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[Genesee Ted]

SWMBO is mad when teh beer runs out

[SchwanzBrewer]

Absolutely. Only problem I have is that I don't have a serving fridge at the house. I have 2 fridges in the garage for chilling and to keep kegs cold, but its problematic to serve from them, as evident by my latest problem. I put a cheap tap on a liquid out lock and the damn thing leaked all over the fridge. I lost about 2 gallons of beer before I caught it. Freakin sucks because this was a test batch of my own recipe and it was already only 3 gallons to start. Cheers,Rich

[positiveContact]

Absolutely. Only problem I have is that I don't have a serving fridge at the house. I have 2 fridges in the garage for chilling and to keep kegs cold, but its problematic to serve from them, as evident by my latest problem. I put a cheap tap on a liquid out lock and the damn thing leaked all over the fridge. I lost about 2 gallons of beer before I caught it. Freakin sucks because this was a test batch of my own recipe and it was already only 3 gallons to start. Cheers,Rich

what is a liquid out lock? I just use picnic taps for the kegs in my cold storage fridge.

[MtnBrewer]

Hell no, I hate having my own beer on draft. Why would anyone do that? You'll probably go blind anyway.

[SchwanzBrewer]

what is a liquid out lock? I just use picnic taps for the kegs in my cold storage fridge.

Its a tap directly coupled to a ball lock liquid disconnect with a MFL thread. I will probably go back to using picnic taps in the fridge. Cheers,Rich

[Humperdink]

Its a tap directly coupled to a ball lock liquid disconnect with a MFL thread. I will probably go back to using picnic taps in the fridge. Cheers,Rich

I have one of those, but I only use it on my travel rig. If you don't have perlicks, you have to make sure that you clean the faucet regularly so no gunk builds up and causes the faucet to not seat all the way. That being said, it feels wrong to not have several styles on tap at home. I recently had my first dry spell in the house after several weddings which took time from brewing as well as beer from my stores. I took the opportunity to install the 7th tap on the tower and fix the condensation line in the bar.

[positiveContact]

Its a tap directly coupled to a ball lock liquid disconnect with a MFL thread. I will probably go back to using picnic taps in the fridge. Cheers,Rich

ah - I get what you mean now.

[beach]

Hell yes! Why else have 7 taps and all these cornies? Beach

[passlaku]

What kind of PSYCHO would not like to have their own beer on draft????

[ncbeerbrewer]

Having this kegerator with 4 taps and another freezer next to it to hold an additional 7 kegs I think having my own beer on tap is serving me well. I love commercial beer as much as the next brewer but it has been since I was at the beach at my in laws that I bought my last sixer or any commercial beer at that Terrapin Hopsecutioner that weekend. YES having it on tap is great, Its really awesome because you don't have to pour a full pint like you would with a bottle Mike

[EWW]

Having this kegerator with 4 taps and another freezer next to it to hold an additional 7 kegs I think having my own beer on tap is serving me well. I love commercial beer as much as the next brewer but it has been since I was at the beach at my in laws that I bought my last sixer or any commercial beer at that Terrapin Hopsecutioner that weekend. YES having it on tap is great, Its really awesome because you don't have to pour a full pint like you would with a bottle Mike

no, you don't NEED to pull a full pint, but you do tend to pull 2-3

[cavman]

Having this kegerator with 4 taps and another freezer next to it to hold an additional 7 kegs I think having my own beer on tap is serving me well. I love commercial beer as much as the next brewer but it has been since I was at the beach at my in laws that I bought my last sixer or any commercial beer at that Terrapin Hopsecutioner that weekend. YES having it on tap is great, Its really awesome because you don't have to pour a full pint like you would with a bottle Mike

Yeah no kidding my 20 ounce imperial pints work just fine.

[HerrHiller]

I love having my beer on tap. Even more I think I hate when I have nothing on tap. especially when I have someone help me with something and I dnt have te fincial means to really tip them or buy them something, a pint or 2 of good beer really goes a long way I've learned. And, I don't mean to toot my own horn,buti swear some of my best beers...I rather drink them than some commercial examples. Maybe I'm just bias...

[gnef]

Definitely a fan of having my own beers on tap. I am up to 11 taps, and will keep going until I run out of space, beer, or money (max of 27 on the coffin box) - going all stainless is expensive!

[jammer]

I love having it on tap. I hate bottling.

[HerrHiller]

This is like asking a group of gambling anonymous if they enjoy a weekend in vegas..

[beach]

This is like asking a group of gambling anonymous if they enjoy a weekend in vegas..

Exactly Hiller. I thought it was a trick question at first. Beach