How to Build a KegeratorWIRED Video Staff
If you need beer for a one-time event, you'll likely be able to rent one. If you're more interested in the year-round consumption of a fresh brew, you have two options: to buy one or build it yourself. Much like refrigerators, kegerators come in a variety of shapes and sizes. ...
For all the work we’re putting into this thing I didn’t want it to look cheap. Plus, oak is much harder and more durable than pine. That’s important since it’s on the outside (this is a kegerator which means stumbling drunk people will be around it). Insulating the Collar I’...
Home kegerator kits provide a cost-effective alternative to more expensive off-the-shelf kegerators. And such sets are not inferior to them in terms of quality, convenience and choice. What is the kegerator kit? Kits made from beer equipment to make your own home kegerator are an easy ...
as it is cooling down, so getting it down to the right temperature is crucial. Furthermore, you can’t boil off any DMS that is produced while the wort is cooling.Keeping your wort hot results in as much as a 30% increase in DMS levels per hour, so get those temperatures down ...
and much greater resources. The only way we can win is touse constraints as an advantage, to invest in things you can’t write a check for, and to build a team of people who can punch way above their weight. Doing remote well gives us a considerable advantage that you can’t buy: ...
You should at least use a 2-piece (S-shaped) or 3-piece airlock. If you fill your airlock with vodka or a sanitizing solution, you don’t have much to worry about. Some oxygen might still inevitably get into the fermenter, but it’s a minor consideration. Why?
You could also try using much higher pressure in the non-chilled keg and run a much longer serving line (possibly through ice like a jockey box?) to get higher carbonation without a chilled keg. The longer hose adds restriction to the line, making the fluid flow slower -hopefully with les...