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I brew with my brother and we tend to go for 30l batches. Bottling 30l or more would take use end to end about 3 hours. I just don't have that kind of time, not, we keg on brew day, quick and easy. Means I get to brew more. But yes, all in, I think my kegging setup for 2 taps set me back circa R6k, but well worth the cash IMO.

That being said, I've also been brewing for a few years now, and know the is a hobby I intend carrying on with for a good while, so I don't mind dropping cash on something that frees up my time to brew more.
 
I use corny kegs but you cant find those easily anymore.
I paid:
R350 x 5 for 9l kegs
R550 x 1 18l keg
R600 2kg co2 (lasts me about 8-10 batches)
R700 regulator
R500 Tap
ods and ends like piping fittings ?

My CP filler was R600 to fill some bottles

I bought it over 2 years so it wasn't really much of an expense especially if I considder the time it saves me.
 
Beachless said:
I use corny kegs but you cant find those easily anymore.
I paid:
R350 x 5 for 9l kegs
R550 x 1 18l keg
R600 2kg co2 (lasts me about 8-10 batches)
R700 regulator
R500 Tap
ods and ends like piping fittings ?

My CP filler was R600 to fill some bottles

I bought it over 2 years so it wasn't really much of an expense especially if I considder the time it saves me.
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Do you have the tap mounted somewhere?
 
Necropolis said:
Do you have the tap mounted somewhere?
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At this stage no, just mounted it to a plank that I put on top of my mini fridge and drilled holes in the back of the fridge for the piping.
I need to do some improvements to my house to build more garages and a bar but I keep putting it off.
 
COMPUTEK said:
[-]It's even smoother to have a piece of tubing between the tap & "little bottler", thereby taking the filler to the bottles & not lifting the bottles up to the tap, if you get what I'm saying ;)[/-]

PS: did some keg-cutting yesterday .... now to find a "step drill bit" for the ball-valve hole :confused:

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Ball-valve still not attached ....

1. what options did you guys go with to attach a dip-tube & ?bulkhead? assembly to your ball-valves
2. did anyone fit a sight-glass and if so where / what option as I can't find anyone locally to assist in assembling something to looks like the ones they use overseas :(
 
Managed to break my hydrometer this weekend.

New one has been ordered and will hopefully arrive soon :)
 
Hahaha.

I think I am on about 50 hydrometers, then I bought a refractometer....dropped that at least 50 times!
 
Hahaha.

I think I am on about 50 hydrometers, then I bought a refractometer....dropped that at least 50 times!
 
Finally got to open my second batch, an amber ale
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I dry hopped it after 2 weeks in the fermenter, then left it for another week before bottling.
The hop aroma and taste is strong, but good strong.
 
MongooseMan said:
Finally got to open my second batch, an amber ale
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I dry hopped it after 2 weeks in the fermenter, then left it for another week before bottling.
The hop aroma and taste is strong, but good strong.
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Nice! That looks good.

I bottled an IPA last weekend - going to open one today to see how it is doing :)
 
Mongoose have you tried a Devil's Peak Amber Ale? WOuld love to make one like theirs it's so good.

If you have does yours taste similar?
 
Pooky said:
Mongoose have you tried a Devil's Peak Amber Ale? WOuld love to make one like theirs it's so good.

If you have does yours taste similar?
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I was trying to get as close as I could to that beer. Mine is slightly more hoppy, and slightly less caramel-ly.
Haven't done a side-by-side comparison yet though.
 
MongooseMan said:
Don't laugh (my wife did): a stocking :D

It's actually quite common, and cheaper (and easier to get) that cheese/muslin cloth.
Just gotta get some plain ones, boil one, then soak it in santiser for a bit, then tie it over the end of my siphon tube when I transfer to my bottling bucket.
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What did you use to tie the stocking on?

I've got an APA that I've dry hopped in the primary ( just threw the hop in) and want to rack to another bucket before I bottle.
 
Necropolis said:
What did you use to tie the stocking on?

I've got an APA that I've dry hopped in the primary ( just threw the hop in) and want to rack to another bucket before I bottle.
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Didn't tie it on, just slipped it over the tube used to transfer to the bottling bucket.
It's pretty long, so it reached almost to the tap, but I held it up with the hand holding the tube (if that makes sense). I suppose you could rig something up using binder clips from the office, as long as it doesn't crimp the tube.
 
Slight aside, here's a cool app for Craft Beer in South Africa:
http://www.mybeercraft.com/

Full disclosure, I know the guy who's writing it, but I dig it anyway.
Tells you what places serve what beers, made by which breweries, along with events, ratings etc. There are a bunch of cool features like specials on the way too.

Anyway, as you were...
 
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