle.
And interesting story is my Reef Tank is what got me started in brewing! I decided i wanted a calcium reactor after getting mighty tired of adding two part calcium/alkalinity solutions. I wanted a nice shiny aluminum CO2 bottle and not a welding shop painted beat up steel cylinder and was referred to a homebrew shop to purchase it. Well as you can see where this is going...that's all it took! I set the calcium reactor up in early November and started brewing my first batch late the same month 5 years ago now.
For a $100 bill I got absolutely everything I needed to brew beer including the fermenter, bottling bucket, sanitizer solutions, thermometer, hydrometer, bottle capper, 2 cases of bottles, a really good book and all the ingredients for my first 5 gallons. I was in heaven!
Its the first hobby I have ever had where I actually got something back out of it and I actually save money over buying craft beers at the store. I have paid for all my equipment and save money every time I brew now (at least I tell my wife that).
Every large city has local homebrew shops and there are a number of very good mailorder shops as well as forums, I subscribe to probably 6 or 8 active forums and have a couple of active threads going right now on some of them. I would be glad to share info but should probably do so through either PM or e-mail as this is a off topic thread for sure!
Nothing like a nice Merlot on the deck at the lake!!!
